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###@@†^-:¨ FLOOR CLOSER TO THE COLLAPSED WARP ¨:-^†@@###
#@@@^^^-:¨ PROTOTYPE. DID THEY KNOW AT THE START? ¨:-^^^@@@#
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###@@†^-:¨ ENTHRALLING AND INTRUSIVE, THEN SEEDY ¨:-^†@@###
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#@†-:::¨¨¨ THERE WILL BE MORE PECULIAR EFFECTS. ¨¨¨:::-†@#
@@@@^-:¨¨¨ YOUR SENSE OF SPACE WILL SEEM TO ¨¨¨:-^@@@@
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##@@@†^-:¨ THE CEILING IS COVERED IN ACTUAL STARS. ¨:-^†@@@##
##@@@†^-:¨ EYES ABOVE ¨:-^†@@@##
@@††^-:¨¨¨ FADING INTO SILVER FLAKES AS THEY FALL ¨¨¨:-^††@@
@@^:::¨¨¨¨ BUBBLES IN DRINKS ¨¨¨¨:::^@@
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#@@†††^-:¨ DRINKS WITH A SECRET INGREDIENT, THAT ¨:-^†††@@#
##@@@†^-:¨ MAKES YOU SEE THE STARS EVEN WHEN YOU ¨:-^†@@@##
##@@@†^-:¨ CLOSE YOUR EYES. ¨:-^†@@@##
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@@††††^-:¨ AT THESE DEEPER LEVELS IT CAN BE HARD ¨:-^††††@@
##@@@†^-:¨ TO REMEMBER WHO AND WHERE YOU ARE ¨:-^†@@@##
@@@^-:¨¨¨¨ (WERE). NORMAL STAFF IS AS TRANSFORMED ¨¨¨¨:-^@@@
@@@@@†^-:¨ AS GUESTS. INSTEAD, CARE AND PROTECTION ¨:-^†@@@@@
##@@@†^-:¨ ARE OFFERED BY (OVERLY FLIRTY) ¨:-^†@@@##
##@@@†^-:¨ POOL TOYS AND OTHER SUCH AUTOMATONS. ¨:-^†@@@##
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#@@@@†^-:¨ IF YOU STAY ABOVE ABSOLUTE MADNESS, ¨:-^†@@@@#
##@@@†^-:¨ THERE IS SOME SORT OF CONTROL TO BE ¨:-^†@@@##
@@@^:¨¨¨¨¨ HAD. YOU COULD SLIP INTO YOUR IDEAL DOG ¨¨¨¨¨:^@@@
###@@†^-:¨ BODY THERE, EXPLORE THAT. YOU COULD ¨:-^†@@###
#@@@†-¨¨¨¨ DRINK POISONOUS AMBROSIA AND NOT BE ¨¨¨¨-†@@@#
##@@@†^-:¨ BURNED AWAY. YOU COULD EXPLORE ¨:-^†@@@##
@@@@@†^-:¨ TERRITORIES JUST AS MAPLESS AS THOSE ¨:-^†@@@@@
##@@@†^-:¨ CLOSER TO THE CORE, BUT WITH A CHANCE ¨:-^†@@@##
##@@@†^-:¨ OF FINDING YOUR WAY BACK. ¨:-^†@@@##
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###@@†^-:¨ :: THE HONEY IS A TRAP AND THERE'S A :: ¨:-^†@@###
@@@@^:¨¨¨¨ -- STING, A STING, A STING. -- ¨¨¨¨:^@@@@
@@^:¨¨¨¨¨¨ ^¨ IT'S IN YOUR EYES AND IT'S IN YOUR ¨^ ¨¨¨¨¨¨:^@@
#@@@@†^-:¨ †: MOUTH AND YOUR HANDS, THEIR HANDS :† ¨:-^†@@@@#
##@@@†^-:¨ @- IT'S IN YOUR HEART AND IN YOUR -@ ¨:-^†@@@##
##@@@†^-:¨ @^ MIND AND THE MINDS OF THOSE AROUND ^@ ¨:-^†@@@##
##@@@†^-:¨ @† YOU, THEIR HEARTS, THEIR BODIES. †@ ¨:-^†@@@##
##@@@†^-:¨ #@ #@ #@ #@ #@ #@ #@ #@ #@ #@ #@ ¨:-^†@@@##
##@@@†^-:¨ AND IF YOU'RE LUCKY, YOU'LL NEVER GET ¨:-^†@@@##
##@@@†^-:¨ OUT. DON'T BITE THE OTHER GUESTS. ¨:-^†@@@##
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#@@†-¨¨¨¨¨ THE DEEPER THE FLOOR GOES, THE MORE ¨¨¨¨¨-†@@#
#@@@@†^-:¨ EXPENSIVE THE DRINKS. THIS IS NOT ¨:-^†@@@@#
##@@@†^-:¨ COINCIDENTAL. THE MORE EXPENSIVE THE ¨:-^†@@@##
##@@@†^-:¨ DRINKS, THE MORE LIKELY IT IS THAT ¨:-^†@@@##
##@@@†^-:¨ SOMEONE WILL BUY THEM FOR YOU. ¨:-^†@@@##
###@@†^-:¨ THIS IS ALSO NOT COINCIDENTAL. IF ¨:-^†@@###
@@†-:¨¨¨¨¨ SOMEONE BUYS YOU A DRINK, THEY ARE VERY ¨¨¨¨¨:-†@@
@@@†^^^-:¨ LIKELY TO TAKE CARE OF YOUR NEEDS IN ¨:-^^^†@@@
##@@@†^-:¨ OTHER WAYS AS WELL. ¨:-^†@@@##
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