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¨¨¨¨¨¨§§§¨                                          §¨¨¨¨¨§¨¨§
§¨¨¨¨¨§¨§§                                          §§¨¨¨¨¨§¨¨
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¨¨§¨¨¨¨¨§¨ OF AN  UNDOCUMENTED  RESEARCH SITE. EACH ¨§§§¨¨¨¨¨§
§¨¨§¨¨¨¨¨¨ FLOOR   CLOSER  TO  THE  COLLAPSED  WARP ¨§¨§§¨¨¨¨¨
¨§¨¨§¨¨¨¨¨ PROTOTYPE. DID THEY  KNOW AT  THE START? ¨¨¨§§§¨¨¨¨
¨¨§¨¨§¨¨¨¨ CLASSIFIED  MAPS HAD GONE  MISSING  SOME §¨¨§¨§§¨¨¨
¨¨¨§¨¨§¨¨¨ YEARS BEFORE.                            §§¨¨¨§§§¨¨
¨¨¨¨§¨¨§¨¨                                          §§§¨¨§¨§§¨
¨¨¨¨¨§¨¨§¨ THE  DEEPER YOU  DESCEND,  THE  STRANGER §¨§§¨¨¨§§§
§¨¨¨¨¨§¨¨§ THE    ENVIRONMENT    -    FIRST    MORE ¨¨§§§¨¨§¨§
§§¨¨¨¨¨§¨¨ ENTHRALLING  AND  INTRUSIVE,  THEN SEEDY ¨¨§¨§§¨¨¨§
¨§§¨¨¨¨¨§¨ AND PREDATORY,  BUT  PIERCE  DEEPER  AND ¨¨¨¨§§§¨¨§
¨§§§¨¨¨¨¨§ THERE  WILL  BE  MORE PECULIAR  EFFECTS. ¨¨¨¨§¨§§¨¨
¨§¨§§¨¨¨¨¨ YOUR  SENSE  OF   SPACE  WILL   SEEM  TO ¨¨¨¨¨¨§§§¨
¨¨¨§§§¨¨¨¨ DISTORT  (IT'S  ACTUALLY  THE  SPACETIME ¨¨¨¨¨¨§¨§§
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§§¨¨¨§§§¨¨ YOUR BODY,  AND  FINALLY YOUR  SENSE  OF ¨§¨¨¨¨¨¨§¨
§§§¨¨§¨§§¨ SELF.                                    ¨¨§¨¨¨¨¨¨¨
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¨§¨§§¨¨§¨¨ EYES                               ABOVE §¨§§¨¨¨¨¨¨
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¨¨¨§¨§§¨¨§ BUBBLES                     IN    DRINKS ¨¨§¨§§¨¨¨¨
¨¨¨¨¨§§§¨¨                                          ¨¨¨¨§§§¨¨¨
¨¨¨¨¨§¨§§¨ DRINKS WITH  A SECRET  INGREDIENT,  THAT ¨¨¨¨§¨§§¨¨
¨¨¨¨¨¨¨§§§ MAKES  YOU  SEE THE STARS  EVEN WHEN YOU ¨¨¨¨¨¨§§§¨
¨¨¨¨¨¨¨§¨§ CLOSE             YOUR             EYES. §¨¨¨¨¨§¨§§
§¨¨¨¨¨¨¨¨§                                          ¨§¨¨¨¨¨¨§§
§§¨¨¨¨¨¨¨§ 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. ¨¨¨¨§¨¨§¨¨
¨¨¨¨§¨§§¨¨                                          ¨¨¨¨¨§¨¨§¨
¨¨¨¨¨¨§§§¨ 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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¨§§§¨¨¨¨¨§ \¨ IT'S IN YOUR EYES AND IT'S IN YOUR ¨\ ¨¨¨¨§¨§§¨¨
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¨¨¨§§§¨¨¨¨ $-  IT'S  IN  YOUR  HEART AND IN YOUR -$ ¨¨¨¨¨¨§¨§§
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§§¨¨¨§§§¨¨ ¶^ YOU, THEIR HEARTS,  THEIR BODIES.  ^¶ ¨§¨¨¨¨¨¨§¨
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§¨§§¨¨¨§§§ 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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