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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. ¨,-*%@§@##
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##@§@%*-,¨ 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 ¨,-*%@@###
##@§@%*-,¨ ITSELF THAT IS BECOMING FLUID), THEN ¨,-*%@§@##
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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. ¨¨¨¨,**%§@
§@@@%%*-,¨ ¨,-*%%@@@§
@@@§@%*-,¨ 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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§@*,,¨¨¨¨¨ -- 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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