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¨¨¨¨¨~~;@# PROTOTYPE. DID THEY KNOW AT THE START? #@;~~¨¨¨¨¨
¨^~;=@@#@# CLASSIFIED MAPS HAD GONE MISSING SOME #@#@@=;~^¨
¨^~;=@@#@@ YEARS BEFORE. @@#@@=;~^¨
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¨^~;=@@@#@ 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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¨^~;=@@@@@ EYES ABOVE @@@@@=;~^¨
¨^~;=@@@## FADING INTO SILVER FLAKES AS THEY FALL ##@@@=;~^¨
¨¨¨¨^~==@@ 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 #@#@@=;~^¨
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¨¨¨¨¨¨¨~=@ 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 ¨; @@@@@=;~^¨
¨^~;=@@#@# =^ MOUTH AND YOUR HANDS, THEIR HANDS ^= #@#@@=;~^¨
¨^~;=@@##@ @~ IT'S IN YOUR HEART AND IN YOUR ~@ @##@@=;~^¨
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¨^~;=@@#@@ 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. ##@@@=;~^¨
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