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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 .^~^§§&#@#
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##@#§§^~^. 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 .^~^§§&#@#
@&§§§§^~^. YOUR BODY, AND FINALLY YOUR SENSE OF .^~^§§§§&@
#@#&§§^~^. SELF. .^~^§§&#@#
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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 ..^^^^§&&#
&§^~~~.... 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. .^~^§§&#@#
##@&§§^~^. (OR DO) .^~^§§&@##
@&§§~..... .....~§§&@
&§~^...... 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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