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###§¤=;~,¨ OF AN UNDOCUMENTED RESEARCH SITE. EACH ¨,~;=¤§###
§¤¤¤¤=;~,¨ FLOOR CLOSER TO THE COLLAPSED WARP ¨,~;=¤¤¤¤§
###§¤=;~,¨ PROTOTYPE. DID THEY KNOW AT THE START? ¨,~;=¤§###
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§=~~¨¨¨¨¨¨ THERE WILL BE MORE PECULIAR EFFECTS. ¨¨¨¨¨¨~~=§
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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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###§¤=;~,¨ 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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###§¤=;~,¨ 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 ¨; ¨,~;;;=§##
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##§§¤=;~,¨ ¤~ IT'S IN YOUR HEART AND IN YOUR ~¤ ¨,~;=¤§§##
#§=~¨¨¨¨¨¨ §; MIND AND THE MINDS OF THOSE AROUND ;§ ¨¨¨¨¨¨~=§#
##¤=~,¨¨¨¨ #= YOU, THEIR HEARTS, THEIR BODIES. =# ¨¨¨¨,~=¤##
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#§§§¤=;~,¨ AND IF YOU'RE LUCKY, YOU'LL NEVER GET ¨,~;=¤§§§#
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###§¤=;~,¨ 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 ¨¨,~;;;¤¤#
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