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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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##@¤%$^-,, AND PREDATORY, BUT PIERCE DEEPER AND ,,-^$%¤@##
@¤%^-,,,,, 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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##@¤%$^-,, FADING INTO SILVER FLAKES AS THEY FALL ,,-^$%¤@##
##@¤%$^-,, BUBBLES IN DRINKS ,,-^$%¤@##
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@¤$^^,,,,, MAKES YOU SEE THE STARS EVEN WHEN YOU ,,,,,^^$¤@
##@¤%$^-,, CLOSE YOUR EYES. ,,-^$%¤@##
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#@@¤%$^-,, AT THESE DEEPER LEVELS IT CAN BE HARD ,,-^$%¤@@#
##@¤%$^-,, TO REMEMBER WHO AND WHERE YOU ARE ,,-^$%¤@##
##@¤%$^-,, (WERE). NORMAL STAFF IS AS TRANSFORMED ,,-^$%¤@##
¤$$$$^--,, AS GUESTS. INSTEAD, CARE AND PROTECTION ,,--^$$$$¤
###@%$^-,, ARE OFFERED BY (OVERLY FLIRTY) ,,-^$%@###
##@¤%$^-,, POOL TOYS AND OTHER SUCH AUTOMATONS. ,,-^$%¤@##
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@%^-,,,,,, THERE IS SOME SORT OF CONTROL TO BE ,,,,,,-^%@
@@@¤%$^-,, HAD. YOU COULD SLIP INTO YOUR IDEAL DOG ,,-^$%¤@@@
#¤$^-,,,,, BODY THERE, EXPLORE THAT. YOU COULD ,,,,,-^$¤#
¤%^-,,,,,, DRINK POISONOUS AMBROSIA AND NOT BE ,,,,,,-^%¤
###¤%$^-,, BURNED AWAY. YOU COULD EXPLORE ,,-^$%¤###
##@¤%$^-,, TERRITORIES JUST AS MAPLESS AS THOSE ,,-^$%¤@##
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@@%$^,,,,, OF FINDING YOUR WAY BACK. ,,,,,^$%@@
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#@@¤%$^-,, -- STING, A STING, A STING. -- ,,-^$%¤@@#
##@¤%$^-,, ^, IT'S IN YOUR EYES AND IT'S IN YOUR ,^ ,,-^$%¤@##
@¤¤%$-,,,, $, MOUTH AND YOUR HANDS, THEIR HANDS ,$ ,,,,-$%¤¤@
@¤%$^-,,,, %- IT'S IN YOUR HEART AND IN YOUR -% ,,,,-^$%¤@
##@¤%$^-,, ¤^ MIND AND THE MINDS OF THOSE AROUND ^¤ ,,-^$%¤@##
##@¤%$^-,, @$ YOU, THEIR HEARTS, THEIR BODIES. $@ ,,-^$%¤@##
@¤¤%$$^-,, #% #% #% #% #% #% #% #% #% #% #% ,,-^$$%¤¤@
##@¤%$^-,, AND IF YOU'RE LUCKY, YOU'LL NEVER GET ,,-^$%¤@##
##@¤%$^-,, OUT. DON'T BITE THE OTHER GUESTS. ,,-^$%¤@##
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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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