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@@¤¤@=\~-, THERE WILL BE MORE PECULIAR EFFECTS. ,-~\=@¤¤@@
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##@¤@=\~-, DISTORT (IT'S ACTUALLY THE SPACETIME ,-~\=@¤@##
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#@@¤@=\~-, 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. ,-~\=@¤@##
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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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#¤===\~-,, IF YOU STAY ABOVE ABSOLUTE MADNESS, ,,-~\===¤#
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##@¤@=\~-, TERRITORIES JUST AS MAPLESS AS THOSE ,-~\=@¤@##
##@¤@=\~-, CLOSER TO THE CORE, BUT WITH A CHANCE ,-~\=@¤@##
###@¤=\~-, OF FINDING YOUR WAY BACK. ,-~\=¤@###
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###@¤@=\~- ¤\ MIND AND THE MINDS OF THOSE AROUND \¤ -~\=@¤@###
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@@=\~~--,, AND IF YOU'RE LUCKY, YOU'LL NEVER GET ,,--~~\=@@
##@¤@=\~-, OUT. DON'T BITE THE OTHER GUESTS. ,-~\=@¤@##
##@¤@=\~-, (OR DO) ,-~\=@¤@##
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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 ,-~\=@¤@##
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