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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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@@**=~:,,, THE ENVIRONMENT - FIRST MORE ,,,:~=**@@
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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 ,,,,:~=**@
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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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@**=~:,,,, 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, ,,,,,:~=**
@**=~:,,,, 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. ,,,:~=**@@
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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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