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@**;~,,,,, 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 ,~~;*£@###
#@**;;;~~, itself that is becoming fluid), then ,~~;;;**@#
###@£*;~~, your body, and finally your sense of ,~~;*£@###
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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 ,,,,,,,~*@
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###@£*;~~, 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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###@£*;~~, *~ mouth and your hands, their hands ~* ,~~;*£@###
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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 ,~~~~~;*£@
###@£*;~~, other ways as well. ,~~;*£@###
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