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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 DEEPER YOU DESCEND, THE STRANGER &...&&...&
.&&&&&..&& THE ENVIRONMENT - FIRST MORE .&..&.&..&
&&....&.&. ENTHRALLING AND INTRUSIVE, THEN SEEDY .&&.&&&&.&
..&...&&&& 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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&&&.&.&&&& 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. &&.&&.....
.&.&&.&..& ..&&.&....
.&&&.&&&.& 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. .&&.......
.&&.....&. (OR DO) .&.&......
.&.&....&& .&&&&.....
.&&&&...&. 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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