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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. ##@#¤%*~.¨
¨.~*%¤#@## ##@#¤%*~.¨
¨¨¨¨¨~~%%# 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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¨.~*%¤#### THE CEILING IS COVERED IN ACTUAL STARS. ####¤%*~.¨
¨¨¨¨¨~%%#@ EYES ABOVE @#%%~¨¨¨¨¨
¨¨¨¨.~%%¤# 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. ##@#¤%*~.¨
¨.~*%¤#@@# #@@#¤%*~.¨
¨¨¨¨.**¤## 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. @¤%~~~~¨¨¨
¨.~**%%%## ##%%%**~.¨
¨.~*%¤#@## ¨# ¨# ¨# ¨# ¨# ¨# ¨# ¨# ¨# ¨# ¨# ##@#¤%*~.¨
¨¨¨¨...*¤# .. 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) #%~~¨¨¨¨¨¨
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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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