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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 ¨¨¨¨¨¨~«†*
$*†«~¨¨¨¨¨ THERE WILL BE MORE PECULIAR EFFECTS. ¨¨¨¨¨~«†*$
¤$*†«~¨¨¨¨ YOUR SENSE OF SPACE WILL SEEM TO ¨¨¨¨~«†*$¤
@¤$*†«~¨¨¨ DISTORT (IT'S ACTUALLY THE SPACETIME ¨¨¨~«†*$¤@
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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 ¨¨¨¨¨¨~«†*
$*†«~¨¨¨¨¨ CLOSER TO THE CORE, BUT WITH A CHANCE ¨¨¨¨¨~«†*$
¤$*†«~¨¨¨¨ OF FINDING YOUR WAY BACK. ¨¨¨¨~«†*$¤
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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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