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##¤^=«~¨¨¨ OF AN UNDOCUMENTED RESEARCH SITE. EACH ¨¨¨~«=^¤##
###¤^=«~¨¨ FLOOR CLOSER TO THE COLLAPSED WARP ¨¨~«=^¤###
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###¤^=«~¨¨ CLASSIFIED MAPS HAD GONE MISSING SOME ¨¨~«=^¤###
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###¤^=«~¨¨ FADING INTO SILVER FLAKES AS THEY FALL ¨¨~«=^¤###
##¤^=«~¨¨¨ BUBBLES IN DRINKS ¨¨¨~«=^¤##
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##¤^=«~¨¨¨ DRINKS WITH A SECRET INGREDIENT, THAT ¨¨¨~«=^¤##
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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 ~^ ¨¨~«=^¤###
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##¤^=«~¨¨¨ AND IF YOU'RE LUCKY, YOU'LL NEVER GET ¨¨¨~«=^¤##
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#¤^=«~¨¨¨¨ EXPENSIVE THE DRINKS. THIS IS NOT ¨¨¨¨~«=^¤#
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###¤^=«~¨¨ 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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