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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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###§§===~. 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 .~===§####
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§==....... 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. .~===§§###
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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 ~= .~===§§###
#§==...... §= IT'S IN YOUR HEART AND IN YOUR =§ ......==§#
###§§===~. §= 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. .~===§§###
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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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