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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 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 ,.~^=%@@@#
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@@@%%=^~., THE CEILING IS COVERED IN ACTUAL STARS. ,.~^=%%@@@
##@@%=^~., 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. ,.~^=%@@@@
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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 ^@ ,.~^=%@@@#
@@@%=^~~., @= 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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