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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 ...^««;¤@@
###@@¤$;«. AND PREDATORY, BUT PIERCE DEEPER AND .«;$¤@@###
@$$;^..... THERE WILL BE MORE PECULIAR EFFECTS. .....^;$$@
###@¤$;«^. YOUR SENSE OF SPACE WILL SEEM TO .^«;$¤@###
##@@¤$;«^. DISTORT (IT'S ACTUALLY THE SPACETIME .^«;$¤@@##
@@$;««.... ITSELF THAT IS BECOMING FLUID), THEN ....««;$@@
@@$;;;^... YOUR BODY, AND FINALLY YOUR SENSE OF ...^;;;$@@
##@@¤$;«^. SELF. .^«;$¤@@##
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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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