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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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##@¤£†=«~, there will be more peculiar effects. ,~«=†£¤@##
##@¤£†=«~, your sense of space will seem to ,~«=†£¤@##
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¤¤£†=~,,,, itself that is becoming fluid), then ,,,,~=†£¤¤
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#@¤†«~,,,, 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. ,,,,~=†¤@#
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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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¤¤¤£=«~,,, «« 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. †@ ,~«=†£¤@##
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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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