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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 ¨§§§§¨¨§¨§
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¨§§§§§§¨§§ EYES ABOVE ¨¨¨¨¨§§§¨§
§¨¨¨¨¨§§¨¨ FADING INTO SILVER FLAKES AS THEY FALL ¨¨¨¨§¨¨§§§
§¨¨¨¨§¨§¨§ BUBBLES IN DRINKS ¨¨¨§§¨§¨¨¨
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§¨§§¨¨¨¨§¨ 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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¨¨§§§¨¨¨¨¨ :¨ 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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