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#@%/,,,,,, FLOOR CLOSER TO THE COLLAPSED WARP ,,,,,,/%@#
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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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#¶%%/,,,,, 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. ,,~/%%@¶##
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##¶@%%/~,, THE DEEPER THE FLOOR GOES, THE MORE ,,~/%%@¶##
¶%%~~~,,,, EXPENSIVE THE DRINKS. THIS IS NOT ,,,,~~~%%¶
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¶¶¶@%%/~,, 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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