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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 ¨¨¨¨¨¨¨^=;
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*;=^¨¨¨¨¨¨ EYES ABOVE ¨¨¨¨¨¨^=;*
;=^¨¨¨¨¨¨¨ FADING INTO SILVER FLAKES AS THEY FALL ¨¨¨¨¨¨¨^=;
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;=^¨¨¨¨¨¨¨ MAKES YOU SEE THE STARS EVEN WHEN YOU ¨¨¨¨¨¨¨^=;
*;=^¨¨¨¨¨¨ CLOSE YOUR EYES. ¨¨¨¨¨¨^=;*
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§$*;=^¨¨¨¨ AT THESE DEEPER LEVELS IT CAN BE HARD ¨¨¨¨^=;*$§
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#@§$*;=^¨¨ (WERE). NORMAL STAFF IS AS TRANSFORMED ¨¨^=;*$§@#
##@§$*;=^¨ AS GUESTS. INSTEAD, CARE AND PROTECTION ¨^=;*$§@##
#@§$*;=^¨¨ ARE OFFERED BY (OVERLY FLIRTY) ¨¨^=;*$§@#
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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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;=^¨¨¨¨¨¨¨ @$ @$ @$ @$ @$ @$ @$ @$ @$ @$ @$ ¨¨¨¨¨¨¨^=;
=^¨¨¨¨¨¨¨¨ AND IF YOU'RE LUCKY, YOU'LL NEVER GET ¨¨¨¨¨¨¨¨^=
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=^¨¨¨¨¨¨¨¨ (OR DO) ¨¨¨¨¨¨¨¨^=
;=^¨¨¨¨¨¨¨ ¨¨¨¨¨¨¨^=;
*;=^¨¨¨¨¨¨ THE DEEPER THE FLOOR GOES, THE MORE ¨¨¨¨¨¨^=;*
$*;=^¨¨¨¨¨ EXPENSIVE THE DRINKS. THIS IS NOT ¨¨¨¨¨^=;*$
§$*;=^¨¨¨¨ COINCIDENTAL. THE MORE EXPENSIVE THE ¨¨¨¨^=;*$§
@§$*;=^¨¨¨ DRINKS, THE MORE LIKELY IT IS THAT ¨¨¨^=;*$§@
#@§$*;=^¨¨ SOMEONE WILL BUY THEM FOR YOU. ¨¨^=;*$§@#
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#@§$*;=^¨¨ SOMEONE BUYS YOU A DRINK, THEY ARE VERY ¨¨^=;*$§@#
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