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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 ##@£%†=~-.
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..-~=†%£@# the ceiling is covered in actual stars. #@£%†=~-..
.-~=†%£@## eyes above ##@£%†=~-.
..-~=†%£@# 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. £%†=~-....
.....-~=†% %†=~-.....
......-~=† 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) %†=~-.....
....-~=†%£ £%†=~-....
...-~=†%£@ 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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