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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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########## 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) ##########
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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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