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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 ENVIRONMENT - FIRST MORE ¨¨¨~»:=*@¶
@*=:»~¨¨¨¨ ENTHRALLING AND INTRUSIVE, THEN SEEDY ¨¨¨¨~»:=*@
¶@*=:»~¨¨¨ AND PREDATORY, BUT PIERCE DEEPER AND ¨¨¨~»:=*@¶
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#¶@*=:»~¨¨ #¨ #~ #» #: #= #* #@ #¶ ¨¨~»:=*@¶#
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@*=:»~¨¨¨¨ EYES ABOVE ¨¨¨¨~»:=*@
¶@*=:»~¨¨¨ FADING INTO SILVER FLAKES AS THEY FALL ¨¨¨~»:=*@¶
#¶@*=:»~¨¨ BUBBLES IN DRINKS ¨¨~»:=*@¶#
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#¶@*=:»~¨¨ DRINKS WITH A SECRET INGREDIENT, THAT ¨¨~»:=*@¶#
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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 ¨¨~»:=*@¶#
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@*=:»~¨¨¨¨ ARE OFFERED BY (OVERLY FLIRTY) ¨¨¨¨~»:=*@
¶@*=:»~¨¨¨ POOL TOYS AND OTHER SUCH AUTOMATONS. ¨¨¨~»:=*@¶
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#¶@*=:»~¨¨ THERE IS SOME SORT OF CONTROL TO BE ¨¨~»:=*@¶#
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¶@*=:»~¨¨¨ 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 ¨¨~»:=*@¶#
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##¶@*=:»~¨ »» STING, A STING, A STING. »» ¨~»:=*@¶##
#¶@*=:»~¨¨ :¨ IT'S IN YOUR EYES AND IT'S IN YOUR ¨: ¨¨~»:=*@¶#
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¶@*=:»~¨¨¨ @: MIND AND THE MINDS OF THOSE AROUND :@ ¨¨¨~»:=*@¶
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#¶@*=:»~¨¨ AND IF YOU'RE LUCKY, YOU'LL NEVER GET ¨¨~»:=*@¶#
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#¶@*=:»~¨¨ COINCIDENTAL. THE MORE EXPENSIVE THE ¨¨~»:=*@¶#
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@*=:»~¨¨¨¨ 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 ¨~»:=*@¶##
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