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-:¨¨¨¨¨¨¨¨ THEY BUILT THE FINAL NIGHTCLUB ON TOP ¨¨¨¨¨¨¨¨:-
†-:¨¨¨¨¨¨¨ 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 ¨¨¨¨¨¨:-†=
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†-:¨¨¨¨¨¨¨ EYES ABOVE ¨¨¨¨¨¨¨:-†
-:¨¨¨¨¨¨¨¨ FADING INTO SILVER FLAKES AS THEY FALL ¨¨¨¨¨¨¨¨:-
:¨¨¨¨¨¨¨¨¨ BUBBLES IN DRINKS ¨¨¨¨¨¨¨¨¨:
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=†-:¨¨¨¨¨¨ MAKES YOU SEE THE STARS EVEN WHEN YOU ¨¨¨¨¨¨:-†=
§=†-:¨¨¨¨¨ CLOSE YOUR EYES. ¨¨¨¨¨:-†=§
&§=†-:¨¨¨¨ ¨¨¨¨:-†=§&
¶&§=†-:¨¨¨ 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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-:¨¨¨¨¨¨¨¨ #§ #§ #§ #§ #§ #§ #§ #§ #§ #§ #§ ¨¨¨¨¨¨¨¨:-
:¨¨¨¨¨¨¨¨¨ AND IF YOU'RE LUCKY, YOU'LL NEVER GET ¨¨¨¨¨¨¨¨¨:
-:¨¨¨¨¨¨¨¨ OUT. DON'T BITE THE OTHER GUESTS. ¨¨¨¨¨¨¨¨:-
†-:¨¨¨¨¨¨¨ (OR DO) ¨¨¨¨¨¨¨:-†
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&§=†-:¨¨¨¨ 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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