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§¨¨§§§¨¨§¨ 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 §¨§§¨¨¨¨§§
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§§¨¨§¨§§§¨ FADING INTO SILVER FLAKES AS THEY FALL ¨¨§¨¨§¨§§§
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§¨¨§¨¨¨§§§ 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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¨§§¨§§§§¨¨ *¨ IT'S IN YOUR EYES AND IT'S IN YOUR ¨* §§¨§§¨§¨§¨
§¨§§¨¨¨§¨¨ ^~ MOUTH AND YOUR HANDS, THEIR HANDS ~^ ¨§§¨§§§§§¨
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¨§§§¨§¨§§¨ §* MIND AND THE MINDS OF THOSE AROUND *§ §§¨§¨¨¨§¨¨
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¨¨§¨§§¨¨¨§ OUT. DON'T BITE THE OTHER GUESTS. §§¨¨¨¨¨¨§§
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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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