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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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#&&&&*=~.¨ ¨¨¨¨¨¨ ¨¨¨¨¨¨ ¨¨¨¨¨¨ .¨ .¨ .¨ .¨ .¨ .¨ ¨.~=*&&&
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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 ¨.~=*&##
#&=.¨¨¨¨¨¨ 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. ¨¨¨¨.~=#
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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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###&&*=~.¨ ~~ 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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