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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 ¨:::~§§§§§
§§§§&§†~:¨ itself that is becoming fluid), then ¨:~†§&§§§§
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§§§§~~~~:¨ eyes above ¨:~~~~§§§§
###§&§†~:¨ fading into silver flakes as they fall ¨:~†§&§###
###§&§†~:¨ bubbles in drinks ¨:~†§&§###
§§&&†:¨¨¨¨ ¨¨¨¨:†&&§§
###§&§†~:¨ drinks with a secret ingredient, that ¨:~†§&§###
###§&§†~:¨ makes you see the stars even when you ¨:~†§&§###
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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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§§~~:¨¨¨¨¨ had. you could slip into your ideal dog ¨¨¨¨¨:~~§§
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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 ¨¨¨:~~§§§§
§§§§~~~¨¨¨ of finding your way back. ¨¨¨~~~§§§§
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§&&&&§†~:¨ and if you're lucky, you'll never get ¨:~†§&&&&§
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§§&&†††~:¨ expensive the drinks. this is not ¨:~†††&&§§
#§§§†:¨¨¨¨ 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 ¨¨¨¨:~§§§#
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