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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.                            ¨¨¨¨§§§¨¨¨
¨¨¨§§§¨¨¨§                                          ¨¨¨¨§¨§§¨¨
¨¨¨§¨§§¨¨¨ 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 §¨¨§¨§§¨¨¨
¨¨¨¨§¨§§¨¨ SELF.                                    §§¨¨¨§§§¨¨
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¨¨¨§§§¨¨¨¨ THE CEILING IS COVERED IN ACTUAL  STARS. ¨¨¨¨§¨§§¨¨
¨¨¨§¨§§¨¨¨ 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 ¨§¨§§¨¨¨¨¨
¨¨§§§¨¨¨¨§ 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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§§¨¨¨¨¨§§§ ««   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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