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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 &....&&...
....&&..&. DISTORT (IT'S ACTUALLY THE SPACETIME ..&&....&&
.&&....... ITSELF THAT IS BECOMING FLUID), THEN .....&&...
....&&&&&. YOUR BODY, AND FINALLY YOUR SENSE OF &&&&....&&
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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. ..&&&....&
&&&&&....& ...&..&&..
.&&&..&&.. .# .# .# .# .# .# .# .# .# .# .# &&........
..&....... .. THE HONEY IS A TRAP AND THERE'S A .. &..&&&&&&&
....&&&&&& ~~ 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) .&&&&&..&&
........&& ..&&&.....
&&&&&&&... 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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