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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 .&&&.&&..&
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.&...&.&&. THE CEILING IS COVERED IN ACTUAL STARS. &&..&.&.&&
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.&.&..&&.& 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. ..&....&..
&&&.&&&.&& .&&...&&..
..&&..&&.& 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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&......&.& ,, 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) ..&&...&&.
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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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