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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) ¶$%~~,,,,,
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,:~;%$@¶@# 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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