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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.                            ¨¨¨§§§§§§§
¨¨¨§¨¨¨¨§§                                          §§¨¨§§§§§¨
§§¨¨¨§§¨¨§ 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. §¨¨¨¨¨¨§§¨
¨¨¨¨§§§§§§                                          ¨¨§§§§¨¨¨¨
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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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