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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 ¨§¨§¨§¨§¨§
§¨§§¨§¨§¨¨ SELF. ¨§¨§¨§¨§¨¨
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§¨¨§¨§¨§¨§ #¨ #: #~ #: #* #$ #§ #@ ¨§¨§¨§¨§¨§
§¨§§¨§¨§¨¨ THE CEILING IS COVERED IN ACTUAL STARS. ¨§¨§¨§¨§¨¨
§¨¨§¨§¨§¨§ EYES ABOVE ¨§¨§¨§¨§¨§
§¨§§¨§¨§¨¨ 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. ¨§¨§¨§¨§¨§
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§¨¨§¨§¨§¨§ 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) ¨§¨§¨§¨§¨§
§¨§§¨§¨§¨¨ ¨§¨§¨§¨§¨¨
§¨¨§¨§¨§¨§ 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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