,:~††%%@## ##@%%††~:,
,::~†††%@@ @@%†††~::,
,:~††%@### ###@%††~:,
,,,,,:†%@@ @@%†:,,,,,
,,,,,,~~†@ @†~~,,,,,,
,:~††%@### 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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,:~††%@### #### #### #### #### #### #### #### #### ###@%††~:,
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,:~††%%@@@ ###### ###### ###### ###### ###### @@@%%††~:,
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,:~††%@### ,,,,,, ,,,,,, ,,,,,, ,,,,, ,,,,, ,,,,, ###@%††~:,
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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. ###@%††~:,
,:~††%@### ###@%††~:,
,:~††%@### ###@%††~:,
,:~††%@### ###@%††~:,
,:††%@#### ####@%††:,
,:~†††††%# #%†††††~:,