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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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¨§¨§¨§¨§§¨ »* »§ »# »# »# †¨ †: †» †† †* †* †§ †# ¨§¨§¨¨§¨§¨
§§¨§¨§¨¨§¨ †# †# *¨ *: *» *† ** ** *§ *# *# *# *¨ ¨§¨§¨§§¨§¨
¨§¨§¨§¨§§¨ *: *» *† ** ** *§ *# *# *# §¨ §: §» §† ¨§¨§¨¨§¨§¨
§§¨§¨§¨¨§¨ §* §* §§ §# §# §# #¨ #: #» #† #* #* #§ ¨§¨§¨§§¨§¨
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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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