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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 ,,~«\*§###
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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. ,,,,,,,,,~
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\«~,,,,,,, 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. *# ,,,,,,,,,,
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«~,,,,,,,, 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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