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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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,,=**$@@## ,, ,, ,, ,, ,, ,, ,, ,, ,, ,, ,, ,, ,, ##@@$**=,,
,,,=****@@ ,, ,, ,= ,= ,= ,= ,= ,= ,= ,= ,* ,* ,* @@****=,,,
,,==***$@# ,* ,* ,* ,$ ,@ ,@ ,# ,# =, =, == =* =* #@$***==,,
,,=**$@@@@ =$ =@ =@ =# =# *, *, *= ** ** *$ *@ *@ @@@@$**=,,
,,=**$@@## *# *# *, *, *= ** ** *$ *@ *@ *# *# $, ##@@$**=,,
,,=**$@@@# $, $= $* $* $$ $@ $@ $# $# @, @, @= @* #@@@$**=,,
,,,,=*$@@@ @* @$ @@ @@ @# @# @, @, @= @* @* @$ @@ @@@$*=,,,,
,,=**$@@## @@ @# @# #, #, #= #* #* #$ #@ #@ ## ## ##@@$**=,,
,,=**$@### #, #, #= #* #* #$ #@ #@ ###@$**=,,
,,=**$@@## THE CEILING IS COVERED IN ACTUAL STARS. ##@@$**=,,
,,=**$@@## EYES ABOVE ##@@$**=,,
,,=******@ FADING INTO SILVER FLAKES AS THEY FALL @******=,,
,,,,,,**@# BUBBLES IN DRINKS #@**,,,,,,
,,=**$@@## ##@@$**=,,
,,,,,,**$@ DRINKS WITH A SECRET INGREDIENT, THAT @$**,,,,,,
,,===*$@@@ MAKES YOU SEE THE STARS EVEN WHEN YOU @@@$*===,,
,,=**$@@## CLOSE YOUR EYES. ##@@$**=,,
,,=**$@@## ##@@$**=,,
,,,,,,*$@@ AT THESE DEEPER LEVELS IT CAN BE HARD @@$*,,,,,,
,,,,=***@@ TO REMEMBER WHO AND WHERE YOU ARE @@***=,,,,
,,=**$@@## (WERE). NORMAL STAFF IS AS TRANSFORMED ##@@$**=,,
,,=**$@### AS GUESTS. INSTEAD, CARE AND PROTECTION ###@$**=,,
,,=**$@@@@ ARE OFFERED BY (OVERLY FLIRTY) @@@@$**=,,
,,,,***$@# POOL TOYS AND OTHER SUCH AUTOMATONS. #@$***,,,,
,,,,,=*$@# #@$*=,,,,,
,,=**$@@@@ IF YOU STAY ABOVE ABSOLUTE MADNESS, @@@@$**=,,
,,=**$@### THERE IS SOME SORT OF CONTROL TO BE ###@$**=,,
,,=**$@@## HAD. YOU COULD SLIP INTO YOUR IDEAL DOG ##@@$**=,,
,,=**$@### BODY THERE, EXPLORE THAT. YOU COULD ###@$**=,,
,,,,,*$$@# DRINK POISONOUS AMBROSIA AND NOT BE #@$$*,,,,,
,,=**$@@## BURNED AWAY. YOU COULD EXPLORE ##@@$**=,,
,,,,,**@@@ TERRITORIES JUST AS MAPLESS AS THOSE @@@**,,,,,
,,=**$@@## CLOSER TO THE CORE, BUT WITH A CHANCE ##@@$**=,,
,,=*****$@ OF FINDING YOUR WAY BACK. @$*****=,,
,,=**$@@## ##@@$**=,,
,,=**$@@## ,# ,# ,# ,# ,# ,# ,# ,# ,# ,# ,# ##@@$**=,,
,,=**$@@## ,, THE HONEY IS A TRAP AND THERE'S A ,, ##@@$**=,,
,,=**$@@## == STING, A STING, A STING. == ##@@$**=,,
,,=**$@@## *, IT'S IN YOUR EYES AND IT'S IN YOUR ,* ##@@$**=,,
,,=**$@@## *, MOUTH AND YOUR HANDS, THEIR HANDS ,* ##@@$**=,,
,,=**$@@## $= IT'S IN YOUR HEART AND IN YOUR =$ ##@@$**=,,
,,,,=**@@@ @* MIND AND THE MINDS OF THOSE AROUND *@ @@@**=,,,,
,,=**$@### @* YOU, THEIR HEARTS, THEIR BODIES. *@ ###@$**=,,
,,,,,,=*@@ #$ #$ #$ #$ #$ #$ #$ #$ #$ #$ #$ @@*=,,,,,,
,,=*$@@### AND IF YOU'RE LUCKY, YOU'LL NEVER GET ###@@$*=,,
,,,,,,=**@ OUT. DON'T BITE THE OTHER GUESTS. @**=,,,,,,
,,,,,**@@@ (OR DO) @@@**,,,,,
,,=***$@@# #@@$***=,,
,,,,,,=*@@ THE DEEPER THE FLOOR GOES, THE MORE @@*=,,,,,,
,=**$@@### EXPENSIVE THE DRINKS. THIS IS NOT ###@@$**=,
,,,,,,=*$@ COINCIDENTAL. THE MORE EXPENSIVE THE @$*=,,,,,,
,,=**$@@## DRINKS, THE MORE LIKELY IT IS THAT ##@@$**=,,
,,=**$@@## SOMEONE WILL BUY THEM FOR YOU. ##@@$**=,,
,,,,,***@# THIS IS ALSO NOT COINCIDENTAL. IF #@***,,,,,
,,=**$@@## SOMEONE BUYS YOU A DRINK, THEY ARE VERY ##@@$**=,,
,,,==**$@@ LIKELY TO TAKE CARE OF YOUR NEEDS IN @@$**==,,,
,,=**$@@## OTHER WAYS AS WELL. ##@@$**=,,
,,=*****$@ @$*****=,,
,,=**$@### ###@$**=,,
,,,,==*@@@ @@@*==,,,,
,,=**$@@@@ @@@@$**=,,
,,,=**$$@@ @@$$**=,,,