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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 ¨¨¨¨¨¨¨¨¨¨
:¨¨¨¨¨¨¨¨¨ ¨¨¨¨¨¨¨¨¨:
«:¨¨¨¨¨¨¨¨ 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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*\«:¨¨¨¨¨¨ and if you're lucky, you'll never get ¨¨¨¨¨¨:«\*
\«:¨¨¨¨¨¨¨ out. don't bite the other guests. ¨¨¨¨¨¨¨:«\
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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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