,,,,~^%@¶¶ ¶¶@%^~,,,,
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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. ##¶@@%^~:,
,,,,,,~%@# #@%~,,,,,,
,:~^%@@¶## ##¶@@%^~:,
,,,,:^^@@@ @@@^^:,,,,
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