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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 ###@%§†=.,
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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. ###@%§†=.,
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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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