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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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....^~*¤¤# 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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