......:;$@                                          @$;:......
.:-;†$@###                                          ###@$†;-:.
.:-;†$@###                                          ###@$†;-:.
.:-;†$@###                                          ###@$†;-:.
.:-;;†$@@@                                          @@@$†;;-:.
......:;$# they built  the final  nightclub  on top #$;:......
.:-;;;;$@# of  an undocumented research  site. each #@$;;;;-:.
.:-;†$@### floor  closer   to  the  collapsed  warp ###@$†;-:.
...:;†††@# 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 @†;;;;:...
.:-;†$$@## your body,  and  finally  your sense  of ##@$$†;-:.
.:-;††$@## self.                                    ##@$††;-:.
.:-;†$@###                                          ###@$†;-:.
.::-;;†@## # # # #  # # # #  # # # # # # #####  ### ##@†;;-::.
.:--;;;;$# ###  ### ### ###  ### ###  ### ##### ### #$;;;;--:.
.:-;†$@### ###  ###  #####  ##### ##### ##### ##### ###@$†;-:.
.:-;†$#### #### ####  #### #### #### #### #### #### ####$†;-:.
.:-;†$@### ######   ######   ######  ######  ###### ###@$†;-:.
.:-;†$@### ######   ######   ######  ######  ###### ###@$†;-:.
.:-;†$@### ######    ######    ########    ######## ###@$†;-:.
.:::-†††@# ########   ########   ########  ######## #@†††-:::.
.:-;†$@### ########   ########   ########  ######## ###@$†;-:.
.:-;†$@### ########   ########   :::::::::::::::::: ###@$†;-:.
......-;$@ :::: :::: :::: :::: :::: ::::  :::: :::: @$;-......
.::::-;†@# ::::  ::::  ::::  ......  ......  ...... #@†;-::::.
.:-;†$@### ......  ......  ...... ..... ..... ..... ###@$†;-:.
.:-;††$$@# .....  ..... .....  ..... .....  ....... #@$$††;-:.
.:-;†$@### ....... ....... .......  ....... ....... ###@$†;-:.
.:-;†$@@@# .......  ......   ......  ......  ...... #@@@$†;-:.
......:;$# ...... ...... ...... :. :. :. :.  :.  :. #$;:......
.:-;†$@### :. :. :. :: :: :: :: :: :: ::  :: ::  :: ###@$†;-:.
.:-;†$$$@# :: :: :- :-  :- :- :- :- :- :-  :; :; :; #@$$$†;-:.
.:-;†$@### :;  :† :† :$ :@ :# :# :# -. -:  -- -; -† ###@$†;-:.
.:-;†@#### -$ -@ -# -#  -# ;. ;: ;-  ;; ;† ;$ ;@ ;# ####@†;-:.
.:-;†$@### ;#  ;# †. †: †- †; ††  †$ †@ †# †# †# $. ###@$†;-:.
.:-;†$@### $:  $-  $; $† $$ $@ $# $# $# @. @: @- @; ###@$†;-:.
.:-;†$@### @†  @$ @@ @# @# @# #. #:  #- #; #† #$ #@ ###@$†;-:.
.:-;†$@### ## ## ##  #. #: #- #; #†  #$ #@ ## ## ## ###@$†;-:.
.:-;†$@### #.   #:   #-    #;   #†   #$    #@    ## ###@$†;-:.
.:-;†$@### the ceiling is  covered in actual stars. ###@$†;-:.
..:-;;;$@# eyes                               above #@$;;;-:..
....--†@## fading into silver  flakes as they  fall ##@†--....
.:-;†$@### bubbles                     in    drinks ###@$†;-:.
....:-††@@                                          @@††-:....
....-;$$## 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. #$;-......
.:::;†$@@#                                          #@@$†;:::.
.:-;†$@###                                          ###@$†;-:.
.:-;†$@@##                                          ##@@$†;-:.
.:-;†$@###                                          ###@$†;-:.
......:;$#                                          #$;:......