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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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#@#¤¤^:=,¨ ¨,=:^¤¤#@#
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