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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. .~~:*¤¤###
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###¶¤¤*:~. 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. .......~*¤
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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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