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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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###¤$$:~-, :# :# $, $- $~ $: $$ $$ $¤ $# $# $# $, ,-~:$$¤###
###¤$$:~-, $- $~ $: $$ $$ $¤ $# $# $# ¤, ¤- ¤~ ¤: ,-~:$$¤###
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###¤$$:~-, ## ## ## #, #- #~ #: #$ #$ #¤ ## ## ## ,-~:$$¤###
###¤$$:~-, #, #- #~ #: #$ #$ #¤ ## ,-~:$$¤###
###¤$$:~-, THE CEILING IS COVERED IN ACTUAL STARS. ,-~:$$¤###
###¤$$:~-, EYES ABOVE ,-~:$$¤###
###¤$$:~-, FADING INTO SILVER FLAKES AS THEY FALL ,-~:$$¤###
#$$$~-,,,, BUBBLES IN DRINKS ,,,,-~$$$#
#¤$$~,,,,, ,,,,,~$$¤#
#$::-,,,,, DRINKS WITH A SECRET INGREDIENT, THAT ,,,,,-::$#
#$$~--,,,, MAKES YOU SEE THE STARS EVEN WHEN YOU ,,,,--~$$#
#¤¤$~,,,,, CLOSE YOUR EYES. ,,,,,~$¤¤#
###¤$$:~-, ,-~:$$¤###
####¤$$~-, AT THESE DEEPER LEVELS IT CAN BE HARD ,-~$$¤####
###¤$$:~-, TO REMEMBER WHO AND WHERE YOU ARE ,-~:$$¤###
#¤$:~~~,,, (WERE). NORMAL STAFF IS AS TRANSFORMED ,,,~~~:$¤#
#¤¤$:~,,,, AS GUESTS. INSTEAD, CARE AND PROTECTION ,,,,~:$¤¤#
###¤$$:~-, ARE OFFERED BY (OVERLY FLIRTY) ,-~:$$¤###
###¤$$:~-, POOL TOYS AND OTHER SUCH AUTOMATONS. ,-~:$$¤###
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##¤¤$$:~-, IF YOU STAY ABOVE ABSOLUTE MADNESS, ,-~:$$¤¤##
##$$~~~--, THERE IS SOME SORT OF CONTROL TO BE ,--~~~$$##
###¤$$:~-, HAD. YOU COULD SLIP INTO YOUR IDEAL DOG ,-~:$$¤###
#¤$$$$:~-, BODY THERE, EXPLORE THAT. YOU COULD ,-~:$$$$¤#
#¤¤$~~~~-, DRINK POISONOUS AMBROSIA AND NOT BE ,-~~~~$¤¤#
#$$:---,,, 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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