...,=:^*## ##*^:=,...
....,=:^*# #*^:=,....
.....,=:^* *^:=,.....
....,=:^*# #*^:=,....
...,=:^*## ##*^:=,...
..,=:^*### . . . . . . . . ###*^:=,..
.,=:^*#### . **::** . . **::** . ####*^:=,.
..,=:^*### . **==##==** . THE . **==##==** . ###*^:=,..
...,=:^*## :==######==: * * :==######==: ##*^:=,...
....,=:^*# . **==##==** .** SHOWER **. **==##==** . #*^:=,....
.....,=:^* *. **::** .** **. **::** .* *^:=,.....
....,=:^*# # . . . . . . . . # #*^:=,....
...,=:^*## * DEEP BELOW * ##*^:=,...
..,=:^*### GROUND LEVEL, SEVERAL ELEVATORS DOWN, ###*^:=,..
.,=:^*#### IN THE DARK WATER WHERE THE SURFACE ####*^:=,.
..,=:^*### LIGHT DOESN'T REACH, AND WARMTH COMES ###*^:=,..
...,=:^*## MOSTLY FROM BELOW - HERE IS THE SHOWER. ##*^:=,...
....,=:^*# #*^:=,....
.....,=:^* IT IS DARK. YOU STRIP, AND IT'S COLD. *^:=,.....
....,=:^*# YOUR FEET FEEL THE COLD STONE FLOOR, #*^:=,....
...,=:^*## YOUR HANDS FIND THE RUBBER HANDLES TO ##*^:=,...
..,=:^*### GUIDE YOU INTO THE CABIN. ###*^:=,..
.,=:^*#### ####*^:=,.
..,=:^*### AND THEN, THE HOT WATER, THE ###*^:=,..
...,=:^*## UNDERGROUND RAIN. DRENCHING YOU, ##*^:=,...
....,=:^*# LATHERING YOU. INFUSED WITH OILS AND #*^:=,....
.....,=:^* SCENTS. AND THEN, ALSO FROM ABOVE, THE *^:=,.....
....,=:^*# SHOWER CREATURES. FIRST THEIR BLACK #*^:=,....
...,=:^*## VELVET ARMS, TOUCHING, AND THEN ENTIRE ##*^:=,...
..,=:^*### BODIES. CHESTS AND SNOUTS. ###*^:=,..
.,=:^*#### ####*^:=,.
..,=:^*### THE CREATURES ARE MEANT TO COMFORT YOU, ###*^:=,..
...,=:^*## KEEP YOU ENTRANCED, AND KEEP YOU FROM ##*^:=,...
....,=:^*# LEAVING THE CABIN PREMATURELY. THIS #*^:=,....
.....,=:^* WHOLE ORDEAL WORKS BEST IF YOU ARE NOT *^:=,.....
....,=:^*# TRANSFORMED TOO EARLY, AND ARE INSTEAD #*^:=,....
...,=:^*## ALLOWED TO ENJOY THE SHOWER FOR A WHILE. ##*^:=,...
..,=:^*### ###*^:=,..
.,=:^*#### YOU ARE STEAMED, CARESSED, CLEANED, ####*^:=,.
..,=:^*### MODIFIED, LIQUIFIED; DISSOLVED AND ###*^:=,..
...,=:^*## DRAINED... AND THEN BROUGHT BACK, ##*^:=,...
....,=:^*# SLOWLY, WAKING AS THE WATER DRIES OFF #*^:=,....
.....,=:^* OF YOU. CABIN OPEN TO THE COLD AIR *^:=,.....
....,=:^*# TICKLING YOUR FRESH-BORN MIND. CREATURE #*^:=,....
...,=:^*## HANDS GONE, YOU STEP OUT. ##*^:=,...
..,=:^*### ###*^:=,..
.,=:^*#### LATER, ELEVATOR BACK UP. NEW BODY. ####*^:=,.
..,=:^*### ###*^:=,..
...,=:^*## ##*^:=,...
....,=:^*# #*^:=,....
.....,=:^* *^:=,.....
....,=:^*# #*^:=,....