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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 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 ,@,,,@@@,,
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,,,@,,@,,@ DRINKS WITH A SECRET INGREDIENT, THAT ,@,,,,@,@@
@,,,@,,@,, MAKES YOU SEE THE STARS EVEN WHEN YOU ,,@,,,,,@@
@@,,,@,,@, CLOSE YOUR EYES. @,,@,,,,@,
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@,@@,,,@,, 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) ,,,@,@@,,@
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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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,,@@@,,,,@ ^, 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. ,,,,,@,,,@
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,@,@@,,,,, 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 ,,,,,,@,@@
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