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,,^^:***@# #@***:^^,,
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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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,^-::**@@# ,,,,,, ,,,,,, ,,,,,, ^, ^, ^, ^, ^, ^, #@@**::-^,
,,,,,^-:%@ ^, ^, ^, ^^ ^^ ^^ ^^ ^^ ^^ ^^ ^^ ^^ ^^ @%:-^,,,,,
,,,,--**@# ^^ ^^ ^- ^- ^- ^- ^- ^- ^- ^- ^: ^: ^: #@**--,,,,
,^-:*%%%£# ^: ^* ^* ^% ^@ ^£ ^# ^# -, -^ -- -: -* #£%%%*:-^,
,^-:*%@£## -% -@ -£ -# -# :, :^ :- :: :* :% :@ :£ ##£@%*:-^,
,,,,,^:*%£ :# :# *, *^ *- *: ** *% *@ *£ *# *# %, £%*:^,,,,,
,^-:*%@£## %^ %- %: %* %% %@ %£ %# %# @, @^ @- @: ##£@%*:-^,
,^-:***%£# @* @% @@ @£ @# @# £, £^ £- £: £* £% £@ #£%***:-^,
,^-:*%@@@£ ££ £# £# #, #^ #- #: #* #% #@ #£ ## ## £@@@%*:-^,
,,,^-**@@@ #, #^ #- #: #* #% #@ #£ @@@**-^,,,
,^-:*%@£## 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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