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.....:::*@ . . . . . . . . @*:::.....
..=:**&&&& . **::** . . **::** . &&&&**:=..
..=:**&@## . **==&&==** . 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. ##@&**:=..
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