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@@^;;;;=., , **==@@==** ,** SHOWER **, **==@@==** , ,.=;;;;^@@
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#*^===,,,, * 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. ,.=;^*@#@#
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##@#@*^;=. 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. ,,,===^^*#
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#@#@*^;=., 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. ,,,,,.=^*#
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@*;==,,,,, 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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