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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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#@@&@$*«^. the deeper you descend, the stranger .^«*$@&@@#
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@@@&@$*«^. enthralling and intrusive, then seedy .^«*$@&@@@
#@@&@$*«^. and predatory, but pierce deeper and .^«*$@&@@#
#@@&@$*«^. there will be more peculiar effects. .^«*$@&@@#
##@&@$*«^. your sense of space will seem to .^«*$@&@##
@@@@***«^. 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 .....«**@@
&&@@$$*«^. makes you see the stars even when you .^«*$$@@&&
@&$$$««... close your eyes. ...««$$$&@
##@&@$*«^. .^«*$@&@##
#@@&@$*«^. at these deeper levels it can be hard .^«*$@&@@#
#@@&@$*«^. to remember who and where you are .^«*$@&@@#
#@@&@$*«^. (were). normal staff is as transformed .^«*$@&@@#
@@$*«..... as guests. instead, care and protection .....«*$@@
&$««^..... are offered by (overly flirty) .....^««$&
@@@&@$*«^. pool toys and other such automatons. .^«*$@&@@@
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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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##@@&@*«^. .# .# .# .# .# .# .# .# .# .# .# .^«*@&@@##
##@@&$*«^. ^^ the honey is a trap and there's a ^^ .^«*$&@@##
@@$«^..... «« sting, a sting, a sting. «« .....^«$@@
#@@&@$*«^. *. it's in your eyes and it's in your .* .^«*$@&@@#
#@@&@$*«^. $^ mouth and your hands, their hands ^$ .^«*$@&@@#
@&$«^..... @« 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) .^^«**@@@@
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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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