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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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