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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 .~«^%*@¶##
@@@@*%^«~. 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. .~«^%*@¶@#
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##@@*%^«~. 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 ...~^%%@¶¶
@*^~...... OTHER WAYS AS WELL. ......~^*@
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