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.^«;$%#@## THEY BUILT THE FINAL NIGHTCLUB ON TOP ##@#%$;«^.
..^«;$%#@# OF AN UNDOCUMENTED RESEARCH SITE. EACH #@#%$;«^..
...^«;$%#@ FLOOR CLOSER TO THE COLLAPSED WARP @#%$;«^...
....^«;$%# PROTOTYPE. DID THEY KNOW AT THE START? #%$;«^....
.....^«;$% CLASSIFIED MAPS HAD GONE MISSING SOME %$;«^.....
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....^«;$%# ENTHRALLING AND INTRUSIVE, THEN SEEDY #%$;«^....
...^«;$%#@ AND PREDATORY, BUT PIERCE DEEPER AND @#%$;«^...
..^«;$%#@# THERE WILL BE MORE PECULIAR EFFECTS. #@#%$;«^..
.^«;$%#@## YOUR SENSE OF SPACE WILL SEEM TO ##@#%$;«^.
..^«;$%#@# DISTORT (IT'S ACTUALLY THE SPACETIME #@#%$;«^..
...^«;$%#@ ITSELF THAT IS BECOMING FLUID), THEN @#%$;«^...
....^«;$%# YOUR BODY, AND FINALLY YOUR SENSE OF #%$;«^....
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...^«;$%#@ FADING INTO SILVER FLAKES AS THEY FALL @#%$;«^...
..^«;$%#@# BUBBLES IN DRINKS #@#%$;«^..
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..^«;$%#@# DRINKS WITH A SECRET INGREDIENT, THAT #@#%$;«^..
...^«;$%#@ MAKES YOU SEE THE STARS EVEN WHEN YOU @#%$;«^...
....^«;$%# CLOSE YOUR EYES. #%$;«^....
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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. @#%$;«^...
..^«;$%#@# #@#%$;«^..
.^«;$%#@## 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 $;«^......
.......^«; TERRITORIES JUST AS MAPLESS AS THOSE ;«^.......
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.....^«;$% 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 ;& %$;«^.....
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......^«;$ AND IF YOU'RE LUCKY, YOU'LL NEVER GET $;«^......
.....^«;$% OUT. DON'T BITE THE OTHER GUESTS. %$;«^.....
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..^«;$%#@# 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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