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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. ,:-:*&¤###
#&**:::,,, ,,,:::**&#
@@#¤&*:-:, 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. ,,,,:-**&¤
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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) ,:-:*&¤#@@
###¤&*:-:, ,:-:*&¤###
¤&:::,,,,, 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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