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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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