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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 ¨§¨§¨¨§¨§¨
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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 ¨§¨§¨§§¨§¨
§§¨¨§¨§¨§¨ 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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