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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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,^=†%%@@## ^^ ^^ ^= ^= ^= ^= ^= ^= ^= ^= ^† ^† ^† ##@@%%†=^,
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,^=†%%@@## %^ %= %† %% %% %@ %@ %# %# @, @^ @= @† ##@@%%†=^,
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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. #@%††^,,,,
,,,==†%@@# #@@%†==,,,
,^=†%%@@## ,# ,# ,# ,# ,# ,# ,# ,# ,# ,# ,# ##@@%%†=^,
,,,,,,,=%@ ^^ 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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