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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 @§%^-,,,,,
,-~^%%§#@# #@#§%%^~-,
,-~^%%§#@# 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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