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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 §;=^......
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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 ^^ ^.........
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.........^ ;. 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. ##@%§;=^..
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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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