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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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