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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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