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#@*†~¨¨¨¨¨ * DEEP BELOW * ¨¨¨¨¨~†*@#
#@†««¨¨¨¨¨ GROUND LEVEL, SEVERAL ELEVATORS DOWN, ¨¨¨¨¨««†@#
##***††«~¨ IN THE DARK WATER WHERE THE SURFACE ¨~«††***##
###@*††«~¨ LIGHT DOESN'T REACH, AND WARMTH COMES ¨~«††*@###
###@*††«~¨ MOSTLY FROM BELOW - HERE IS THE SHOWER. ¨~«††*@###
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###@*††«~¨ IT IS DARK. YOU STRIP, AND IT'S COLD. ¨~«††*@###
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###@*††«~¨ YOUR HANDS FIND THE RUBBER HANDLES TO ¨~«††*@###
###@*††«~¨ GUIDE YOU INTO THE CABIN. ¨~«††*@###
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###@*††«~¨ AND THEN, THE HOT WATER, THE ¨~«††*@###
###@*††«~¨ UNDERGROUND RAIN. DRENCHING YOU, ¨~«††*@###
@@@*†«««~¨ LATHERING YOU. INFUSED WITH OILS AND ¨~«««†*@@@
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#@†«~~¨¨¨¨ SHOWER CREATURES. FIRST THEIR BLACK ¨¨¨¨~~«†@#
###@*††«~¨ VELVET ARMS, TOUCHING, AND THEN ENTIRE ¨~«††*@###
###@*††«~¨ BODIES. CHESTS AND SNOUTS. ¨~«††*@###
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##@††««¨¨¨ THE CREATURES ARE MEANT TO COMFORT YOU, ¨¨¨««††@##
###@*††«~¨ KEEP YOU ENTRANCED, AND KEEP YOU FROM ¨~«††*@###
###@*††«~¨ LEAVING THE CABIN PREMATURELY. THIS ¨~«††*@###
###@*††«~¨ WHOLE ORDEAL WORKS BEST IF YOU ARE NOT ¨~«††*@###
###@*††«~¨ TRANSFORMED TOO EARLY, AND ARE INSTEAD ¨~«††*@###
@@@**††«~¨ ALLOWED TO ENJOY THE SHOWER FOR A WHILE. ¨~«††**@@@
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##@*††~¨¨¨ YOU ARE STEAMED, CARESSED, CLEANED, ¨¨¨~††*@##
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###@*††«~¨ DRAINED... AND THEN BROUGHT BACK, ¨~«††*@###
###@*††«~¨ SLOWLY, WAKING AS THE WATER DRIES OFF ¨~«††*@###
@*†«~¨¨¨¨¨ OF YOU. CABIN OPEN TO THE COLD AIR ¨¨¨¨¨~«†*@
##@*†††«~¨ TICKLING YOUR FRESH-BORN MIND. CREATURE ¨~«†††*@##
###@*††«~¨ HANDS GONE, YOU STEP OUT. ¨~«††*@###
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###@*††«~¨ LATER, ELEVATOR BACK UP. NEW BODY. ¨~«††*@###
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