,,,,,,:-/† †/-:,,,,,,
,,,,,:-/†% %†/-:,,,,,
,,,,:-/†%@ @%†/-:,,,,
,,,:-/†%@@ @@%†/-:,,,
,,:-/†%@@@ @@@%†/-:,,
,:-/†%@@@# 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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,,:-/†%@@@ ###### ###### ###### ###### ###### @@@%†/-:,,
,:-/†%@@@# ###### ###### ######## ######## #@@@%†/-:,
,,:-/†%@@@ ######## ######## ######## ######## @@@%†/-:,,
,,,:-/†%@@ ######## ######## ######## ######## @@%†/-:,,,
,,,,:-/†%@ ######## ######## :::::::::::::::::: @%†/-:,,,,
,,,,,:-/†% :::: :::: :::: :::: :::: :::: :::: :::: %†/-:,,,,,
,,,,,,:-/† :::: :::: :::: ,,,,,, ,,,,,, ,,,,,, †/-:,,,,,,
,,,,,,,:-/ ,,,,,, ,,,,,, ,,,,,, ,,,,, ,,,,, ,,,,, /-:,,,,,,,
,,,,,,:-/† ,,,,, ,,,,, ,,,,, ,,,,, ,,,,, ,,,,,,, †/-:,,,,,,
,,,,,:-/†% ,,,,,,, ,,,,,,, ,,,,,,, ,,,,,,, ,,,,,,, %†/-:,,,,,
,,,,:-/†%@ ,,,,,,, ,,,,,, ,,,,,, ,,,,,, ,,,,,, @%†/-:,,,,
,,,:-/†%@@ ,,,,,, ,,,,,, ,,,,,, :, :, :, :, :, :, @@%†/-:,,,
,,:-/†%@@@ :, :, :, :: :: :: :: :: :: :: :: :: :: @@@%†/-:,,
,:-/†%@@@# :: :: :- :- :- :- :- :- :- :- :/ :/ :/ #@@@%†/-:,
,,:-/†%@@@ :/ :† :† :% :@ :@ :@ :# -, -: -- -/ -† @@@%†/-:,,
,,,:-/†%@@ -% -@ -@ -@ -# /, /: /- // /† /% /@ /@ @@%†/-:,,,
,,,,:-/†%@ /@ /# †, †: †- †/ †† †% †@ †@ †@ †# %, @%†/-:,,,,
,,,,,:-/†% %: %- %/ %† %% %@ %@ %@ %# @, @: @- @/ %†/-:,,,,,
,,,,,,:-/† @† @% @@ @@ @@ @# @, @: @- @/ @† @% @@ †/-:,,,,,,
,,,,,,,:-/ @@ @@ @# @, @: @- @/ @† @% @@ @@ @@ @# /-:,,,,,,,
,,,,,,:-/† #, #: #- #/ #† #% #@ #@ †/-:,,,,,,
,,,,,:-/†% 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. †/-:,,,,,,
,,,,,:-/†% %†/-:,,,,,
,,,,:-/†%@ @%†/-:,,,,
,,,:-/†%@@ @@%†/-:,,,
,,:-/†%@@@ @@@%†/-:,,
,:-/†%@@@# #@@@%†/-:,