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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 ,,,,.»»†¤#
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¤@†»,,,,,, ITSELF THAT IS BECOMING FLUID), THEN ,,,,,,»†@¤
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###¤@†/»., 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. ,,,,../†@#
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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. ,,,,»»/†@¤
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###¤@†/»., 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 .. ,.»/†@¤###
###¤@†/»., »» 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 »@ ,,,»»//@¤#
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##@@/.,,,, #@ #@ #@ #@ #@ #@ #@ #@ #@ #@ #@ ,,,,./@@##
####¤@†»., AND IF YOU'RE LUCKY, YOU'LL NEVER GET ,.»†@¤####
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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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