¨§§¨§¨§¨¨¨                                          §¨¨¨§¨¨§§§
§¨§§§§§¨¨¨                                          §¨¨§§¨§¨¨§
§§¨¨¨¨§¨¨¨                                          §¨§¨§§§¨§¨
¨§¨¨¨§§¨¨¨                                          §§§§¨¨§§§§
§§¨¨§¨§¨¨¨                                          ¨¨¨§¨§¨¨¨§
¨§¨§§§§¨¨§ 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.                                    §¨§¨¨§¨¨§§
¨§§§§¨§§§§                                          §§§¨§§¨§¨§
§¨¨¨§§¨¨¨§ #  # # #  # # #  # # # # # # # ##### ### ¨¨§§¨§§§§§
§¨¨§¨§¨¨§§ ### ### ### ### ### ###  ###  #####  ### ¨§¨§§¨¨¨¨¨
§¨§§§§¨§¨§ ###  ###  ##### ##### ##### #####  ##### §§§¨§¨¨¨¨§
§§¨¨¨§§§§¨ ####  #### #### #### #### #### #### #### ¨¨§§§¨¨¨§¨
¨§¨¨§¨¨¨§¨ ######  ######   ######   ######  ###### ¨§¨¨§¨¨§§§
§§¨§§¨¨§§§ ######  ######   ######   ######  ###### §§¨§§¨§¨¨§
¨§§¨§¨§¨¨¨ ######    ######    ########    ######## ¨§§¨§§§¨§¨
§¨§§§§§¨¨¨ ########   ########   ########  ######## §¨§§¨¨§§§¨
§§¨¨¨¨§¨¨¨ ########  ########   ########   ######## §§¨§¨§¨¨§§
¨§¨¨¨§§¨¨¨ ########   ########   .................. ¨§§§§§¨§¨¨
§§¨¨§¨§¨¨¨ .... .... .... ....  .... .... .... .... §¨¨¨¨§§§¨¨
¨§¨§§§§¨¨§ ....  ....  ....  ¨¨¨¨¨¨  ¨¨¨¨¨¨  ¨¨¨¨¨¨ §¨¨¨§¨¨§¨§
§§§¨¨¨§¨§§ ¨¨¨¨¨¨  ¨¨¨¨¨¨ ¨¨¨¨¨¨  ¨¨¨¨¨ ¨¨¨¨¨ ¨¨¨¨¨ §¨¨§§¨§§§§
¨¨§¨¨§§§¨¨ ¨¨¨¨¨  ¨¨¨¨¨  ¨¨¨¨¨ ¨¨¨¨¨ ¨¨¨¨¨  ¨¨¨¨¨¨¨ §¨§¨§§¨¨¨¨
¨§§¨§¨¨§¨§ ¨¨¨¨¨¨¨  ¨¨¨¨¨¨¨ ¨¨¨¨¨¨¨ ¨¨¨¨¨¨¨ ¨¨¨¨¨¨¨ §§§§¨§¨¨¨¨
§¨§§§¨§§§¨ ¨¨¨¨¨¨¨  ¨¨¨¨¨¨   ¨¨¨¨¨¨  ¨¨¨¨¨¨  ¨¨¨¨¨¨ ¨¨¨§§§¨¨¨¨
§§¨¨§§¨¨§§ ¨¨¨¨¨¨ ¨¨¨¨¨¨ ¨¨¨¨¨¨  .¨ .¨ .¨  .¨ .¨ .¨ ¨¨§¨¨§¨¨¨§
¨§¨§¨§¨§¨¨ .¨ .¨  .¨ .. .. .. .. .. .. ..  .. .. .. ¨§§¨§§¨¨§¨
§§§§§§§§¨¨ .. .. .» .» .» .» .» .»  .» .» .=  .= .= §¨§§¨§¨§§¨
¨¨¨¨¨¨¨§¨§ .= .^  .^  .& .§ .£ .# .# »¨ ». »» »= »^ §§¨§§§§¨§§
¨¨¨¨¨¨§§§§ »& »§ »£ »# »# =¨ =. =» ==  =^  =& =§ =£ ¨§§¨¨¨§§¨§
¨¨¨¨¨§¨¨¨§ =#  =# ^¨ ^. ^»  ^= ^^ ^& ^§ ^£ ^# ^# &¨ §¨§¨¨§¨§§§
¨¨¨¨§§¨¨§§ &. &» &= &^ && &§ &£ &# &# §¨  §. §»  §= §§§¨§§§¨¨§
¨¨¨§¨§¨§¨¨ §^ §&  §§ §£ §# §# £¨ £. £» £= £^  £& £§ ¨¨§§¨¨§¨§§
¨¨§§§§§§¨¨ ££ £# £# #¨ #. #» #= #^ #& #§  #£ ##  ## ¨§¨§¨§§§¨§
¨§¨¨¨¨¨§¨§ #¨    #.   #»   #=   #^    #&   #§    #£ §§§§§¨¨§§§
§§¨¨¨¨§§§§ 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. §¨¨¨§¨¨§¨§
§§§¨¨¨§¨§§                                          §¨¨§§¨§§§§
¨¨§¨¨§§§¨¨                                          §¨§¨§§¨¨¨¨
¨§§¨§¨¨§¨§                                          §§§§¨§¨¨¨¨
§¨§§§¨§§§¨                                          ¨¨¨§§§¨¨¨¨
§§¨¨§§¨¨§§                                          ¨¨§¨¨§¨¨¨§