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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 ¨¨¨¨¨~:%*@
##@@*%:~^¨ DISTORT (IT'S ACTUALLY THE SPACETIME ¨^~:%*@@##
@*:~¨¨¨¨¨¨ ITSELF THAT IS BECOMING FLUID), THEN ¨¨¨¨¨¨~:*@
#@@@*%:~^¨ YOUR BODY, AND FINALLY YOUR SENSE OF ¨^~:%*@@@#
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##@@*%:~^¨ #¨ #^ #~ #: #% #* #@ #@ ¨^~:%*@@##
##@@*%:~^¨ THE CEILING IS COVERED IN ACTUAL STARS. ¨^~:%*@@##
##@@*%:~^¨ EYES ABOVE ¨^~:%*@@##
@%:~^¨¨¨¨¨ FADING INTO SILVER FLAKES AS THEY FALL ¨¨¨¨¨^~:%@
@%%:~¨¨¨¨¨ BUBBLES IN DRINKS ¨¨¨¨¨~:%%@
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#@@@*%:~^¨ 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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