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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 ###&@*==,,
,,==*@## 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. ###&@*==,,
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