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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) #¤¤\»~¨¨¨¨
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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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