#$†~¨¨¨¨¨¨                                          ¨¨¨¨¨¨~†$#
##@#$††~:¨                                          ¨:~††$#@##
##@#$††~:¨                                          ¨:~††$#@##
##@#$††~:¨                                          ¨:~††$#@##
####$††~:¨                                          ¨:~††$####
##†††:¨¨¨¨    ¨ ¨  ¨ ¨                  ¨ ¨  ¨ ¨    ¨¨¨¨:†††##
@#$††::¨¨¨   ¨ $$††$$ ¨                ¨ $$††$$ ¨   ¨¨¨::††$#@
#††~::¨¨¨¨ ¨ $$~~##~~$$ ¨    the     ¨ $$~~##~~$$ ¨ ¨¨¨¨::~††#
@$†††~¨¨¨¨  †~~######~~†   $      $   †~~######~~†  ¨¨¨¨~†††$@
###@$††~:¨ ¨ $$~~##~~$$ ¨$$ shower $$¨ $$~~##~~$$ ¨ ¨:~††$@###
###@$††~:¨  $¨ $$††$$ ¨$$            $$¨ $$††$$ ¨$  ¨:~††$@###
####$††~:¨ #  ¨ ¨  ¨ ¨                  ¨ ¨  ¨ ¨  # ¨:~††$####
#@@#$††~:¨ $              deep below              $ ¨:~††$#@@#
#$†:¨¨¨¨¨¨   ground level, several elevators down,  ¨¨¨¨¨¨:†$#
####$††~:¨    in the dark water where the surface   ¨:~††$####
###@#$†~:¨  light doesn't reach, and warmth comes   ¨:~†$#@###
##@#$††~:¨  mostly from below - here is the shower. ¨:~††$#@##
#$†~~~~¨¨¨                                          ¨¨¨~~~~†$#
##$$$††~:¨   it is dark. you strip, and it's cold.  ¨:~††$$$##
##@#$††~:¨   your feet feel the cold stone floor,   ¨:~††$#@##
@@$††††~:¨  your hands find the rubber handles to   ¨:~††††$@@
###@$††~:¨         guide you into the cabin.        ¨:~††$@###
#$$††~:¨¨¨                                          ¨¨¨:~††$$#
###@$††~:¨       and then, the hot water, the       ¨:~††$@###
##$†~¨¨¨¨¨     underground rain. drenching you,     ¨¨¨¨¨~†$##
##@#$††~:¨   lathering you. infused with oils and   ¨:~††$#@##
###@#††~:¨  scents. and then, also from above, the  ¨:~††#@###
##$†~~¨¨¨¨   shower creatures. first their black    ¨¨¨¨~~†$##
##$$†~:¨¨¨  velvet arms, touching, and then entire  ¨¨¨:~†$$##
##@#$††~:¨        bodies. chests and snouts.        ¨:~††$#@##
#@#$†~~:¨¨                                          ¨¨:~~†$#@#
#††~:::¨¨¨ the creatures are meant to comfort you,  ¨¨¨:::~††#
#†~¨¨¨¨¨¨¨  keep you entranced, and keep you from   ¨¨¨¨¨¨¨~†#
#$†††††~:¨   leaving the cabin prematurely. this    ¨:~†††††$#
#@##$††~:¨  whole ordeal works best if you are not  ¨:~††$##@#
@$††††~:¨¨  transformed too early, and are instead  ¨¨:~††††$@
##@#$††~:¨ allowed to enjoy the shower for a while. ¨:~††$#@##
@#††:¨¨¨¨¨                                          ¨¨¨¨¨:††#@
#†††:¨¨¨¨¨   you are steamed, caressed, cleaned,    ¨¨¨¨¨:†††#
@$††~:¨¨¨¨    modified, liquified; dissolved and    ¨¨¨¨:~††$@
##††††~¨¨¨    drained... and then brought back,     ¨¨¨~††††##
##@#$††~:¨   slowly, waking as the water dries off  ¨:~††$#@##
@###$††~:¨    of you. cabin open to the cold air    ¨:~††$###@
##@#$††~:¨  tickling your fresh-born mind. creature ¨:~††$#@##
##@#$††~:¨        hands gone, you step out.         ¨:~††$#@##
#$†:¨¨¨¨¨¨                                          ¨¨¨¨¨¨:†$#
##@#$††~:¨    later, elevator back up. new body.    ¨:~††$#@##
##@#$††~:¨                                          ¨:~††$#@##
#@#$†:¨¨¨¨                                          ¨¨¨¨:†$#@#
@$$†~¨¨¨¨¨                                          ¨¨¨¨¨~†$$@
##@#$††~:¨                                          ¨:~††$#@##
##@#$††~:¨                                          ¨:~††$#@##