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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. .....«=*¤#
###¤*=†«^. .^«†=*¤###
###¤*=†«^. 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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###¤*=†«^. 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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