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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.                            ¤$$\~~,,,,
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,^~\%$¤### THE  DEEPER YOU  DESCEND,  THE  STRANGER ###¤$%\~^,
,^~~\\\%%¤ THE    ENVIRONMENT    -    FIRST    MORE ¤%%\\\~~^,
,^~\%$¤### ENTHRALLING AND  INTRUSIVE,  THEN  SEEDY ###¤$%\~^,
,,,,,~~%$# AND  PREDATORY,  BUT  PIERCE DEEPER  AND #$%~~,,,,,
^~\%$¤#### THERE WILL  BE  MORE  PECULIAR  EFFECTS. ####¤$%\~^
,^~\%$¤### YOUR   SENSE  OF   SPACE  WILL  SEEM  TO ###¤$%\~^,
,^~\%$¤### DISTORT  (IT'S  ACTUALLY  THE  SPACETIME ###¤$%\~^,
,,,^^~\%%¤ ITSELF  THAT  IS BECOMING  FLUID),  THEN ¤%%\~^^,,,
,^~\%$¤### YOUR  BODY, AND  FINALLY  YOUR SENSE  OF ###¤$%\~^,
,^~\%$¤### SELF.                                    ###¤$%\~^,
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,^~\%$#### THE CEILING IS COVERED IN ACTUAL  STARS. ####$%\~^,
,,,,~\\\$# EYES                               ABOVE #$\\\~,,,,
,^~\%$$$¤¤ FADING  INTO SILVER FLAKES AS THEY  FALL ¤¤$$$%\~^,
,^~\%$¤### BUBBLES                     IN    DRINKS ###¤$%\~^,
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,^~\%$¤¤¤# DRINKS  WITH A  SECRET INGREDIENT,  THAT #¤¤¤$%\~^,
,^~\%$¤### MAKES YOU SEE THE  STARS  EVEN WHEN  YOU ###¤$%\~^,
,^~\%$¤¤## CLOSE             YOUR             EYES. ##¤¤$%\~^,
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,^~\%$$$¤# 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. #¤$$\^^^^,
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,,,,^~\$## ,#  ,#  ,# ,#  ,#  ,# ,#  ,#  ,#  ,#  ,# ##$\~^,,,,
,^~\%$¤### ^^ THE HONEY  IS A TRAP AND THERE'S A ^^ ###¤$%\~^,
,,,,^~%%%¤ ~~   STING,  A  STING,   A   STING.   ~~ ¤%%%~^,,,,
,,^~\%$$## \, 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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