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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 ,.~:^§@@##
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##@@§^:~., 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 ,.~:^§@@##
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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. ,,,,.:^@@@
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##@@§^:~., 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. ^@ ,.~:^§@@##
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@§^~...,,, AND IF YOU'RE LUCKY, YOU'LL NEVER GET ,,,...~^§@
@@^^~,,,,, OUT. DON'T BITE THE OTHER GUESTS. ,,,,,~^^@@
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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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