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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 ,,,,,,^~:*
$*:~^,,,,, DISTORT (IT'S ACTUALLY THE SPACETIME ,,,,,^~:*$
&$*:~^,,,, ITSELF THAT IS BECOMING FLUID), THEN ,,,,^~:*$&
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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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##@&$*:~^, THERE IS SOME SORT OF CONTROL TO BE ,^~:*$&@##
#@&$*:~^,, HAD. YOU COULD SLIP INTO YOUR IDEAL DOG ,,^~:*$&@#
@&$*:~^,,, BODY THERE, EXPLORE THAT. YOU COULD ,,,^~:*$&@
&$*:~^,,,, DRINK POISONOUS AMBROSIA AND NOT BE ,,,,^~:*$&
$*:~^,,,,, BURNED AWAY. YOU COULD EXPLORE ,,,,,^~:*$
*:~^,,,,,, 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. *@ ,,,,,,,^~:
*:~^,,,,,, #$ #$ #$ #$ #$ #$ #$ #$ #$ #$ #$ ,,,,,,^~:*
$*:~^,,,,, AND IF YOU'RE LUCKY, YOU'LL NEVER GET ,,,,,^~:*$
&$*:~^,,,, OUT. DON'T BITE THE OTHER GUESTS. ,,,,^~:*$&
@&$*:~^,,, (OR DO) ,,,^~:*$&@
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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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