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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 ,,,,,~/%##
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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. ,,,,~~***&
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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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