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@%^^^^^~., ,.~^^^^^%@
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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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###@%^^~., ., ., ., .. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. ,.~^^%@###
###@%^^~., .. .. .~ .~ .~ .~ .~ .~ .~ .~ .^ .^ .^ ,.~^^%@###
@%^~,,,,,, .^ .^ .^ .% .@ .# .# .# ~, ~. ~~ ~^ ~^ ,,,,,,~^%@
###@%^^~., ~% ~@ ~# ~# ~# ^, ^. ^~ ^^ ^^ ^% ^@ ^# ,.~^^%@###
##@%%^^~., ^# ^# ^, ^. ^~ ^^ ^^ ^% ^@ ^# ^# ^# %, ,.~^^%%@##
###@%^^~., %. %~ %^ %^ %% %@ %# %# %# @, @. @~ @^ ,.~^^%@###
###@%^^~., @^ @% @@ @# @# @# #, #. #~ #^ #^ #% #@ ,.~^^%@###
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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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