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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. ^«~¨¨¨¨¨¨¨
¨¨¨¨¨¨¨¨~« «~¨¨¨¨¨¨¨¨
¨¨¨¨¨¨¨¨¨~ # # # # # # # # # # # # # # ##### ### ~¨¨¨¨¨¨¨¨¨
¨¨¨¨¨¨¨¨¨¨ ### ### ### ### ### ### ### ##### ### ¨¨¨¨¨¨¨¨¨¨
¨¨¨¨¨¨¨¨¨¨ ### ### ##### ##### ##### ##### ##### ¨¨¨¨¨¨¨¨¨¨
¨¨¨¨¨¨¨¨¨¨ #### #### #### #### #### #### #### #### ¨¨¨¨¨¨¨¨¨¨
¨¨¨¨¨¨¨¨¨¨ ###### ###### ###### ###### ###### ¨¨¨¨¨¨¨¨¨¨
¨¨¨¨¨¨¨¨¨¨ ###### ###### ###### ###### ###### ¨¨¨¨¨¨¨¨¨¨
¨¨¨¨¨¨¨¨¨¨ ###### ###### ######## ######## ¨¨¨¨¨¨¨¨¨¨
¨¨¨¨¨¨¨¨¨¨ ######## ######## ######## ######## ¨¨¨¨¨¨¨¨¨¨
¨¨¨¨¨¨¨¨¨~ ######## ######## ######## ######## ~¨¨¨¨¨¨¨¨¨
¨¨¨¨¨¨¨¨~« ######## ######## ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ «~¨¨¨¨¨¨¨¨
¨¨¨¨¨¨¨~«^ ~~~~ ~~~~ ~~~~ ~~~~ ~~~~ ~~~~ ~~~~ ~~~~ ^«~¨¨¨¨¨¨¨
¨¨¨¨¨¨~«^^ ~~~~ ~~~~ ~~~~ ¨¨¨¨¨¨ ¨¨¨¨¨¨ ¨¨¨¨¨¨ ^^«~¨¨¨¨¨¨
¨¨¨¨¨~«^^% ¨¨¨¨¨¨ ¨¨¨¨¨¨ ¨¨¨¨¨¨ ¨¨¨¨¨ ¨¨¨¨¨ ¨¨¨¨¨ %^^«~¨¨¨¨¨
¨¨¨¨~«^^%§ ¨¨¨¨¨ ¨¨¨¨¨ ¨¨¨¨¨ ¨¨¨¨¨ ¨¨¨¨¨ ¨¨¨¨¨¨¨ §%^^«~¨¨¨¨
¨¨¨~«^^%§# ¨¨¨¨¨¨¨ ¨¨¨¨¨¨¨ ¨¨¨¨¨¨¨ ¨¨¨¨¨¨¨ ¨¨¨¨¨¨¨ #§%^^«~¨¨¨
¨¨~«^^%§## ¨¨¨¨¨¨¨ ¨¨¨¨¨¨ ¨¨¨¨¨¨ ¨¨¨¨¨¨ ¨¨¨¨¨¨ ##§%^^«~¨¨
¨~«^^%§### ¨¨¨¨¨¨ ¨¨¨¨¨¨ ¨¨¨¨¨¨ ~¨ ~¨ ~¨ ~¨ ~¨ ~¨ ###§%^^«~¨
¨¨~«^^%§## ~¨ ~¨ ~¨ ~~ ~~ ~~ ~~ ~~ ~~ ~~ ~~ ~~ ~~ ##§%^^«~¨¨
¨¨¨~«^^%§# ~~ ~~ ~« ~« ~« ~« ~« ~« ~« ~« ~^ ~^ ~^ #§%^^«~¨¨¨
¨¨¨¨~«^^%§ ~^ ~^ ~^ ~% ~§ ~# ~# ~# «¨ «~ «« «^ «^ §%^^«~¨¨¨¨
¨¨¨¨¨~«^^% «% «§ «# «# «# ^¨ ^~ ^« ^^ ^^ ^% ^§ ^# %^^«~¨¨¨¨¨
¨¨¨¨¨¨~«^^ ^# ^# ^¨ ^~ ^« ^^ ^^ ^% ^§ ^# ^# ^# %¨ ^^«~¨¨¨¨¨¨
¨¨¨¨¨¨¨~«^ %~ %« %^ %^ %% %§ %# %# %# §¨ §~ §« §^ ^«~¨¨¨¨¨¨¨
¨¨¨¨¨¨¨¨~« §^ §% §§ §# §# §# #¨ #~ #« #^ #^ #% #§ «~¨¨¨¨¨¨¨¨
¨¨¨¨¨¨¨¨¨~ ## ## ## #¨ #~ #« #^ #^ #% #§ ## ## ## ~¨¨¨¨¨¨¨¨¨
¨¨¨¨¨¨¨¨¨¨ #¨ #~ #« #^ #^ #% #§ ## ¨¨¨¨¨¨¨¨¨¨
¨¨¨¨¨¨¨¨¨¨ 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. ¨¨¨¨¨¨¨¨¨¨
¨¨¨¨¨¨¨¨¨¨ ¨¨¨¨¨¨¨¨¨¨
¨¨¨¨¨¨¨¨¨¨ ¨# ¨# ¨# ¨# ¨# ¨# ¨# ¨# ¨# ¨# ¨# ¨¨¨¨¨¨¨¨¨¨
¨¨¨¨¨¨¨¨¨¨ ~~ 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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