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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 ¨¨~~†@§###
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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. †# ¨¨~~†@§###
####§@†~~¨ #@ #@ #@ #@ #@ #@ #@ #@ #@ #@ #@ ¨~~†@§####
###§@†~~¨¨ 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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