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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 ,~«\*%@@@#
##@@%*\«~, SELF. ,~«\*%@@##
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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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