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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 ,,:~\=%¤##
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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. ,,,:~\=%¤#
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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) ,,:~\=%¤##
#¤%=\~:,,, ,,,:~\=%¤#
##¤%=\~:,, 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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