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#@¤$§^~~.. THEY BUILT THE FINAL NIGHTCLUB ON TOP ..~~^§$¤@#
##@¤$§^~~. OF AN UNDOCUMENTED RESEARCH SITE. EACH .~~^§$¤@##
#@¤$§^~~.. FLOOR CLOSER TO THE COLLAPSED WARP ..~~^§$¤@#
@¤$§^~~... PROTOTYPE. DID THEY KNOW AT THE START? ...~~^§$¤@
¤$§^~~.... CLASSIFIED MAPS HAD GONE MISSING SOME ....~~^§$¤
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#@¤$§^~~.. AND PREDATORY, BUT PIERCE DEEPER AND ..~~^§$¤@#
@¤$§^~~... THERE WILL BE MORE PECULIAR EFFECTS. ...~~^§$¤@
¤$§^~~.... YOUR SENSE OF SPACE WILL SEEM TO ....~~^§$¤
$§^~~..... DISTORT (IT'S ACTUALLY THE SPACETIME .....~~^§$
¤$§^~~.... ITSELF THAT IS BECOMING FLUID), THEN ....~~^§$¤
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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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#@¤$§^~~.. ~~ STING, A STING, A STING. ~~ ..~~^§$¤@#
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#@¤$§^~~.. §~ MOUTH AND YOUR HANDS, THEIR HANDS ~§ ..~~^§$¤@#
@¤$§^~~... $~ IT'S IN YOUR HEART AND IN YOUR ~$ ...~~^§$¤@
¤$§^~~.... ¤^ 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. ..~~^§$¤@#
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@¤$§^~~... THE DEEPER THE FLOOR GOES, THE MORE ...~~^§$¤@
¤$§^~~.... EXPENSIVE THE DRINKS. THIS IS NOT ....~~^§$¤
$§^~~..... COINCIDENTAL. THE MORE EXPENSIVE THE .....~~^§$
¤$§^~~.... DRINKS, THE MORE LIKELY IT IS THAT ....~~^§$¤
@¤$§^~~... SOMEONE WILL BUY THEM FOR YOU. ...~~^§$¤@
#@¤$§^~~.. THIS IS ALSO NOT COINCIDENTAL. IF ..~~^§$¤@#
##@¤$§^~~. SOMEONE BUYS YOU A DRINK, THEY ARE VERY .~~^§$¤@##
#@¤$§^~~.. LIKELY TO TAKE CARE OF YOUR NEEDS IN ..~~^§$¤@#
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