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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. .-~^=§¤@##
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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) .-~^=§¤@##
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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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