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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 ¨,~:%@##
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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. ¨,~:%@##
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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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