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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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#&^^:^.... ######## ######## ######## ######## ....^:^^
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&&&^=..... ######## ######## ^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^ .....=^&&&
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##&^=..... ^^ ^^ ^= ^= ^= ^= ^= ^= ^= ^= ^: ^: ^: .....=^#
###&&^:=^. ^: ^^ ^^ ^& ^& ^# ^# ^# =. =^ == =: =^ .^=:^&##
###&&^:=^. =& =& =# =# =# :. :^ := :: :^ :& :& :# .^=:^&##
###&&^:=^. :# :# ^. ^^ ^= ^: ^^ ^& ^& ^# ^# ^# &. .^=:^&##
###&&^:=^. &^ &= &: &^ && && &. &^ &= &: .^=:^&##
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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. ...^^:^^
###&&^:=^. .^=:^&##
###&&^:=^. .# .# .# .# .# .# .# .# .# .# .# .^=:^&##
###&&^:=^. ^^ 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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#&^^=^^... ...^^=^^