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,:-\%%§@## ##@§%%\-:,
,,,,-%%%@# #@%%%-,,,,
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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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,:-\%%§@## :: :: :- :- :- :- :- :- :- :- :\ :\ :\ ##@§%%\-:,
,:-\%%§@## :\ :% :% :% :§ :@ :# :# -, -: -- -\ -% ##@§%%\-:,
,:\%%§@### -% -§ -@ -# -# \, \: \- \\ \% \% \§ \@ ###@§%%\:,
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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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