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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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.,~:*@¤¤¤# #. #, #~ #: #* #@ #¤ #@ #¤¤¤@*:~,.
..,,~:*@¤¤ 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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