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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. ###&*†=~,¨
¨¨¨¨¨¨,~†& &†~,¨¨¨¨¨¨
¨,~=†*&### 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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