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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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