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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. #&&=~.....
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...^;;=& 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. #&@==;~^^.
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.^~;=@## .# .# .# .# .# .# .# .# .# .# .# ###&@=;~^.
.....~=&&& ^^ 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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