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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 ###@%$\~.¨
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¨.~\$%@### THE CEILING IS COVERED IN ACTUAL STARS. ###@%$\~.¨
¨.~\$%@### EYES ABOVE ###@%$\~.¨
¨.~\$%@### FADING INTO SILVER FLAKES AS THEY FALL ###@%$\~.¨
¨.~\$%@### BUBBLES IN DRINKS ###@%$\~.¨
¨.~\$%@### ###@%$\~.¨
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¨.~\$@#### MAKES YOU SEE THE STARS EVEN WHEN YOU ####@$\~.¨
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¨¨¨¨¨~$%@# #@%$~¨¨¨¨¨
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¨.~\$%@### TO REMEMBER WHO AND WHERE YOU ARE ###@%$\~.¨
¨.~\$$$%@# (WERE). NORMAL STAFF IS AS TRANSFORMED #@%$$$\~.¨
¨.~\$%@### AS GUESTS. INSTEAD, CARE AND PROTECTION ###@%$\~.¨
¨.~~~\$%%# ARE OFFERED BY (OVERLY FLIRTY) #%%$\~~~.¨
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¨.~\$%@### ###@%$\~.¨
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¨.~\$%@### BODY THERE, EXPLORE THAT. YOU COULD ###@%$\~.¨
¨.~\$%@### 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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¨.~\$%@### %~ IT'S IN YOUR HEART AND IN YOUR ~% ###@%$\~.¨
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¨¨¨¨~$%@@# #$ YOU, THEIR HEARTS, THEIR BODIES. $# #@@%$~¨¨¨¨
¨.~\$%@### #% #% #% #% #% #% #% #% #% #% #% ###@%$\~.¨
¨.~\$%@### AND IF YOU'RE LUCKY, YOU'LL NEVER GET ###@%$\~.¨
¨.~\$%@### OUT. DON'T BITE THE OTHER GUESTS. ###@%$\~.¨
¨.~\$%#### (OR DO) ####%$\~.¨
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¨.~\$@#### 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. ###@%$\~.¨
¨.~\$%@### THIS IS ALSO NOT COINCIDENTAL. IF ###@%$\~.¨
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