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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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