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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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#@^«~~¨¨¨¨ /@ /# ^¨ ^~ ^« ^/ ^^ ^@ ^¤ ^# ^@ ^# @¨ ¨¨¨¨~~«^@#
##@#@^/«~¨ @~ @« @/ @^ @@ @¤ @# @@ @# ¤¨ ¤~ ¤« ¤/ ¨~«/^@#@##
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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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