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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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