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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 ¨^-*=*¤###
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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 ¨¨¨^-*=*¤#
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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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##¤*=*-^¨¨ DRINKS WITH A SECRET INGREDIENT, THAT ¨¨^-*=*¤##
#¤*=*-^¨¨¨ MAKES YOU SEE THE STARS EVEN WHEN YOU ¨¨¨^-*=*¤#
##¤*=*-^¨¨ CLOSE YOUR EYES. ¨¨^-*=*¤##
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##¤*=*-^¨¨ 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. ¨¨¨^-*=*¤#
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###¤*=*-^¨ 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. ¨^-*=*¤###
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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 ¨^-*=*¤###
##¤*=*-^¨¨ SOMEONE BUYS YOU A DRINK, THEY ARE VERY ¨¨^-*=*¤##
#¤*=*-^¨¨¨ LIKELY TO TAKE CARE OF YOUR NEEDS IN ¨¨¨^-*=*¤#
##¤*=*-^¨¨ OTHER WAYS AS WELL. ¨¨^-*=*¤##
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