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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. #@#&$†*=,¨
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¨,=*†$@@ 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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