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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 &&.&.&&.&.
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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) ..&&&.&&&&
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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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