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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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##@¤$*;~.. ~$ ~¤ ~@ ~# ~# ;. ;. ;~ ;; ;* ;$ ;¤ ;@ ..~;*$¤@##
##@¤$*;~.. ;# ;# *. *. *~ *; ** *$ *¤ *@ *# *# $. ..~;*$¤@##
@¤*;;..... $. $~ $; $* $$ $¤ $@ $# $# ¤. ¤. ¤~ ¤; .....;;*¤@
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¤¤**;;.... #. #. #~ #; #* #$ #¤ #@ ....;;**¤¤
#¤$$$*;~.. 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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