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###@*$^~., , **^^** , , **^^** , ,.~^$*@###
##@$~,,,,, , **~~@@~~** , THE , **~~@@~~** , ,,,,,~$@##
###@*$^~., ^~~@@##@@~~^ * * ^~~@@##@@~~^ ,.~^$*@###
###@*$^~., , **~~@@~~** ,** SHOWER **, **~~@@~~** , ,.~^$*@###
###@*$^~., *, **^^** ,** **, **^^** ,* ,.~^$*@###
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#*^..,,,,, * DEEP BELOW * ,,,,,..^*#
#@*^~.,,,, GROUND LEVEL, SEVERAL ELEVATORS DOWN, ,,,,.~^*@#
###@*$^~., IN THE DARK WATER WHERE THE SURFACE ,.~^$*@###
###@*$^~., LIGHT DOESN'T REACH, AND WARMTH COMES ,.~^$*@###
###@*$^~., MOSTLY FROM BELOW - HERE IS THE SHOWER. ,.~^$*@###
##@**$^~., ,.~^$**@##
###@*$^~., IT IS DARK. YOU STRIP, AND IT'S COLD. ,.~^$*@###
###@*$^~., YOUR FEET FEEL THE COLD STONE FLOOR, ,.~^$*@###
####@*$^~, YOUR HANDS FIND THE RUBBER HANDLES TO ,~^$*@####
#@@$$^..,, GUIDE YOU INTO THE CABIN. ,,..^$$@@#
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##*$$~,,,, AND THEN, THE HOT WATER, THE ,,,,~$$*##
#@$$$$^~., UNDERGROUND RAIN. DRENCHING YOU, ,.~^$$$$@#
####*$^~., LATHERING YOU. INFUSED WITH OILS AND ,.~^$*####
###@*$^~., SCENTS. AND THEN, ALSO FROM ABOVE, THE ,.~^$*@###
###@*$^~., SHOWER CREATURES. FIRST THEIR BLACK ,.~^$*@###
#@$~.,,,,, VELVET ARMS, TOUCHING, AND THEN ENTIRE ,,,,,.~$@#
##@*$$^~., BODIES. CHESTS AND SNOUTS. ,.~^$$*@##
###@*$^~., ,.~^$*@###
###@*$^~., THE CREATURES ARE MEANT TO COMFORT YOU, ,.~^$*@###
@@*^^~,,,, KEEP YOU ENTRANCED, AND KEEP YOU FROM ,,,,~^^*@@
@*^.,,,,,, LEAVING THE CABIN PREMATURELY. THIS ,,,,,,.^*@
###@*$^~., WHOLE ORDEAL WORKS BEST IF YOU ARE NOT ,.~^$*@###
#@$$~...., TRANSFORMED TOO EARLY, AND ARE INSTEAD ,....~$$@#
#@$~~~,,,, ALLOWED TO ENJOY THE SHOWER FOR A WHILE. ,,,,~~~$@#
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###@*$^~., YOU ARE STEAMED, CARESSED, CLEANED, ,.~^$*@###
#@$^^^~.,, MODIFIED, LIQUIFIED; DISSOLVED AND ,,.~^^^$@#
##@@*$^~., DRAINED... AND THEN BROUGHT BACK, ,.~^$*@@##
#@*^^^~~., SLOWLY, WAKING AS THE WATER DRIES OFF ,.~~^^^*@#
###@*$^~., OF YOU. CABIN OPEN TO THE COLD AIR ,.~^$*@###
###@*$^~., TICKLING YOUR FRESH-BORN MIND. CREATURE ,.~^$*@###
####@$^~., HANDS GONE, YOU STEP OUT. ,.~^$@####
###@*$^~., ,.~^$*@###
###@*$^~., LATER, ELEVATOR BACK UP. NEW BODY. ,.~^$*@###
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