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...:~^^¤#¶ ^~~######~~^ ¤ ¤ ^~~######~~^ ¶#¤^^~:...
..:~^^¤#¶@ . ¤¤~~##~~¤¤ .¤¤ 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. ^~:.......
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.........: 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. #¤^^~:....
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......:~^^ 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. ¶#¤^^~:...
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.....:~^^¤ LATER, ELEVATOR BACK UP. NEW BODY. ¤^^~:.....
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