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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 .&&..&&&&.
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.&&&.&.&.. 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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