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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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*††=...... #. #. #= #† #† #* #@ ## ......=††*
@*††=..... 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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