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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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##%^^^^~., ., ., ., .. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. ,.~^^^^%##
#¤%^^^~~., .. .. .~ .~ .~ .~ .~ .~ .~ .~ .^ .^ .^ ,.~~^^^%¤#
###¤%^^~., .^ .^ .^ .% .¤ .# .# .# ~, ~. ~~ ~^ ~^ ,.~^^%¤###
###¤%^^~., ~% ~¤ ~# ~# ~# ^, ^. ^~ ^^ ^^ ^% ^¤ ^# ,.~^^%¤###
##%%^^^~., ^# ^# ^, ^. ^~ ^^ ^^ ^% ^¤ ^# ^# ^# %, ,.~^^^%%##
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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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