,,^==§£#@# #@#£§==^,,
,,,^==§£#@ @#£§==^,,,
,,,,^==§£# #£§==^,,,,
,,,^==§£#@ @#£§==^,,,
,,^==§£#@# #@#£§==^,,
,^==§£#@## 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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