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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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&&&&&,,&&& 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. &&&&,,&,,,
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,&&&&&&,,& ,# ,# ,# ,# ,# ,# ,# ,# ,# ,# ,# ,,,,&&&,,,
,,&&&&,,,, :: 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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