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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.                                    ¨¨§¨¨¨¨§§¨
¨¨§¨§¨§§§§                                          ¨§§¨¨¨§¨§¨
¨§§§§§¨¨¨¨ # # # #  # # #  # # # # # #  # ##### ### §¨§¨¨§§§§¨
§¨¨¨¨§¨¨¨§ ###  ### ### ###  ###  ### ### ##### ### §§§¨§¨¨¨§¨
§¨¨¨§§¨¨§¨ ### ###  ##### #####  #####  ##### ##### ¨¨§§§¨¨§§§
§¨¨§¨§¨§§¨ #### #### #### #### #### ####  #### #### ¨§¨¨§¨§¨¨¨
§¨§§§§§¨§¨ ######   ######  ######   ######  ###### §§¨§§§§¨¨§
§§¨¨¨¨§§§§ ######  ######   ######   ######  ###### ¨§§¨¨¨§¨§¨
¨§¨¨¨§¨¨¨§ ######    ######    ########    ######## §¨§¨¨§§§§§
§§¨¨§§¨¨§§ ########  ########   ########   ######## §§§¨§¨¨¨¨§
¨§¨§¨§¨§¨¨ ########  ########   ########   ######## ¨¨§§§¨¨¨§¨
§§§§§§§§¨§ ########   ########   ------------------ ¨§¨¨§¨¨§§¨
¨¨¨¨¨¨¨§§§ ---- ----  ---- ---- ---- ---- ---- ---- §§¨§§¨§¨§§
¨¨¨¨¨¨§¨¨§ ----  ----  ----  ¨¨¨¨¨¨  ¨¨¨¨¨¨  ¨¨¨¨¨¨ ¨§§¨§§§§¨§
¨¨¨¨¨§§¨§§ ¨¨¨¨¨¨ ¨¨¨¨¨¨ ¨¨¨¨¨¨  ¨¨¨¨¨ ¨¨¨¨¨  ¨¨¨¨¨ §¨§§¨¨¨§§§
¨¨¨¨§¨§§¨§ ¨¨¨¨¨  ¨¨¨¨¨  ¨¨¨¨¨  ¨¨¨¨¨ ¨¨¨¨¨ ¨¨¨¨¨¨¨ §§¨§¨¨§¨¨§
¨¨¨§§§¨§§§ ¨¨¨¨¨¨¨ ¨¨¨¨¨¨¨ ¨¨¨¨¨¨¨ ¨¨¨¨¨¨¨  ¨¨¨¨¨¨¨ ¨§§§¨§§¨§§
¨¨§¨¨§§¨¨§ ¨¨¨¨¨¨¨   ¨¨¨¨¨¨  ¨¨¨¨¨¨  ¨¨¨¨¨¨  ¨¨¨¨¨¨ §¨¨§§¨§§¨§
¨§§¨§¨§¨§¨ ¨¨¨¨¨¨ ¨¨¨¨¨¨ ¨¨¨¨¨¨ -¨ -¨ -¨ -¨  -¨  -¨ §¨§¨§§¨§§§
§¨§§§§§§§¨ -¨ -¨  -¨ -- -- -- --  -- -- -- -- -- -- §§§§¨§§¨¨§
§§¨¨¨¨¨¨§¨ -- -- --  -- -- -- --  -- -- -- -\ -\ -\ ¨¨¨§§¨§¨§¨
¨§¨¨¨¨¨§§§ -\ -% -% -$  -§ -# -# -# -¨  -- -- -\ -% ¨¨§¨§§§§§§
§§¨¨¨¨§¨¨§ -$  -§ -# -# -# \¨ \- \- \\ \%  \$ \§ \# ¨§§§¨¨¨¨¨§
¨§¨¨¨§§¨§¨ \# \# %¨ %-  %- %\ %% %$  %§ %# %# %# $¨ §¨¨§¨¨¨¨§¨
§§¨¨§¨§§§¨ $- $- $\ $% $$ $§ $# $#  $# §¨  §- §- §\ §¨§§¨¨¨§§¨
¨§¨§§§¨¨§§ §% §$ §§ §# §#  §# #¨ #- #- #\ #% #$  #§ §§¨§¨¨§¨§§
§§§¨¨§¨§¨¨ ## ## ## #¨ #-  #- #\ #% #$ #§ ##  ## ## ¨§§§¨§§§¨§
¨¨§¨§§§§¨¨ #¨   #-    #-   #\   #%   #$    #§    ## §¨¨§§¨¨§§¨
¨§§§¨¨¨§¨¨ 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. ¨§§¨§§§§¨§
¨¨¨¨¨§§¨§§                                          §¨§§¨¨¨§§§
¨¨¨¨§¨§§¨§                                          §§¨§¨¨§¨¨§
¨¨¨§§§¨§§§                                          ¨§§§¨§§¨§§
¨¨§¨¨§§¨¨§                                          §¨¨§§¨§§¨§
¨§§¨§¨§¨§¨                                          §¨§¨§§¨§§§