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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. ,,,,,^^*%&
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#%*^^,,,,, 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. ,,«^*%%%%#
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@#%^,,,,,, 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. ,«^*%&#@##
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&*«,,,,,,, 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) ,,«^^^**&@
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#&%^«,,,,, 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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