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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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##@#%^~,.. ~% ~# ~@ ~# ~# ;. ;, ;~ ;; ;^ ;% ;# ;@ ..,~^%#@##
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##@#%^~,.. THE CEILING IS COVERED IN ACTUAL STARS. ..,~^%#@##
###@#%^~,. EYES ABOVE .,~^%#@###
##@#%^~,.. FADING INTO SILVER FLAKES AS THEY FALL ..,~^%#@##
###@#%^~,. BUBBLES IN DRINKS .,~^%#@###
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###@#%^~,. 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. ..,~^%#@##
###@#%^~,. .,~^%#@###
##@#%^~,.. 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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