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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. ¶¤$^;~.,,,
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,,,.~;^$¤¶ 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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