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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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