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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 .&&&&.&&.&
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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. &.&&.&...&
..&....... &&.&&&..&.
.&&....... 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. ....&&.&&.
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