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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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##&&*~~~~, ~* ~% ~% ~& ~& ~# ~# ~# ~, ~~ ~~ ~* ~% ,~~~~*&#
###&&%*~~, ~& ~& ~# ~# ~# *, *~ *~ ** *% *& *& *# ,~~*%&##
&&&%*~,,,, *# *# %, %~ %~ %* %% %& %& %# %# %# &, ,,,,~*%&&&
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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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