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...^^/$* . **//** . . **//** . #&*$/^^...
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.....~~$*# /~~&#&&~~/ * * /~~&#&&~~/ #*$~~.....
.^~/$*## . **~~&&~~** .** SHOWER **. **~~&&~~** . ###&*$/~^.
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.^~/$*## * DEEP BELOW * ###&*$/~^.
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....^~/$*# IN THE DARK WATER WHERE THE SURFACE #*$/~^....
.^~~~$** LIGHT DOESN'T REACH, AND WARMTH COMES #&**$~~~^.
.^~/$*## MOSTLY FROM BELOW - HERE IS THE SHOWER. ###&*$/~^.
.^~/$*#### ####*$/~^.
....^~/*## IT IS DARK. YOU STRIP, AND IT'S COLD. ##*/~^....
.^~/$***## YOUR FEET FEEL THE COLD STONE FLOOR, ##***$/~^.
.^~/$*## YOUR HANDS FIND THE RUBBER HANDLES TO ###&*$/~^.
.^~/$*## GUIDE YOU INTO THE CABIN. ###&*$/~^.
...~/$** #&**$/~...
..^^~/** AND THEN, THE HOT WATER, THE #&**/~^^..
.^~/$*## UNDERGROUND RAIN. DRENCHING YOU, ###&*$/~^.
.^~/$*## LATHERING YOU. INFUSED WITH OILS AND ###&*$/~^.
.^~/$*## SCENTS. AND THEN, ALSO FROM ABOVE, THE ###&*$/~^.
.^~/$*## SHOWER CREATURES. FIRST THEIR BLACK ###&*$/~^.
.^~/$*## VELVET ARMS, TOUCHING, AND THEN ENTIRE ###&*$/~^.
.......~$& BODIES. CHESTS AND SNOUTS. &$~.......
.^~/$*## ###&*$/~^.
.^~/$*** THE CREATURES ARE MEANT TO COMFORT YOU, #&***$/~^.
.^~/$*## KEEP YOU ENTRANCED, AND KEEP YOU FROM ###&*$/~^.
....^^/$ LEAVING THE CABIN PREMATURELY. THIS #&$/^^....
.^~/$*## WHOLE ORDEAL WORKS BEST IF YOU ARE NOT ###&*$/~^.
.^~/$*## TRANSFORMED TOO EARLY, AND ARE INSTEAD ###&*$/~^.
.^~/$*## ALLOWED TO ENJOY THE SHOWER FOR A WHILE. ###&*$/~^.
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.....^^/*& YOU ARE STEAMED, CARESSED, CLEANED, &*/^^.....
....^~/**# MODIFIED, LIQUIFIED; DISSOLVED AND #**/~^....
.^~/$*## DRAINED... AND THEN BROUGHT BACK, ###&*$/~^.
......~~$& SLOWLY, WAKING AS THE WATER DRIES OFF &$~~......
...~~~$*## OF YOU. CABIN OPEN TO THE COLD AIR ##*$~~~...
.^~/$*#### TICKLING YOUR FRESH-BORN MIND. CREATURE ####*$/~^.
.^~/$$$**& HANDS GONE, YOU STEP OUT. &**$$$/~^.
.^~/$*## ###&*$/~^.
.^~/$*#### LATER, ELEVATOR BACK UP. NEW BODY. ####*$/~^.
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