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&....&&.&. THEY BUILT THE FINAL NIGHTCLUB ON TOP .&.&&&&.&.
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..&..&&&.. FLOOR CLOSER TO THE COLLAPSED WARP &...&..&..
..&&.&..&. PROTOTYPE. DID THEY KNOW AT THE START? .&..&&.&&.
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&.&&&..&&. YEARS BEFORE. &&.&&&&.&&
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&&&&&&.... THE ENVIRONMENT - FIRST MORE &&.&&&.&&&
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......&.&. 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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&.&.&&.&.. BUBBLES IN DRINKS ..&&&&.&..
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&....&&..& DRINKS WITH A SECRET INGREDIENT, THAT &.&&..&..&
.&...&.&.& MAKES YOU SEE THE STARS EVEN WHEN YOU &&&.&.&&.&
&&&..&&&&& CLOSE YOUR EYES. &..&&&&.&&
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...&&&&... 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 ,^ &.........
&&....&... $» IT'S IN YOUR HEART AND IN YOUR »$ .&........
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&.&.&..&.. OUT. DON'T BITE THE OTHER GUESTS. &..&&&&...
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&.....&&.& .&&&&..&&.
&&....&.&& 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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