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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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