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...~††%£##   ground level, several elevators down,  ##£%††~...
..~††%£###    in the dark water where the surface   ###£%††~..
...~††%£##  light doesn't reach, and warmth comes   ##£%††~...
..~††%£### mostly from below - here is the shower.  ###£%††~..
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..~††%£###   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.         ##£%††~...
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...~††%£##       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.        ##£%††~...
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...~††%£## 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.         ###£%††~..
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..~††%£###    later, elevator back up. new body.    ###£%††~..
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