,,,,,:\\%@ @%\\:,,,,,
,,,,:\*%## ##%*\:,,,,
,,:«\\\\%@ @%\\\\«:,,
,:«\*%@### ###@%*\«:,
,:«\*%@### ###@%*\«:,
,:«\*%@### , , , , , , , , ###@%*\«:,
,:«\*%@### , %%\\%% , , %%\\%% , ###@%*\«:,
,,:::««\%# , %%««@@««%% , THE , %%««@@««%% , #%\««:::,,
,:«\*%@### \««@@##@@««\ % % \««@@##@@««\ ###@%*\«:,
,:«\*%@### , %%««@@««%% ,%% SHOWER %%, %%««@@««%% , ###@%*\«:,
,:«\*%@### %, %%\\%% ,%% %%, %%\\%% ,% ###@%*\«:,
,:«\*%@### # , , , , , , , , # ###@%*\«:,
,:«\*%@### % DEEP BELOW % ###@%*\«:,
,:«\*%@### 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. @%%*«,,,,,
,:«\*%@### ###@%*\«:,
,:«\*%@### 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. ###@%*\«:,
,,:«\\*%## ##%*\\«:,,
,:«\*%@### 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. ###@%*\«:,
,:«\*%@### ###@%*\«:,
,,,:««««*@ @*««««:,,,
,:«\*%@### ###@%*\«:,
,:«\*%@### ###@%*\«:,
,:«\*%@### ###@%*\«:,