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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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,,,::;=*## 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. ###&*=;~:,
,,,,::;**& &**;::,,,,
,:~;=*&### ,# ,# ,# ,# ,# ,# ,# ,# ,# ,# ,# ###&*=;~:,
,:~;=*&### :: 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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