§¨¨§¨¨¨¨¨¨                                          ¨§§¨¨§¨§¨¨
§§¨§§¨¨¨¨¨                                          §§¨§¨§§§§¨
§¨§§¨§¨¨¨¨                                          ¨¨§§§§¨¨¨§
¨§§¨§§§¨¨¨                                          §¨§¨¨¨§¨¨§
§§¨§§¨¨§¨¨                                          ¨§§§¨¨§§¨§
¨¨§§¨§¨§§¨ 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.                                    §§¨¨¨§¨¨¨§
§§¨§§§¨¨§§                                          §¨§¨¨§§¨¨§
¨¨§§¨¨§¨§¨ # # #  # # # # # # # #  # # #  ##### ### §§§§¨§¨§¨§
§¨§¨§¨§§§§ ### ###  ### ### ###  ###  ### ##### ### ¨¨¨¨§§§§§§
¨§§§§§§¨¨¨ ###  ### #####  ##### #####  ##### ##### ¨¨¨¨§¨¨¨¨¨
¨§¨¨¨¨¨§¨¨ #### #### #### #### #### #### ####  #### ¨¨¨¨§§¨¨¨¨
¨§§¨¨¨¨§§¨ ######   ######  ######  ######   ###### ¨¨¨¨§¨§¨¨¨
¨§¨§¨¨¨§¨§ ######   ######  ######   ######  ###### ¨¨¨¨§§§§¨¨
¨§§§§¨¨§§§ ######    ######    ########    ######## §¨¨¨§¨¨¨§¨
¨§¨¨¨§¨§¨¨ ########  ########   ########   ######## ¨§¨¨§§¨¨§§
§§§¨¨§§§§¨ ########   ########  ########   ######## ¨§§¨§¨§¨§¨
§¨¨§¨§¨¨¨§ ########   ########   ^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^ ¨§¨§§§§§§§
¨§¨§§§§¨¨§ ^^^^ ^^^^ ^^^^ ^^^^ ^^^^ ^^^^ ^^^^  ^^^^ §§§§¨¨¨¨¨¨
¨§§§¨¨¨§¨§ ^^^^  ^^^^  ^^^^  ¨¨¨¨¨¨  ¨¨¨¨¨¨  ¨¨¨¨¨¨ §¨¨¨§¨¨¨¨¨
¨§¨¨§¨¨§§§ ¨¨¨¨¨¨  ¨¨¨¨¨¨ ¨¨¨¨¨¨ ¨¨¨¨¨  ¨¨¨¨¨ ¨¨¨¨¨ ¨§¨¨§§¨¨¨¨
¨§§¨§§¨§¨¨ ¨¨¨¨¨ ¨¨¨¨¨  ¨¨¨¨¨  ¨¨¨¨¨  ¨¨¨¨¨ ¨¨¨¨¨¨¨ ¨§§¨§¨§¨¨¨
¨§¨§§¨§§§¨ ¨¨¨¨¨¨¨  ¨¨¨¨¨¨¨ ¨¨¨¨¨¨¨ ¨¨¨¨¨¨¨ ¨¨¨¨¨¨¨ §§¨§§§§§¨¨
¨§§§¨§§¨¨§ ¨¨¨¨¨¨¨  ¨¨¨¨¨¨  ¨¨¨¨¨¨   ¨¨¨¨¨¨  ¨¨¨¨¨¨ §¨§§¨¨¨¨§¨
¨§¨¨§§¨§¨§ ¨¨¨¨¨¨  ¨¨¨¨¨¨  ¨¨¨¨¨¨ ^¨ ^¨ ^¨ ^¨ ^¨ ^¨ §§§¨§¨¨¨§§
§§§¨§¨§§§§ ^¨  ^¨ ^¨ ^^ ^^  ^^ ^^ ^^ ^^ ^^ ^^ ^^ ^^ §¨¨§§§¨¨§¨
§¨¨§§§§¨¨¨ ^^ ^^ ^~  ^~  ^~ ^~ ^~ ^~ ^~ ^~ ^* ^* ^* §§¨§¨¨§¨§§
¨§¨§¨¨¨§¨¨ ^*  ^% ^% ^% ^§ ^@ ^# ^# ~¨ ~^ ~~  ~* ~% ¨¨§§§¨§§§¨
¨§§§§¨¨§§¨ ~%  ~§ ~@ ~#  ~# *¨ *^ *~ ** *% *% *§ *@ ¨¨§¨¨§§¨¨§
§§¨¨¨§¨§¨§ *# *#  %¨ %^  %~ %* %% %% %§ %@ %# %# %¨ ¨¨§§¨§¨§¨§
¨¨§¨¨§§§§§ %^ %~ %* %% %% %§ %@ %#  %# §¨ §^  §~ §* §¨§¨§§§§§§
§¨§§¨§¨¨¨¨ §% §%  §§ §@ §# §# @¨ @^ @~  @* @% @% @§ §§§§§¨¨¨¨¨
§§§¨§§§¨¨¨ @@ @# @# #¨ #^ #~ #*  #% #% #§ #@  ## ## §¨¨¨¨§¨¨¨¨
§¨¨§§¨¨§¨¨ #¨   #^    #~   #*    #%   #%   #§    #@ ¨§¨¨¨§§¨¨¨
§§¨§¨§¨§§¨ 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. §¨¨¨§¨¨¨¨¨
¨§¨¨§¨¨§§§                                          ¨§¨¨§§¨¨¨¨
¨§§¨§§¨§¨¨                                          ¨§§¨§¨§¨¨¨
¨§¨§§¨§§§¨                                          §§¨§§§§§¨¨
¨§§§¨§§¨¨§                                          §¨§§¨¨¨¨§¨
¨§¨¨§§¨§¨§                                          §§§¨§¨¨¨§§