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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. .&.&.&&.&&
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.&.&.&.&.& 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 .&.&.&&.&&
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.&.&.&.&.& DRINKS WITH A SECRET INGREDIENT, THAT .&.&.&&.&&
.&.&.&.&.& MAKES YOU SEE THE STARS EVEN WHEN YOU .&.&..&..&
.&.&.&.&.& CLOSE YOUR EYES. .&.&.&&.&&
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.&.&.&.&.& 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) .&.&.&&.&&
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.&.&.&.&.& 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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