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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) ~.........
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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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