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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 ¨¨¨,~:¤¤@#
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##@¤¤*:~,¨ ITSELF THAT IS BECOMING FLUID), THEN ¨,~:*¤¤@##
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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. ¨¨¨~:::*¤@
##@¤¤*:~,¨ ¨,~:*¤¤@##
#@¤¤¤*:~,¨ 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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##@¤¤*:~,¨ :¨ 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. ¨,~:*¤¤@##
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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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