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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. ##@$*^~,..
...,~^*$@# #@$*^~,...
....,~^*$@ @$*^~,....
...,~^*$@# #@$*^~,...
..,~^*$@## ##@$*^~,..
.,~^*$@### ###@$*^~,.