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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. ..¤¤¤..¤..
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