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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 @@¤¤\~....
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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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