,~~*^$¤### ###¤$^*~~,
,,,,~~*$¤# #¤$*~~,,,,
,~~*^$¤### ###¤$^*~~,
,,,,,~*^$# #$^*~,,,,,
,~~*^$¤### ###¤$^*~~,
,~~*^$¤### THEY BUILT THE FINAL NIGHTCLUB ON TOP ###¤$^*~~,
,,,~~**^^¤ 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 ¤^*~,,,,,,
,~~*^$¤### YOUR BODY, AND FINALLY YOUR SENSE OF ###¤$^*~~,
,,,,,,~*$# SELF. #$*~,,,,,,
,,,,,,~^¤¤ ¤¤^~,,,,,,
,~~*^$¤### # # # # # # # # # # # # # # ##### ### ###¤$^*~~,
,~~*^^$¤## ### ### ### ### ### ### ### ##### ### ##¤$^^*~~,
,~~~*^^¤¤# ### ### ##### ##### ##### ##### ##### #¤¤^^*~~~,
,~~*^$¤### #### #### #### #### #### #### #### #### ###¤$^*~~,
,,,,,,,~^¤ ###### ###### ###### ###### ###### ¤^~,,,,,,,
,~*^$¤#### ###### ###### ###### ###### ###### ####¤$^*~,
,~~*^$¤### ###### ###### ######## ######## ###¤$^*~~,
,,~~~~^$¤# ######## ######## ######## ######## #¤$^~~~~,,
,~~*^$¤### ######## ######## ######## ######## ###¤$^*~~,
,~~*^$¤### ######## ######## ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ ###¤$^*~~,
,,,~~~**$¤ ~~~~ ~~~~ ~~~~ ~~~~ ~~~~ ~~~~ ~~~~ ~~~~ ¤$**~~~,,,
,~~*^$$¤¤# ~~~~ ~~~~ ~~~~ ,,,,,, ,,,,,, ,,,,,, #¤¤$$^*~~,
,,,~~~^^^¤ ,,,,,, ,,,,,, ,,,,,, ,,,,, ,,,,, ,,,,, ¤^^^~~~,,,
,~~*^$¤### ,,,,, ,,,,, ,,,,, ,,,,, ,,,,, ,,,,,,, ###¤$^*~~,
,~~*^$#### ,,,,,,, ,,,,,,, ,,,,,,, ,,,,,,, ,,,,,,, ####$^*~~,
,,,~~^$$## ,,,,,,, ,,,,,, ,,,,,, ,,,,,, ,,,,,, ##$$^~~,,,
,,,,,,~*$# ,,,,,, ,,,,,, ,,,,,, ~, ~, ~, ~, ~, ~, #$*~,,,,,,
,~~*^$¤### ~, ~, ~, ~~ ~~ ~~ ~~ ~~ ~~ ~~ ~~ ~~ ~~ ###¤$^*~~,
,~~~**^$## ~~ ~~ ~~ ~~ ~~ ~~ ~~ ~~ ~~ ~~ ~* ~* ~* ##$^**~~~,
,~~**^$¤## ~* ~^ ~^ ~$ ~¤ ~# ~# ~# ~, ~~ ~~ ~* ~^ ##¤$^**~~,
,~~*^$¤### ~$ ~¤ ~# ~# ~# *, *~ *~ ** *^ *$ *¤ *# ###¤$^*~~,
,~~*^$¤### *# *# ^, ^~ ^~ ^* ^^ ^$ ^¤ ^# ^# ^# $, ###¤$^*~~,
,~~*^$¤### $~ $~ $* $^ $$ $¤ $# $# $# ¤, ¤~ ¤~ ¤* ###¤$^*~~,
,~~*^$¤### ¤^ ¤$ ¤¤ ¤# ¤# ¤# #, #~ #~ #* #^ #$ #¤ ###¤$^*~~,
,~~*^$¤### ## ## ## #, #~ #~ #* #^ #$ #¤ ## ## ## ###¤$^*~~,
,~~~~~*$¤# #, #~ #~ #* #^ #$ #¤ ## #¤$*~~~~~,
,,,,~~~^$¤ THE CEILING IS COVERED IN ACTUAL STARS. ¤$^~~~,,,,
,~~*^$$$## 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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