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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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