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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 ¤$$††~....
....~††*$¤ AS GUESTS. INSTEAD,  CARE AND PROTECTION ¤$*††~....
.,~†*$@### ARE    OFFERED   BY    (OVERLY   FLIRTY) ###@$*†~,.
.,~†*$¤### POOL TOYS  AND  OTHER  SUCH  AUTOMATONS. ###¤$*†~,.
.,~†*$¤@##                                          ##@¤$*†~,.
.,~†*$¤@## IF  YOU  STAY  ABOVE  ABSOLUTE  MADNESS, ##@¤$*†~,.
.,,,††*$¤@ THERE  IS SOME  SORT  OF CONTROL  TO  BE @¤$*††,,,.
.,~†*$$$$@ HAD. YOU  COULD SLIP INTO YOUR IDEAL DOG @$$$$*†~,.
......~†$@ BODY  THERE,  EXPLORE  THAT.  YOU  COULD @$†~......
.,~†*$¤@@# DRINK  POISONOUS  AMBROSIA  AND  NOT  BE #@@¤$*†~,.
...,,~*$¤@ BURNED   AWAY.    YOU   COULD    EXPLORE @¤$*~,,...
..,~†††$¤# TERRITORIES  JUST  AS  MAPLESS  AS THOSE #¤$†††~,..
.,~†*$¤@## CLOSER  TO  THE CORE, BUT WITH  A CHANCE ##@¤$*†~,.
.,~†*$¤@## OF    FINDING     YOUR     WAY     BACK. ##@¤$*†~,.
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.....,~*¤# .#  .#  .#  .#  .#  .#  .# .#  .#  .# .# #¤*~,.....
.,~†*$¤@@@ ,, THE HONEY  IS A TRAP AND THERE'S A ,, @@@¤$*†~,.
.,~†*$¤@## ~~   STING,   A   STING,   A  STING.  ~~ ##@¤$*†~,.
......~*¤@ †. IT'S IN YOUR EYES AND IT'S IN YOUR .† @¤*~......
....~†$¤@@ *, MOUTH  AND YOUR HANDS, THEIR HANDS ,* @@¤$†~....
.,~†*$@### $~ IT'S IN  YOUR HEART  AND IN  YOUR  ~$ ###@$*†~,.
.,~†*$@### ¤† MIND AND THE MINDS OF THOSE AROUND †¤ ###@$*†~,.
.,~†*$¤@## @* YOU,  THEIR HEARTS,  THEIR BODIES. *@ ##@¤$*†~,.
.,~†*$$$¤@ #$  #$  #$ #$  #$ #$  #$  #$  #$  #$  #$ @¤$$$*†~,.
.,~†*$¤@## AND  IF YOU'RE  LUCKY,  YOU'LL NEVER GET ##@¤$*†~,.
.,~†*$$¤@@ OUT.  DON'T   BITE   THE  OTHER  GUESTS. @@¤$$*†~,.
.,~†**$$¤@                 (OR DO)                  @¤$$**†~,.
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.,~†*$¤@## THE DEEPER  THE  FLOOR  GOES,  THE  MORE ##@¤$*†~,.
.,~~~***$@ EXPENSIVE   THE  DRINKS.  THIS  IS   NOT @$***~~~,.
.,~†*$¤@## COINCIDENTAL.  THE  MORE  EXPENSIVE  THE ##@¤$*†~,.
.,,,~*$¤¤# DRINKS,  THE  MORE  LIKELY  IT  IS  THAT #¤¤$*~,,,.
.,~††††$¤# SOMEONE   WILL   BUY   THEM   FOR   YOU. #¤$††††~,.
.,~†*$¤@## THIS  IS  ALSO   NOT  COINCIDENTAL.   IF ##@¤$*†~,.
.,~†*$¤@## SOMEONE BUYS YOU A DRINK,  THEY ARE VERY ##@¤$*†~,.
.,~†*$¤@## LIKELY  TO  TAKE  CARE  OF YOUR NEEDS IN ##@¤$*†~,.
.,~†*$¤¤¤¤ OTHER        WAYS        AS        WELL. ¤¤¤¤$*†~,.
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