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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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