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..~;=§@### THEY BUILT THE FINAL NIGHTCLUB ON TOP ###@§=;~..
..~;=§@@@@ OF AN UNDOCUMENTED RESEARCH SITE. EACH @@@@§=;~..
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..~;=§@@@@ PROTOTYPE. DID THEY KNOW AT THE START? @@@@§=;~..
..~;=§§@@# CLASSIFIED MAPS HAD GONE MISSING SOME #@@§§=;~..
..~;=§@@## YEARS BEFORE. ##@@§=;~..
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..~;=§@@@# 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 ##@@§=;~..
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.......;§@ DRINKS WITH A SECRET INGREDIENT, THAT @§;.......
..~;=§@@@# MAKES YOU SEE THE STARS EVEN WHEN YOU #@@@§=;~..
..~;=§@@@# CLOSE YOUR EYES. #@@@§=;~..
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.....~;;§@ 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. ###@@=;~..
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..~=§@@### 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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..~;=§@@## §~ IT'S IN YOUR HEART AND IN YOUR ~§ ##@@§=;~..
.......~=@ @; MIND AND THE MINDS OF THOSE AROUND ;@ @=~.......
.......~=@ @= YOU, THEIR HEARTS, THEIR BODIES. =@ @=~.......
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..~;=§@### 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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