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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 #@@%^:¨¨¨¨
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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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¨:=^%@#@@# ^¨ 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 ^# @@@#@%^=:¨
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¨:=^%@#@@# 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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