#@#¤$^^-,¨ ¨,-^^$¤#@#
¤^^^-,,,¨¨ ¨¨,,,-^^^¤
#$^^^^,¨¨¨ ¨¨¨,^^^^$#
@#$$$^^-,¨ ¨,-^^$$$#@
@¤^--,¨¨¨¨ ¨¨¨¨,--^¤@
¤¤¤$^,¨¨¨¨ THEY BUILT THE FINAL NIGHTCLUB ON TOP ¨¨¨¨,^$¤¤¤
#@#¤$^^-,¨ OF AN UNDOCUMENTED RESEARCH SITE. EACH ¨,-^^$¤#@#
#$$$^^-¨¨¨ FLOOR CLOSER TO THE COLLAPSED WARP ¨¨¨-^^$$$#
¤$^^^,,¨¨¨ PROTOTYPE. DID THEY KNOW AT THE START? ¨¨¨,,^^^$¤
#$^^,,¨¨¨¨ CLASSIFIED MAPS HAD GONE MISSING SOME ¨¨¨¨,,^^$#
#@#¤$^^-,¨ YEARS BEFORE. ¨,-^^$¤#@#
#¤$^^^^-,¨ ¨,-^^^^$¤#
#@#¤$^^-,¨ THE DEEPER YOU DESCEND, THE STRANGER ¨,-^^$¤#@#
#@#¤$^^-,¨ THE ENVIRONMENT - FIRST MORE ¨,-^^$¤#@#
##@¤$^^-,¨ ENTHRALLING AND INTRUSIVE, THEN SEEDY ¨,-^^$¤@##
#¤¤¤$^^-,¨ AND PREDATORY, BUT PIERCE DEEPER AND ¨,-^^$¤¤¤#
#@#¤$^^-,¨ THERE WILL BE MORE PECULIAR EFFECTS. ¨,-^^$¤#@#
¤$^^-¨¨¨¨¨ YOUR SENSE OF SPACE WILL SEEM TO ¨¨¨¨¨-^^$¤
¤$^^,¨¨¨¨¨ DISTORT (IT'S ACTUALLY THE SPACETIME ¨¨¨¨¨,^^$¤
#$^-,¨¨¨¨¨ ITSELF THAT IS BECOMING FLUID), THEN ¨¨¨¨¨,-^$#
##@#$^^-,¨ YOUR BODY, AND FINALLY YOUR SENSE OF ¨,-^^$#@##
@@#¤$^^-,¨ SELF. ¨,-^^$¤#@@
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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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