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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. ¨,=/=&¤¶##
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#¤=///,,¨¨ 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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##¶¤&=/=,¨ eyes above ¨,=/=&¤¶##
#¶&====¨¨¨ fading into silver flakes as they fall ¨¨¨====&¶#
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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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¤¤&////=,¨ == 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 /¤ ¨,=/=&¤¶##
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##¶¤&=/=,¨ and if you're lucky, you'll never get ¨,=/=&¤¶##
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¶¶&==,,,,¨ expensive the drinks. this is not ¨,,,,==&¶¶
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###¶&=/=,¨ drinks, the more likely it is that ¨,=/=&¶###
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##¶¤&=/=,¨ this is also not coincidental. if ¨,=/=&¤¶##
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