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##@#%*:«~. . %%««##««%% .%% SHOWER %%. %%««##««%% . .~«:*%#@##
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##%*:«««~. % DEEP BELOW % .~«««:*%##
###@#*:«~. GROUND LEVEL, SEVERAL ELEVATORS DOWN, .~«:*#@###
##**««~... IN THE DARK WATER WHERE THE SURFACE ...~««**##
#@@#%*:«~. LIGHT DOESN'T REACH, AND WARMTH COMES .~«:*%#@@#
@@%%:~.... MOSTLY FROM BELOW - HERE IS THE SHOWER. ....~:%%@@
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@#*««..... IT IS DARK. YOU STRIP, AND IT'S COLD. .....««*#@
####%*:«~. YOUR FEET FEEL THE COLD STONE FLOOR, .~«:*%####
##@#%*:«~. YOUR HANDS FIND THE RUBBER HANDLES TO .~«:*%#@##
###@#%*«~. GUIDE YOU INTO THE CABIN. .~«*%#@###
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##@#%*:«~. AND THEN, THE HOT WATER, THE .~«:*%#@##
##@#%*:«~. UNDERGROUND RAIN. DRENCHING YOU, .~«:*%#@##
#%%%*««... LATHERING YOU. INFUSED WITH OILS AND ...««*%%%#
####%*:«~. SCENTS. AND THEN, ALSO FROM ABOVE, THE .~«:*%####
@@%%%*:«~. SHOWER CREATURES. FIRST THEIR BLACK .~«:*%%%@@
#*«~...... VELVET ARMS, TOUCHING, AND THEN ENTIRE ......~«*#
##@#%*:«~. BODIES. CHESTS AND SNOUTS. .~«:*%#@##
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##@#%*:«~. THE CREATURES ARE MEANT TO COMFORT YOU, .~«:*%#@##
#*««...... KEEP YOU ENTRANCED, AND KEEP YOU FROM ......««*#
###%:::«~. LEAVING THE CABIN PREMATURELY. THIS .~«:::%###
@%%%*««~~. WHOLE ORDEAL WORKS BEST IF YOU ARE NOT .~~««*%%%@
##%:«..... TRANSFORMED TOO EARLY, AND ARE INSTEAD .....«:%##
##@#%*:«~. ALLOWED TO ENJOY THE SHOWER FOR A WHILE. .~«:*%#@##
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##@#%*:«~. YOU ARE STEAMED, CARESSED, CLEANED, .~«:*%#@##
##@#%*:«~. MODIFIED, LIQUIFIED; DISSOLVED AND .~«:*%#@##
@@##%*:«~. DRAINED... AND THEN BROUGHT BACK, .~«:*%##@@
@%:~...... SLOWLY, WAKING AS THE WATER DRIES OFF ......~:%@
##@#%*:«~. OF YOU. CABIN OPEN TO THE COLD AIR .~«:*%#@##
##@#%*:«~. TICKLING YOUR FRESH-BORN MIND. CREATURE .~«:*%#@##
#@@#%*:«~. HANDS GONE, YOU STEP OUT. .~«:*%#@@#
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###*«««... LATER, ELEVATOR BACK UP. NEW BODY. ...«««*###
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