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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. ¨--**@#@##
##**---¨¨¨ ¨¨¨---**##
##@***---¨ 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. ¨¨¨¨¨-*@@#
##@#@**--¨ ¨--**@#@##
###**-¨¨¨¨ 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. ¨--**@#@##
##@#@**--¨ ¨--**@#@##
#**-¨¨¨¨¨¨ 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. ¨--**@#@##
#@@*-¨¨¨¨¨ ¨¨¨¨¨-*@@#
@@#@@**--¨ 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. ¨--**@#@##
##*-¨¨¨¨¨¨ ¨¨¨¨¨¨-*##
#@@#@**--¨ LATER, ELEVATOR BACK UP. NEW BODY. ¨--**@#@@#
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