,,:~†*$#@# #@#$*†~:,,
,:~†*$#@## ##@#$*†~:,
,,:~†*$#@# #@#$*†~:,,
,,,:~†*$#@ @#$*†~:,,,
,,,,:~†*$# #$*†~:,,,,
,,,,,:~†*$ , , , , , , , , $*†~:,,,,,
,,,,,,:~†* , $$††$$ , , $$††$$ , *†~:,,,,,,
,,,,,:~†*$ , $$~~##~~$$ , THE , $$~~##~~$$ , $*†~:,,,,,
,,,,:~†*$# †~~######~~† $ $ †~~######~~† #$*†~:,,,,
,,,:~†*$#@ , $$~~##~~$$ ,$$ SHOWER $$, $$~~##~~$$ , @#$*†~:,,,
,,:~†*$#@# $, $$††$$ ,$$ $$, $$††$$ ,$ #@#$*†~:,,
,:~†*$#@## # , , , , , , , , # ##@#$*†~:,
,,:~†*$#@# $ 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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