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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 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 ,~~/%%@###
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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. ,~~/%%@###
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###@%%/~~, ,# ,# ,# ,# ,# ,# ,# ,# ,# ,# ,# ,~~/%%@###
#%%///~~~, ~~ 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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