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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. ####***~:,
,:~***#### ####***~:,
,:~***#### 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 ##***~:,,,
,,,:~****# SELF. #****~:,,,
,,,,,:***# #***:,,,,,
,:~***#### # # # # # # # # # # # # # # ##### ### ####***~:,
,:~***#### ### ### ### ### ### ### ### ##### ### ####***~:,
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,:~***#### ######## ######## :::::::::::::::::: ####***~:,
,:~***#### :::: :::: :::: :::: :::: :::: :::: :::: ####***~:,
,,,~~~*### :::: :::: :::: ,,,,,, ,,,,,, ,,,,,, ###*~~~,,,
,,,:~***## ,,,,,, ,,,,,, ,,,,,, ,,,,, ,,,,, ,,,,, ##***~:,,,
,:~***#### ,,,,, ,,,,, ,,,,, ,,,,, ,,,,, ,,,,,,, ####***~:,
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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. ##*~,,,,,,
,,,,,,~*## ##*~,,,,,,
,:~***#### ,# ,# ,# ,# ,# ,# ,# ,# ,# ,# ,# ####***~:,
,:~***#### :: 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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