.:«:%£§¶@#                                          #@¶§£%:«:.
......:«%§                                          §%«:......
.:«:%£§¶@#                                          #@¶§£%:«:.
...:««%§§§                                          §§§%««:...
.:«:%£§§§§                                          §§§§£%:«:.
....::%£§§ 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.                                    @¶¶§£%:«:.
.:«:%£§¶@#                                          #@¶§£%:«:.
.:«:%£§¶@# #  # # # # #  # # # # # # #  # ##### ### #@¶§£%:«:.
.....««%%§ ###  ### ###  ### ### ### ###  ##### ### §%%««.....
.:«:::%%£§ ###  ###  ##### ##### ##### #####  ##### §£%%:::«:.
...«:%%%§§ #### #### #### #### ####  #### #### #### §§%%%:«...
.:«:%£§¶@# ######   ######   ######  ######  ###### #@¶§£%:«:.
.:«:%£§¶¶@ ######   ######  ######  ######   ###### @¶¶§£%:«:.
.:«:%£§¶@# ######    ######    ########    ######## #@¶§£%:«:.
.:«:%£§@## ########   ########  ########   ######## ##@§£%:«:.
.:«:%£§¶¶¶ ########   ########   ########  ######## ¶¶¶§£%:«:.
.:«:::£§¶@ ########   ########   :::::::::::::::::: @¶§£:::«:.
.....«%££§ :::: :::: :::: :::: ::::  :::: :::: :::: §££%«.....
.:«:%£§¶@# ::::  ::::  ::::  ......  ......  ...... #@¶§£%:«:.
....««%£¶¶ ......  ...... ...... ..... .....  ..... ¶¶£%««....
....::%§¶¶ .....  ..... .....  ..... .....  ....... ¶¶§%::....
.:«:%£§¶@# ....... .......  ....... ....... ....... #@¶§£%:«:.
.::«:%%%%§ .......  ......   ......  ......  ...... §%%%%:«::.
.......«%§ ...... ...... ......  :. :. :. :. :.  :. §%«.......
....«::£¶¶ :.  :. :.  :: :: :: :: :: :: :: :: :: :: ¶¶£::«....
.:«:%£¶@## ::  ::  :« :« :« :« :« :« :« :« :: :: :: ##@¶£%:«:.
.:«:%£§¶@# :: :% :% :£ :§  :¶ :@ :# «.  «: «« «: «% #@¶§£%:«:.
.:«:%£§@## «£ «§ «¶ «@ «# :. :: :«  :: :%  :£ :§ :¶ ##@§£%:«:.
.:«:%£§¶@# :@ :#  %. %: %« %: %% %£ %§  %¶ %@ %# £. #@¶§£%:«:.
.:«:%£§¶@# £:  £« £: £%  ££ £§ £¶ £@ £# §. §: §« §: #@¶§£%:«:.
.:«:%£§¶@# §% §£ §§ §¶ §@  §# ¶. ¶: ¶« ¶: ¶% ¶£  ¶§ #@¶§£%:«:.
.:«:%§¶@## ¶¶ ¶@ ¶# @.  @: @«  @: @% @£ @§ @¶ @@ @# ##@¶§%:«:.
.:«:%£§¶@# #.   #:   #«   #:    #%   #£    #§    #¶ #@¶§£%:«:.
...:««%%§§ 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. #@¶§£%:«:.
.:«:%£§¶¶@                                          @¶¶§£%:«:.
.:«:%£¶@##                                          ##@¶£%:«:.
....::%§§§                                          §§§%::....
.:«:%£§@##                                          ##@§£%:«:.
....«««:£§                                          §£:«««....