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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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,:~\*&&&§# ######## ######## :::::::::::::::::: #§&&&*\~:,
,:~\*&§### :::: :::: :::: :::: :::: :::: :::: :::: ###§&*\~:,
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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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