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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. ,,,::^%*@#
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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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@*^^^^^~:, ,:~^^^^^*@
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