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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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§¨¨§¨§¨§¨§ .... .... .... .... .... .... .... .... ¨§¨¨§¨§¨§¨
§¨§§¨§¨§¨§ .... .... .... ¨¨¨¨¨¨ ¨¨¨¨¨¨ ¨¨¨¨¨¨ ¨§¨§§¨§¨§¨
§¨¨§¨§¨§¨§ ¨¨¨¨¨¨ ¨¨¨¨¨¨ ¨¨¨¨¨¨ ¨¨¨¨¨ ¨¨¨¨¨ ¨¨¨¨¨ ¨§¨¨§¨§¨§¨
§¨§§¨§¨§¨§ ¨¨¨¨¨ ¨¨¨¨¨ ¨¨¨¨¨ ¨¨¨¨¨ ¨¨¨¨¨ ¨¨¨¨¨¨¨ ¨§¨§§¨§¨§¨
§¨¨§¨§¨§¨§ ¨¨¨¨¨¨¨ ¨¨¨¨¨¨¨ ¨¨¨¨¨¨¨ ¨¨¨¨¨¨¨ ¨¨¨¨¨¨¨ ¨§¨¨§¨§¨§¨
§¨§§¨§¨§¨§ ¨¨¨¨¨¨¨ ¨¨¨¨¨¨ ¨¨¨¨¨¨ ¨¨¨¨¨¨ ¨¨¨¨¨¨ ¨§¨§§¨§¨§¨
§¨¨§¨§¨§¨§ ¨¨¨¨¨¨ ¨¨¨¨¨¨ ¨¨¨¨¨¨ .¨ .¨ .¨ .¨ .¨ .¨ ¨§¨¨§¨§¨§¨
§¨§§¨§¨§¨§ .¨ .¨ .¨ .. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. ¨§¨§§¨§¨§¨
§¨¨§¨§¨§¨§ .. .. .~ .~ .~ .~ .~ .~ .~ .~ .: .: .: ¨§¨¨§¨§¨§¨
§¨§§¨§¨§¨§ .: .$ .$ .@ .§ .# .# .# ~¨ ~. ~~ ~: ~$ ¨§¨§§¨§¨§¨
§¨¨§¨§¨§¨§ ~@ ~§ ~# ~# ~# :¨ :. :~ :: :$ :@ :§ :# ¨§¨¨§¨§¨§¨
§¨§§¨§¨§¨§ :# :# $¨ $. $~ $: $$ $@ $§ $# $# $# @¨ ¨§¨§§¨§¨§¨
§¨¨§¨§¨§¨§ @. @~ @: @$ @@ @§ @# @# @# §¨ §. §~ §: ¨§¨¨§¨§¨§¨
§¨§§¨§¨§¨§ §$ §@ §§ §# §# §# #¨ #. #~ #: #$ #@ #§ ¨§¨§§¨§¨§¨
§¨¨§¨§¨§¨§ ## ## ## #¨ #. #~ #: #$ #@ #§ ## ## ## ¨§¨¨§¨§¨§¨
§¨§§¨§¨§¨§ #¨ #. #~ #: #$ #@ #§ ## ¨§¨§§¨§¨§¨
§¨¨§¨§¨§¨§ 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) ¨§¨§§¨§¨§¨
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§¨§§¨§¨§¨§ 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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