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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. .-~^%@¤@##
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##@¤@%^~-. 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 ...--^%%¤@
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¤¤¤¤@%^~-. THE CEILING IS COVERED IN ACTUAL STARS. .-~^%@¤¤¤¤
#¤%~~..... EYES ABOVE .....~~%¤#
##@¤@%^~-. FADING INTO SILVER FLAKES AS THEY FALL .-~^%@¤@##
#¤@%^^---. BUBBLES IN DRINKS .---^^%@¤#
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¤¤¤@%^--.. DRINKS WITH A SECRET INGREDIENT, THAT ..--^%@¤¤¤
@@@¤@%^~-. MAKES YOU SEE THE STARS EVEN WHEN YOU .-~^%@¤@@@
##@¤@%^~-. CLOSE YOUR EYES. .-~^%@¤@##
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##@¤@%^~-. 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) .-~^%¤@###
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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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