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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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@@@=/=^,,, ^/ ^= ^= ^@ ^@ ^@ ^@ ^# =, =^ == =/ == ,,,^=/=@@@
@@=/=^,,,, =@ =@ =@ =@ =# /, /^ /= // /= /@ /@ /@ ,,,,^=/=@@
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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. ,,^=/=@@@#
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#@@@=/=^,, 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. =@ ,^=/=@@@##
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@@@=/=^,,, 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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