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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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.~»:†$¤### THE CEILING IS COVERED IN ACTUAL STARS. ###¤$†:»~.
......»:$# EYES ABOVE #$:»......
..~~::::$# FADING INTO SILVER FLAKES AS THEY FALL #$::::~~..
.~»:†$¤### BUBBLES IN DRINKS ###¤$†:»~.
.~»:†$¤### ###¤$†:»~.
....~»†$## DRINKS WITH A SECRET INGREDIENT, THAT ##$†»~....
......»†$# MAKES YOU SEE THE STARS EVEN WHEN YOU #$†»......
.~»:†$¤### CLOSE YOUR EYES. ###¤$†:»~.
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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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