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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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§¨¨¨¨¨¨¨§¨ 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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¨¨¨§¨§§¨¨§                                          §¨¨¨¨¨¨¨§¨