#¤$=/~,¨¨¨ ¨¨¨,~/=$¤#
##¤$=/~,¨¨ ¨¨,~/=$¤##
###¤$=/~,¨ ¨,~/=$¤###
##¤$=/~,¨¨ ¨¨,~/=$¤##
#¤$=/~,¨¨¨ ¨¨¨,~/=$¤#
¤$=/~,¨¨¨¨ THEY BUILT THE FINAL NIGHTCLUB ON TOP ¨¨¨¨,~/=$¤
$=/~,¨¨¨¨¨ OF AN UNDOCUMENTED RESEARCH SITE. EACH ¨¨¨¨¨,~/=$
=/~,¨¨¨¨¨¨ 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 ¨¨¨¨¨¨,~/=
$=/~,¨¨¨¨¨ BURNED AWAY. YOU COULD EXPLORE ¨¨¨¨¨,~/=$
¤$=/~,¨¨¨¨ TERRITORIES JUST AS MAPLESS AS THOSE ¨¨¨¨,~/=$¤
#¤$=/~,¨¨¨ CLOSER TO THE CORE, BUT WITH A CHANCE ¨¨¨,~/=$¤#
##¤$=/~,¨¨ OF FINDING YOUR WAY BACK. ¨¨,~/=$¤##
###¤$=/~,¨ ¨,~/=$¤###
##¤$=/~,¨¨ ¨# ¨# ¨# ¨# ¨# ¨# ¨# ¨# ¨# ¨# ¨# ¨¨,~/=$¤##
#¤$=/~,¨¨¨ ,, THE HONEY IS A TRAP AND THERE'S A ,, ¨¨¨,~/=$¤#
¤$=/~,¨¨¨¨ ~~ STING, A STING, A STING. ~~ ¨¨¨¨,~/=$¤
$=/~,¨¨¨¨¨ /¨ IT'S IN YOUR EYES AND IT'S IN YOUR ¨/ ¨¨¨¨¨,~/=$
=/~,¨¨¨¨¨¨ =, 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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