,~~**$#@@# #@@#$**~~,
,~~**$#@@# #@@#$**~~,
,~~**$#@@# #@@#$**~~,
,~~**$#@@# #@@#$**~~,
,,,,,,~*#@ @#*~,,,,,,
,~~**$#@@# THEY BUILT THE FINAL NIGHTCLUB ON TOP #@@#$**~~,
,~~****#@@ 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 #***~,,,,,
,~~**$$$$@ SELF. @$$$$**~~,
,,,~~~~*#@ @#*~~~~,,,
,~~**$#@## # # # # # # # # # # # # # # ##### ### ##@#$**~~,
,~~**$#@@# ### ### ### ### ### ### ### ##### ### #@@#$**~~,
,~~**$#@@@ ### ### ##### ##### ##### ##### ##### @@@#$**~~,
,~~**$##@@ #### #### #### #### #### #### #### #### @@##$**~~,
,,,,~~*$#@ ###### ###### ###### ###### ###### @#$*~~,,,,
,~~**$##@@ ###### ###### ###### ###### ###### @@##$**~~,
,,,~****$@ ###### ###### ######## ######## @$****~,,,
,,,,~***## ######## ######## ######## ######## ##***~,,,,
,~~**$#@@# ######## ######## ######## ######## #@@#$**~~,
,~~**$#@@# ######## ######## ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ #@@#$**~~,
,~~**$#@@@ ~~~~ ~~~~ ~~~~ ~~~~ ~~~~ ~~~~ ~~~~ ~~~~ @@@#$**~~,
,,,,,,~*$@ ~~~~ ~~~~ ~~~~ ,,,,,, ,,,,,, ,,,,,, @$*~,,,,,,
,,,,,~~*$@ ,,,,,, ,,,,,, ,,,,,, ,,,,, ,,,,, ,,,,, @$*~~,,,,,
,~~**$#@## ,,,,, ,,,,, ,,,,, ,,,,, ,,,,, ,,,,,,, ##@#$**~~,
,,,,,,~*$@ ,,,,,,, ,,,,,,, ,,,,,,, ,,,,,,, ,,,,,,, @$*~,,,,,,
,~~**$#@@# ,,,,,,, ,,,,,, ,,,,,, ,,,,,, ,,,,,, #@@#$**~~,
,~~**$#@@# ,,,,,, ,,,,,, ,,,,,, ~, ~, ~, ~, ~, ~, #@@#$**~~,
,~~***$### ~, ~, ~, ~~ ~~ ~~ ~~ ~~ ~~ ~~ ~~ ~~ ~~ ###$***~~,
,,,,,~~*$@ ~~ ~~ ~~ ~~ ~~ ~~ ~~ ~~ ~~ ~~ ~* ~* ~* @$*~~,,,,,
,~~**$$$$# ~* ~* ~* ~$ ~# ~@ ~@ ~# ~, ~~ ~~ ~* ~* #$$$$**~~,
,~~**$$##@ ~$ ~# ~@ ~@ ~# *, *~ *~ ** ** *$ *# *@ @##$$**~~,
,,,,~~*$## *@ *# *, *~ *~ ** ** *$ *# *@ *@ *# $, ##$*~~,,,,
,~~**$###@ $~ $~ $* $* $$ $# $@ $@ $# #, #~ #~ #* @###$**~~,
,~~**$#@@@ #* #$ ## #@ #@ ## @, @~ @~ @* @* @$ @# @@@#$**~~,
,~~**$#@@# @@ @@ @# @, @~ @~ @* @* @$ @# @@ @@ @# #@@#$**~~,
,,,,~~**$@ #, #~ #~ #* #* #$ ## #@ @$**~~,,,,
,~~~***$$# THE CEILING IS COVERED IN ACTUAL STARS. #$$***~~~,
,~~**$#@@# EYES ABOVE #@@#$**~~,
,~~**$#@@# FADING INTO SILVER FLAKES AS THEY FALL #@@#$**~~,
,~~**#@@## 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 @@$$***~~,
,~~**$#@## LIKELY TO TAKE CARE OF YOUR NEEDS IN ##@#$**~~,
,~~**$#@@@ OTHER WAYS AS WELL. @@@#$**~~,
,,,,,,~*#@ @#*~,,,,,,
,~~*$#@@## ##@@#$*~~,
,~~**$#@@# #@@#$**~~,
,~~**$$$## ##$$$**~~,
,~~**$#@## ##@#$**~~,