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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 ###@¤=†~^.
....^~†¤@@ SELF.                                    @@¤†~^....
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.^~†=¤@### #.   #^   #~    #†   #=   #¤    #@    ## ###@¤=†~^.
.^~†==¤@@# THE CEILING IS COVERED IN ACTUAL  STARS. #@@¤==†~^.
......~~=@ EYES                               ABOVE @=~~......
.^~†=¤@### FADING INTO SILVER FLAKES  AS THEY  FALL ###@¤=†~^.
.^~†=¤@### BUBBLES                     IN    DRINKS ###@¤=†~^.
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.....~††¤@ 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. @=†^......
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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. =# ###@¤=†~^.
.^~†=¤@### #¤  #¤  #¤  #¤  #¤  #¤  #¤ #¤ #¤  #¤  #¤ ###@¤=†~^.
.^~†=¤@### 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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