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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 ¨¨¨¨¨§¨¨§¨
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¨¨¨¨¨§¨§§¨ 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 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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