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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 ,,,,,^==%@
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@@@@%%=»^, 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 ,,,,,^=%@@
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##@@@%=»^, 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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