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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 :.........
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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. *^†~:.....
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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. ^¶ ..........
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.........: AND IF YOU'RE LUCKY, YOU'LL NEVER GET :.........
........:~ OUT. DON'T BITE THE OTHER GUESTS. ~:........
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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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