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..-~=*$#@# THEY BUILT THE FINAL NIGHTCLUB ON TOP #@#$*=~-..
.-~=*$#@## OF AN UNDOCUMENTED RESEARCH SITE. EACH ##@#$*=~-.
..-~=*$#@# FLOOR CLOSER TO THE COLLAPSED WARP #@#$*=~-..
.-~=*$#@## PROTOTYPE. DID THEY KNOW AT THE START? ##@#$*=~-.
..-~=*$#@# CLASSIFIED MAPS HAD GONE MISSING SOME #@#$*=~-..
.-~=*$#@## YEARS BEFORE. ##@#$*=~-.
..-~=*$#@# #@#$*=~-..
.-~=*$#@## THE DEEPER YOU DESCEND, THE STRANGER ##@#$*=~-.
..-~=*$#@# THE ENVIRONMENT - FIRST MORE #@#$*=~-..
.-~=*$#@## ENTHRALLING AND INTRUSIVE, THEN SEEDY ##@#$*=~-.
..-~=*$#@# AND PREDATORY, BUT PIERCE DEEPER AND #@#$*=~-..
.-~=*$#@## THERE WILL BE MORE PECULIAR EFFECTS. ##@#$*=~-.
..-~=*$#@# YOUR SENSE OF SPACE WILL SEEM TO #@#$*=~-..
.-~=*$#@## DISTORT (IT'S ACTUALLY THE SPACETIME ##@#$*=~-.
..-~=*$#@# ITSELF THAT IS BECOMING FLUID), THEN #@#$*=~-..
.-~=*$#@## YOUR BODY, AND FINALLY YOUR SENSE OF ##@#$*=~-.
..-~=*$#@# SELF. #@#$*=~-..
.-~=*$#@## ##@#$*=~-.
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.-~=*$#@## -= -* -* -$ -# -@ -@ -# ~. ~- ~~ ~= ~* ##@#$*=~-.
..-~=*$#@# ~$ ~# ~@ ~@ ~# =. =- =~ == =* =$ =# =@ #@#$*=~-..
.-~=*$#@## =@ =# *. *- *~ *= ** *$ *# *@ *@ *# $. ##@#$*=~-.
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.-~=*$#@## #* #$ ## #@ #@ ## @. @- @~ @= @* @$ @# ##@#$*=~-.
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.-~=*$#@## #. #- #~ #= #* #$ ## #@ ##@#$*=~-.
..-~=*$#@# 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. ##@#$*=~-.
..-~=*$#@# #@#$*=~-..
.-~=*$#@## 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. ##@#$*=~-.
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