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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 ¨-«:%@§#@#
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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. %# ¨-«:%@§#@#
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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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