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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. *@ ,,,,,,-~**
%**~-,,,,, #% #% #% #% #% #% #% #% #% #% #% ,,,,,-~**%
§%**~-,,,, 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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