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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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.^»::::$@@ THE CEILING IS COVERED IN ACTUAL STARS. @@$::::»^.
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.^»:$$@@@# FADING INTO SILVER FLAKES AS THEY FALL #@@@$$:»^.
.....»:$@@ BUBBLES IN DRINKS @@$:».....
.^»:$$@@@@ @@@@$$:»^.
.....^::$@ DRINKS WITH A SECRET INGREDIENT, THAT @$::^.....
.^»::$$@@@ MAKES YOU SEE THE STARS EVEN WHEN YOU @@@$$::»^.
.^»:$$$$@@ CLOSE YOUR EYES. @@$$$$:»^.
.^»:$$@@@# #@@@$$:»^.
.^»:$$@@@@ 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. @$$$».....
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.^»:$$@@## ^^ THE HONEY IS A TRAP AND THERE'S A ^^ ##@@$$:»^.
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..^^^:$@@@ :. IT'S IN YOUR EYES AND IT'S IN YOUR .: @@@$:^^^..
.^:$$@@@## $^ MOUTH AND YOUR HANDS, THEIR HANDS ^$ ##@@@$$:^.
...^^^:$@@ $» IT'S IN YOUR HEART AND IN YOUR »$ @@$:^^^...
.^»:$$@@@# @: 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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