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