,^**%##### #####%**^,
,,^**%#### ####%**^,,
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,,^**%#### , %%==##==%% , THE , %%==##==%% , ####%**^,,
,^**%##### *==######==* % % *==######==* #####%**^,
,,^**%#### , %%==##==%% ,%% SHOWER %%, %%==##==%% , ####%**^,,
,^**%##### %, %%**%% ,%% %%, %%**%% ,% #####%**^,
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,^**%##### % DEEP BELOW % #####%**^,
,,^**%#### GROUND LEVEL, SEVERAL ELEVATORS DOWN, ####%**^,,
,^**%##### IN THE DARK WATER WHERE THE SURFACE #####%**^,
,,^**%#### LIGHT DOESN'T REACH, AND WARMTH COMES ####%**^,,
,^**%##### MOSTLY FROM BELOW - HERE IS THE SHOWER. #####%**^,
,,^**%#### ####%**^,,
,^**%##### IT IS DARK. YOU STRIP, AND IT'S COLD. #####%**^,
,,^**%#### YOUR FEET FEEL THE COLD STONE FLOOR, ####%**^,,
,^**%##### YOUR HANDS FIND THE RUBBER HANDLES TO #####%**^,
,,^**%#### GUIDE YOU INTO THE CABIN. ####%**^,,
,^**%##### #####%**^,
,,^**%#### AND THEN, THE HOT WATER, THE ####%**^,,
,^**%##### UNDERGROUND RAIN. DRENCHING YOU, #####%**^,
,,^**%#### LATHERING YOU. INFUSED WITH OILS AND ####%**^,,
,^**%##### SCENTS. AND THEN, ALSO FROM ABOVE, THE #####%**^,
,,^**%#### SHOWER CREATURES. FIRST THEIR BLACK ####%**^,,
,^**%##### VELVET ARMS, TOUCHING, AND THEN ENTIRE #####%**^,
,,^**%#### BODIES. CHESTS AND SNOUTS. ####%**^,,
,^**%##### #####%**^,
,,^**%#### THE CREATURES ARE MEANT TO COMFORT YOU, ####%**^,,
,^**%##### KEEP YOU ENTRANCED, AND KEEP YOU FROM #####%**^,
,,^**%#### LEAVING THE CABIN PREMATURELY. THIS ####%**^,,
,^**%##### WHOLE ORDEAL WORKS BEST IF YOU ARE NOT #####%**^,
,,^**%#### TRANSFORMED TOO EARLY, AND ARE INSTEAD ####%**^,,
,^**%##### ALLOWED TO ENJOY THE SHOWER FOR A WHILE. #####%**^,
,,^**%#### ####%**^,,
,^**%##### YOU ARE STEAMED, CARESSED, CLEANED, #####%**^,
,,^**%#### MODIFIED, LIQUIFIED; DISSOLVED AND ####%**^,,
,^**%##### DRAINED... AND THEN BROUGHT BACK, #####%**^,
,,^**%#### SLOWLY, WAKING AS THE WATER DRIES OFF ####%**^,,
,^**%##### OF YOU. CABIN OPEN TO THE COLD AIR #####%**^,
,,^**%#### TICKLING YOUR FRESH-BORN MIND. CREATURE ####%**^,,
,^**%##### HANDS GONE, YOU STEP OUT. #####%**^,
,,^**%#### ####%**^,,
,^**%##### LATER, ELEVATOR BACK UP. NEW BODY. #####%**^,
,,^**%#### ####%**^,,
,^**%##### #####%**^,
,,^**%#### ####%**^,,
,^**%##### #####%**^,
,,^**%#### ####%**^,,