,:«†%%¤@@# #@@¤%%†«:,
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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. ###@%%†«:,
,:«†%%¤@## ##@¤%%†«:,
,,,::†%%%¤ 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 #@%††:,,,,
,,,:«†††%¤ SELF. ¤%†††«:,,,
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,:«†%%¤@## ,,,,,, ,,,,,, ,,,,,, :, :, :, :, :, :, ##@¤%%†«:,
,:«†%%¤@## :, :, :, :: :: :: :: :: :: :: :: :: :: ##@¤%%†«:,
,:«†%%¤@## :: :: :« :« :« :« :« :« :« :« :† :† :† ##@¤%%†«:,
,,,,:†%¤¤@ :† :% :% :% :¤ :@ :# :# «, «: «« «† «% @¤¤%†:,,,,
,:«†%%¤@## «% «¤ «@ «# «# †, †: †« †† †% †% †¤ †@ ##@¤%%†«:,
,,,,:««%¤# †# †# %, %: %« %† %% %% %¤ %@ %# %# %, #¤%««:,,,,
,:«†%%¤@## %: %« %† %% %% %¤ %@ %# %# ¤, ¤: ¤« ¤† ##@¤%%†«:,
,:«†%%¤@## ¤% ¤% ¤¤ ¤@ ¤# ¤# @, @: @« @† @% @% @¤ ##@¤%%†«:,
,:«†%%¤@@# @@ @# @# #, #: #« #† #% #% #¤ #@ ## ## #@@¤%%†«:,
,,,::::†%¤ #, #: #« #† #% #% #¤ #@ ¤%†::::,,,
:«†%%¤@### THE CEILING IS COVERED IN ACTUAL STARS. ###@¤%%†«:
,:«†%%¤@## EYES ABOVE ##@¤%%†«:,
,:«†%%¤¤¤@ 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. ¤%«,,,,,,,
,:«†%%¤@## ##@¤%%†«:,
,:«†%%¤@## ,# ,# ,# ,# ,# ,# ,# ,# ,# ,# ,# ##@¤%%†«:,
,:«†%%¤@## :: 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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