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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 ##§%%^-,,,
,-~^%$§### THERE WILL BE MORE PECULIAR EFFECTS. ###§$%^~-,
,-~^%$§### YOUR SENSE OF SPACE WILL SEEM TO ###§$%^~-,
,-~^%$§### DISTORT (IT'S ACTUALLY THE SPACETIME ###§$%^~-,
,,,-^^$$§§ ITSELF THAT IS BECOMING FLUID), THEN §§$$^^-,,,
,,,,-~%$## YOUR BODY, AND FINALLY YOUR SENSE OF ##$%~-,,,,
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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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