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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 ¨¨¨¨¨.~=*§
#§*=~.¨¨¨¨ SELF. ¨¨¨¨.~=*§#
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*=~.¨¨¨¨¨¨ THE CEILING IS COVERED IN ACTUAL STARS. ¨¨¨¨¨¨.~=*
§*=~.¨¨¨¨¨ EYES ABOVE ¨¨¨¨¨.~=*§
#§*=~.¨¨¨¨ 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. ¨¨.~=*§###
####§*=~.¨ ¨.~=*§####
###§*=~.¨¨ 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. ¨¨.~=*§###
##§*=~.¨¨¨ (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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