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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. @§=\====,,
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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) #@#§*=\=,,
,,,,\==*§# #§*==\,,,,
,,,,,,,==§ 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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