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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. .......:«†
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†«:.......   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.    ...:«††§@#
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