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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 &.&...&&&.
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&&........ 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. ..&&.&.&&.
&&&.&....& .&.&&&&.&.
..&&&...&. .# .# .# .# .# .# .# .# .# .# .# &&&...&&&&
.&..&..&&& .. 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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