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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 ¨#¨##¨#¨#¨
#¨#¨#¨¨#¨# self. ¨#¨¨#¨#¨#¨
#¨#¨#¨##¨# ¨#¨##¨#¨#¨
#¨#¨#¨¨#¨# # # # # # # # # # # # # # # ##### ### ¨#¨¨#¨#¨#¨
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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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