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@@¤/...... . ¤¤~~&&~~¤¤ .¤¤ shower ¤¤. ¤¤~~&&~~¤¤ . ....../¤@@
##@@&*/~.. ¤. ¤¤//¤¤ .¤¤ ¤¤. ¤¤//¤¤ .¤ ..~/*&@@##
@¤*~...... # . . . . . . . . # ......~*¤@
&**~~..... ¤ 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. .....~**¤@
@&&**//~.. ..~//**&&@
##@&¤*/~.. 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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&**~...... ......~**&
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