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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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