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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 ###§¤^;~:,
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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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