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,,=\%$@### they built the final nightclub on top ###@$%\=,,
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,,=\%$@### floor closer to the collapsed warp ###@$%\=,,
,,=\%%$@@# prototype. did they know at the start? #@@$%%\=,,
,,=\%$@### classified maps had gone missing some ###@$%\=,,
,,,,,=\$@# years before. #@$\=,,,,,
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,,=\%$@### the 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 ###@$%\=,,
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,,=\%$@### the ceiling is covered in actual stars. ###@$%\=,,
,,,,,,,\%@ eyes above @%\,,,,,,,
,,=\%$@### 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 ####@$%\=,
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,,=\%$@### 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. #$$$\=,,,,
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,,=\%$@### ,, the honey is a trap and there's a ,, ###@$%\=,,
,,,,===\$# == sting, a sting, a sting. == #$\===,,,,
,,=\%$$$$@ \, it's in your eyes and it's in your ,\ @$$$$%\=,,
,,=\%$@### %, mouth and your hands, their hands ,% ###@$%\=,,
,,,,=\$@@# $= it's in your heart and in your =$ #@@$\=,,,,
,,,,,,=\%@ @\ mind and the minds of those around \@ @%\=,,,,,,
,,=\%$@### #% you, their hearts, their bodies. %# ###@$%\=,,
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,,=\%$@### and if you're lucky, you'll never get ###@$%\=,,
,,,,,,\\%@ out. don't bite the other guests. @%\\,,,,,,
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,,=\%$@### 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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