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..^^^~%%@#                                          #@%%~^^^..
.^~†%&@###                                          ###@&%†~^.
.^~†%&@###                                          ###@&%†~^.
.^~†%&&&&#                                          #&&&&%†~^.
.....^††&@    . .  . .                  . .  . .    @&††^.....
.^~†%&@###   . &&††&& .                . &&††&& .   ###@&%†~^.
.^~†%&@### . &&~~@@~~&& .    the     . &&~~@@~~&& . ###@&%†~^.
...^~~†%@#  †~~@@##@@~~†   &      &   †~~@@##@@~~†  #@%†~~^...
..^^†††%@# . &&~~@@~~&& .&& 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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