,,~;%¤¤¶## ##¶¤¤%;~,,
,,~;%¤¤¶## ##¶¤¤%;~,,
,,~;%¤¤¶## ##¶¤¤%;~,,
,~;%¤¤¶### ###¶¤¤%;~,
,,~;%¤¤¶## ##¶¤¤%;~,,
,,~;%¤¤¶## 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. ¤¤¤¤%%;~,,
,,~;%¤¤¶## ##¶¤¤%;~,,
,,~;¤¤¶### # # # # # # # # # # # # # # ##### ### ###¶¤¤;~,,
,,,,,;%¤¤¤ ### ### ### ### ### ### ### ##### ### ¤¤¤%;,,,,,
,,~;%¤¶### ### ### ##### ##### ##### ##### ##### ###¶¤%;~,,
,,~%¤¤¶### #### #### #### #### #### #### #### #### ###¶¤¤%~,,
,,,,,,,;¤¶ ###### ###### ###### ###### ###### ¶¤;,,,,,,,
,,,,;%¤¤¤¶ ###### ###### ###### ###### ###### ¶¤¤¤%;,,,,
,,~;%¤¤¶## ###### ###### ######## ######## ##¶¤¤%;~,,
,,~;%¤¤¤¤¶ ######## ######## ######## ######## ¶¤¤¤¤%;~,,
,,,,~%¤¤¤¶ ######## ######## ######## ######## ¶¤¤¤%~,,,,
,,,,;%¤¤¤¤ ######## ######## ,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,, ¤¤¤¤%;,,,,
,,,,,~%¤¤¶ ,,,, ,,,, ,,,, ,,,, ,,,, ,,,, ,,,, ,,,, ¶¤¤%~,,,,,
,,,,,,;%¤¶ ,,,, ,,,, ,,,, ,,,,,, ,,,,,, ,,,,,, ¶¤%;,,,,,,
,,~;%¤¤¶## ,,,,,, ,,,,,, ,,,,,, ,,,,, ,,,,, ,,,,, ##¶¤¤%;~,,
,,~;%¤¤¶## ,,,,, ,,,,, ,,,,, ,,,,, ,,,,, ,,,,,,, ##¶¤¤%;~,,
,,~;%¤¤¶¶¶ ,,,,,,, ,,,,,,, ,,,,,,, ,,,,,,, ,,,,,,, ¶¶¶¤¤%;~,,
,,,,;;;¤¤# ,,,,,,, ,,,,,, ,,,,,, ,,,,,, ,,,,,, #¤¤;;;,,,,
,,~;¤¤¶### ,,,,,, ,,,,,, ,,,,,, ,, ,, ,, ,, ,, ,, ###¶¤¤;~,,
,~;%¤¤¶### ,, ,, ,, ,, ,, ,, ,, ,, ,, ,, ,, ,, ,, ###¶¤¤%;~,
,,~;%%¤¤¶¶ ,, ,, ,~ ,~ ,~ ,~ ,~ ,~ ,~ ,~ ,; ,; ,; ¶¶¤¤%%;~,,
,,~;%¤¤¶## ,; ,% ,% ,¤ ,¤ ,¶ ,# ,# ~, ~, ~~ ~; ~% ##¶¤¤%;~,,
,,,,~;%%%¤ ~¤ ~¤ ~¶ ~# ~# ;, ;, ;~ ;; ;% ;¤ ;¤ ;¶ ¤%%%;~,,,,
,,~;%¤¤### ;# ;# %, %, %~ %; %% %¤ %¤ %¶ %# %# ¤, ###¤¤%;~,,
,,~;%¤¤¶## ¤, ¤~ ¤; ¤% ¤¤ ¤¤ ¤¶ ¤# ¤# ¤, ¤, ¤~ ¤; ##¶¤¤%;~,,
,,,,,;%¤¤¶ ¤% ¤¤ ¤¤ ¤¶ ¤# ¤# ¶, ¶, ¶~ ¶; ¶% ¶¤ ¶¤ ¶¤¤%;,,,,,
,,,,,~%¤¤¶ ¶¶ ¶# ¶# #, #, #~ #; #% #¤ #¤ #¶ ## ## ¶¤¤%~,,,,,
,,,,,;%¤¤¤ #, #, #~ #; #% #¤ #¤ #¶ ¤¤¤%;,,,,,
,,~;;%%¤¶# 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. ¤¤¤%%%;~,,
,,,,,,;%¤# #¤%;,,,,,,
,,~;%¤¤¶## ##¶¤¤%;~,,
,,~;%%¤¤¶¶ ¶¶¤¤%%;~,,
,,~;%¤¤¶## ##¶¤¤%;~,,
,,,,,,,~%¤ ¤%~,,,,,,,