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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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#@*$-~,,,, ######## ######## ######## ######## ,,,,~-$*@#
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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. -- ,~-:$$*@@#
##@@*$:-~, :, IT'S IN YOUR EYES AND IT'S IN YOUR ,: ,~-:$*@@##
##@@*$:-~, $~ MOUTH AND YOUR HANDS, THEIR HANDS ~$ ,~-:$*@@##
##@@*$:-~, *- IT'S IN YOUR HEART AND IN YOUR -* ,~-:$*@@##
##@@*$:-~, @: MIND AND THE MINDS OF THOSE AROUND :@ ,~-:$*@@##
@*$-,,,,,, @$ YOU, THEIR HEARTS, THEIR BODIES. $@ ,,,,,,-$*@
@$$$-~,,,, #* #* #* #* #* #* #* #* #* #* #* ,,,,~-$$$@
##@@*$:-~, AND IF YOU'RE LUCKY, YOU'LL NEVER GET ,~-:$*@@##
##@@*$:-~, OUT. DON'T BITE THE OTHER GUESTS. ,~-:$*@@##
@@@**$:-~, (OR DO) ,~-:$**@@@
@*:~~,,,,, ,,,,,~~:*@
##@@*$:-~, THE DEEPER THE FLOOR GOES, THE MORE ,~-:$*@@##
@@@@*$:-~, EXPENSIVE THE DRINKS. THIS IS NOT ,~-:$*@@@@
##@@*$:-~, COINCIDENTAL. THE MORE EXPENSIVE THE ,~-:$*@@##
##@@*$:-~, DRINKS, THE MORE LIKELY IT IS THAT ,~-:$*@@##
##@@*$:-~, SOMEONE WILL BUY THEM FOR YOU. ,~-:$*@@##
##@@*$:-~, THIS IS ALSO NOT COINCIDENTAL. IF ,~-:$*@@##
@@**$-,,,, SOMEONE BUYS YOU A DRINK, THEY ARE VERY ,,,,-$**@@
##@@*$:-~, LIKELY TO TAKE CARE OF YOUR NEEDS IN ,~-:$*@@##
##@@*$:-~, OTHER WAYS AS WELL. ,~-:$*@@##
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@@@*$$:-~, ,~-:$$*@@@
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