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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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.&.&.&..&. 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 &.&&&&&.&.
&&&&&&.&.& CLOSE YOUR EYES. .&&....&&&
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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. ...&&&&.&&
....&&.&&& &..&...&&.
....&.&&.. .# .# .# .# .# .# .# .# .# .# .# .&.&&..&.&
&...&&&.&. ,, 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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