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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 *~,,,,,,,,
,,,,,,,~*% %*~,,,,,,,
,,,,,,~*%£ 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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