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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. #@*†~:....
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.....:~†*@ :: 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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