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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 ¨¨¨¨==;%@@
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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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