&%*==..... .....==*%&
#@%%%†*=~. .~=*†%%%@#
@&†*~..... .....~*†&@
&††††=~~~. .~~~=††††&
@@@&%†*=~. .~=*†%&@@@
#&&&%†*=~. 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. ....=*%&&#
##@&%†*=~. .~=*†%&@##
@%†*~~~~.. # # # # # # # # # # # # # # ##### ### ..~~~~*†%@
@%†**~.... ### ### ### ### ### ### ### ##### ### ....~**†%@
###@&%*=~. ### ### ##### ##### ##### ##### ##### .~=*%&@###
@@@&%†*=~. #### #### #### #### #### #### #### #### .~=*†%&@@@
@%†=...... ###### ###### ###### ###### ###### ......=†%@
##@&%†*=~. ###### ###### ###### ###### ###### .~=*†%&@##
@%***=~... ###### ###### ######## ######## ...~=***%@
@&%†***=~. ######## ######## ######## ######## .~=***†%&@
@@@&%†*=~. ######## ######## ######## ######## .~=*†%&@@@
##@&%†*=~. ######## ######## ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ .~=*†%&@##
##@&%†*=~. ~~~~ ~~~~ ~~~~ ~~~~ ~~~~ ~~~~ ~~~~ ~~~~ .~=*†%&@##
##@&%†*=~. ~~~~ ~~~~ ~~~~ ...... ...... ...... .~=*†%&@##
###@&%*=~. ...... ...... ...... ..... ..... ..... .~=*%&@###
##@&%†*=~. ..... ..... ..... ..... ..... ....... .~=*†%&@##
@&&%**~... ....... ....... ....... ....... ....... ...~**%&&@
&%*=~..... ....... ...... ...... ...... ...... .....~=*%&
@%†=~~.... ...... ...... ...... ~. ~. ~. ~. ~. ~. ....~~=†%@
#&†*~..... ~. ~. ~. ~~ ~~ ~~ ~~ ~~ ~~ ~~ ~~ ~~ ~~ .....~*†&#
##@&%†*=~. ~~ ~~ ~= ~= ~= ~= ~= ~= ~= ~= ~* ~* ~* .~=*†%&@##
##@&%†*=~. ~* ~† ~† ~% ~& ~@ ~# ~# =. =~ == =* =† .~=*†%&@##
&&&&%†*=~. =% =& =@ =# =# *. *~ *= ** *† *% *& *@ .~=*†%&&&&
##@&%†*=~. *# *# †. †~ †= †* †† †% †& †@ †# †# %. .~=*†%&@##
##@&%†*=~. %~ %= %* %† %% %& %@ %# %# &. &~ &= &* .~=*†%&@##
@%**~..... &† &% && &@ &# &# @. @~ @= @* @† @% @& .....~**%@
&†*~~..... @@ @# @# #. #~ #= #* #† #% #& #@ ## ## .....~~*†&
###&%†*=~. #. #~ #= #* #† #% #& #@ .~=*†%&###
#&&††=~~.. 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. .~=*†%@###
@&&&%†*=~. .~=*†%&&&@
##@&%†*=~. .~=*†%&@##
#@&&%†*=~. .~=*†%&&@#
###&%†*=~. .~=*†%&###
@&&%%†*=~. .~=*†%%&&@