,,,~~~^**# #**^~~~,,,
,:~\^*#### ####*^\~:,
,,,,:\*### ###*\:,,,,
,,,,:~\^^# #^^\~:,,,,
,:~\^^*### ###*^^\~:,
,:~\^*#### 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. #*^\~~~,,,
,:~\^##### #####^\~:,
,,,,,~^### ###^~,,,,,
,,,,,,~\^# #^\~,,,,,,
,:~\^*#### ####*^\~:,
,,,,,~~^## ##^~~,,,,,