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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.                            ###@%=†~,.
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.,~†=%%%%@ 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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