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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. ¤$^;~-....
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.-~;^$¤### -; -^ -^ -$ -¤ -@ -# -# ~. ~- ~~ ~; ~^ ###¤$^;~-.
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...-~;^$¤# ;# ;# ^. ^- ^~ ^; ^^ ^$ ^¤ ^@ ^# ^# $. #¤$^;~-...
....-~;^$¤ $- $~ $; $^ $$ $¤ $@ $# $# ¤. ¤- ¤~ ¤; ¤$^;~-....
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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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