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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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§¨¨§¨§§¨§¨ 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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§§§§¨¨¨§¨¨ ~~   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)                 ¨§¨§¨¨¨§¨¨
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§§¨§¨§¨§§¨ 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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