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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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.....^~=*$ §* §$ §§ §# §# §# #. #^ #~ #= #* #$ #§ $*=~^.....
......^~=* ## ## ## #. #^ #~ #= #* #$ #§ ## ## ## *=~^......
.......^~= #. #^ #~ #= #* #$ #§ ## =~^.......
........^~ 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. #§$*=~^...
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...^~=*$§# #§$*=~^...
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