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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 ,:~†%§§#@@
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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) ,:~†%§§@##
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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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