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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 #@*»,,,,,,
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,.»:*%@### AND PREDATORY, BUT PIERCE DEEPER AND ###@%*:».,
,.»:*%@### THERE WILL BE MORE PECULIAR EFFECTS. ###@%*:».,
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,.»:*%@### EYES ABOVE ###@%*:».,
,.»:*%@### FADING INTO SILVER FLAKES AS THEY FALL ###@%*:».,
,,,,.:*%%# BUBBLES IN DRINKS #%%*:.,,,,
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,.»:***%@# DRINKS WITH A SECRET INGREDIENT, THAT #@%***:».,
,.»:*%@### MAKES YOU SEE THE STARS EVEN WHEN YOU ###@%*:».,
,,,,,»:**@ CLOSE YOUR EYES. @**:»,,,,,
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,.»:*%@### 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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