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.......^=* GROUND LEVEL, SEVERAL ELEVATORS DOWN, *=^.......
......^=*% IN THE DARK WATER WHERE THE SURFACE %*=^......
.....^=*%% LIGHT DOESN'T REACH, AND WARMTH COMES %%*=^.....
....^=*%%@ MOSTLY FROM BELOW - HERE IS THE SHOWER. @%%*=^....
...^=*%%@# #@%%*=^...
..^=*%%@## IT IS DARK. YOU STRIP, AND IT'S COLD. ##@%%*=^..
.^=*%%@### YOUR FEET FEEL THE COLD STONE FLOOR, ###@%%*=^.
..^=*%%@## YOUR HANDS FIND THE RUBBER HANDLES TO ##@%%*=^..
...^=*%%@# GUIDE YOU INTO THE CABIN. #@%%*=^...
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.....^=*%% AND THEN, THE HOT WATER, THE %%*=^.....
......^=*% UNDERGROUND RAIN. DRENCHING YOU, %*=^......
.......^=* LATHERING YOU. INFUSED WITH OILS AND *=^.......
........^= SCENTS. AND THEN, ALSO FROM ABOVE, THE =^........
.......^=* SHOWER CREATURES. FIRST THEIR BLACK *=^.......
......^=*% VELVET ARMS, TOUCHING, AND THEN ENTIRE %*=^......
.....^=*%% BODIES. CHESTS AND SNOUTS. %%*=^.....
....^=*%%@ @%%*=^....
...^=*%%@# THE CREATURES ARE MEANT TO COMFORT YOU, #@%%*=^...
..^=*%%@## KEEP YOU ENTRANCED, AND KEEP YOU FROM ##@%%*=^..
.^=*%%@### LEAVING THE CABIN PREMATURELY. THIS ###@%%*=^.
..^=*%%@## WHOLE ORDEAL WORKS BEST IF YOU ARE NOT ##@%%*=^..
...^=*%%@# TRANSFORMED TOO EARLY, AND ARE INSTEAD #@%%*=^...
....^=*%%@ ALLOWED TO ENJOY THE SHOWER FOR A WHILE. @%%*=^....
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......^=*% YOU ARE STEAMED, CARESSED, CLEANED, %*=^......
.......^=* MODIFIED, LIQUIFIED; DISSOLVED AND *=^.......
........^= DRAINED... AND THEN BROUGHT BACK, =^........
.......^=* SLOWLY, WAKING AS THE WATER DRIES OFF *=^.......
......^=*% OF YOU. CABIN OPEN TO THE COLD AIR %*=^......
.....^=*%% TICKLING YOUR FRESH-BORN MIND. CREATURE %%*=^.....
....^=*%%@ HANDS GONE, YOU STEP OUT. @%%*=^....
...^=*%%@# #@%%*=^...
..^=*%%@## LATER, ELEVATOR BACK UP. NEW BODY. ##@%%*=^..
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