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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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,~«:*@#@@@ ,,,,,, ,,,,,, ,,,,,, ,,,,, ,,,,, ,,,,, @@@#@*:«~,
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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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