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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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##@§^\»,,, 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) ,,,,»\^§@#
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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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