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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? ,,,,,,,,,~
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###@@%^~,, 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 ,,,,,~^%@@
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#@@%^~,,,, THE CEILING IS COVERED IN ACTUAL STARS. ,,,,~^%@@#
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%^~,,,,,,, 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. ,,~^%@@###
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#@@%^~,,,, 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. ,,,,,,,,~^
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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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