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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 ¨¨¨¨¨¨,~†&
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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. ¨,~\†¤&@##
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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. ¨,~\†¤&@##
##@&¤†\~,¨ ¨,~\†¤&@##
##@&¤†\~,¨ ¨# ¨# ¨# ¨# ¨# ¨# ¨# ¨# ¨# ¨# ¨# ¨,~\†¤&@##
##@&¤†\~,¨ ,, 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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