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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. ,.~†=&@@##
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##@@&=†~., 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 ,.~=&@@###
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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. ,,,....†=@
@&&=†.,,,, (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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