@$%»^..... .....^»%$@
##@@$%:»^. .^»:%$@@##
@@@@$%:»^. .^»:%$@@@@
###@$%:»^. .^»:%$@###
###@$%:»^. .^»:%$@###
###@$%:»^. they built the final nightclub on top .^»:%$@###
##$:^..... of an undocumented research site. each .....^:$##
@$::^..... floor closer to the collapsed warp .....^::$@
###@$%:»^. prototype. did they know at the start? .^»:%$@###
#@$%%%:»^. classified maps had gone missing some .^»:%%%$@#
#@%%:^.... years before. ....^:%%@#
@%%»»»»^^. .^^»»»»%%@
#$%%»».... the deeper you descend, the stranger ....»»%%$#
##@$:».... the environment - first more ....»:$@##
@$:^^..... enthralling and intrusive, then seedy .....^^:$@
#$%:^..... and predatory, but pierce deeper and .....^:%$#
###@$%:»^. there will be more peculiar effects. .^»:%$@###
###@$%:»^. your sense of space will seem to .^»:%$@###
###@$%:»^. distort (it's actually the spacetime .^»:%$@###
###@$%:»^. itself that is becoming fluid), then .^»:%$@###
###@$%:»^. your body, and finally your sense of .^»:%$@###
#$%»»..... self. .....»»%$#
###@$%:»^. .^»:%$@###
###@$%:»^. # # # # # # # # # # # # # # ##### ### .^»:%$@###
#@@$$%:»^. ### ### ### ### ### ### ### ##### ### .^»:%$$@@#
#@%»...... ### ### ##### ##### ##### ##### ##### ......»%@#
#$%:^..... #### #### #### #### #### #### #### #### .....^:%$#
@%»....... ###### ###### ###### ###### ###### .......»%@
@@@@$%:»^. ###### ###### ###### ###### ###### .^»:%$@@@@
###@$%:»^. ###### ###### ######## ######## .^»:%$@###
@$$%»».... ######## ######## ######## ######## ....»»%$$@
###@$%:»^. ######## ######## ######## ######## .^»:%$@###
###@$%:»^. ######## ######## ^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^ .^»:%$@###
##$%%::»^. ^^^^ ^^^^ ^^^^ ^^^^ ^^^^ ^^^^ ^^^^ ^^^^ .^»::%%$##
#$:»^..... ^^^^ ^^^^ ^^^^ ...... ...... ...... .....^»:$#
###@$%:»^. ...... ...... ...... ..... ..... ..... .^»:%$@###
@%%»...... ..... ..... ..... ..... ..... ....... ......»%%@
##@@$%:»^. ....... ....... ....... ....... ....... .^»:%$@@##
#@%»^^^^^. ....... ...... ...... ...... ...... .^^^^^»%@#
@$:^...... ...... ...... ...... ^. ^. ^. ^. ^. ^. ......^:$@
#$%»...... ^. ^. ^. ^^ ^^ ^^ ^^ ^^ ^^ ^^ ^^ ^^ ^^ ......»%$#
@@@%:::»^. ^^ ^^ ^» ^» ^» ^» ^» ^» ^» ^» ^: ^: ^: .^»:::%@@@
###@$%:»^. ^: ^% ^% ^$ ^@ ^# ^# ^# ». »^ »» »: »% .^»:%$@###
@%:::».... »$ »@ »# »# »# :. :^ :» :: :% :$ :@ :# ....»:::%@
###@$%:»^. :# :# %. %^ %» %: %% %$ %@ %# %# %# $. .^»:%$@###
###@$%:»^. $^ $» $: $% $$ $@ $# $# $# @. @^ @» @: .^»:%$@###
###@$%:»^. @% @$ @@ @# @# @# #. #^ #» #: #% #$ #@ .^»:%$@###
###@$%:»^. ## ## ## #. #^ #» #: #% #$ #@ ## ## ## .^»:%$@###
#@@%»»»^.. #. #^ #» #: #% #$ #@ ## ..^»»»%@@#
###@$%:»^. the ceiling is covered in actual stars. .^»:%$@###
@@@@$%:»^. eyes above .^»:%$@@@@
#@%:»^.... fading into silver flakes as they fall ....^»:%@#
##$$:»^... 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. ....»:$$@#
@$:»^..... this is also not coincidental. if .....^»:$@
###@$%:»^. someone buys you a drink, they are very .^»:%$@###
####@$%:»^ likely to take care of your needs in ^»:%$@####
###@$%:»^. other ways as well. .^»:%$@###
###@$%:»^. .^»:%$@###
####$%:»^. .^»:%$####
###@$%:»^. .^»:%$@###
#@@%»^.... ....^»%@@#
###@$%:»^. .^»:%$@###