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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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