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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 #§^~......
.....,^$$# MAKES YOU SEE THE STARS EVEN WHEN YOU #$$^,.....
.,~^^$§### CLOSE YOUR EYES. ###§$^^~,.
....~~^^$# #$^^~~....
.....~~^^§ 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. §^~~~,....
.,~^^^$$§# #§$$^^^~,.
.,~^^$§### IF YOU STAY ABOVE ABSOLUTE MADNESS, ###§$^^~,.
.,~^^^^^$# THERE IS SOME SORT OF CONTROL TO BE #$^^^^^~,.
.,~^^$#### HAD. YOU COULD SLIP INTO YOUR IDEAL DOG ####$^^~,.
.,~^^$§### BODY THERE, EXPLORE THAT. YOU COULD ###§$^^~,.
..,,^^$$§# DRINK POISONOUS AMBROSIA AND NOT BE #§$$^^,,..
....,~~^$§ BURNED AWAY. YOU COULD EXPLORE §$^~~,....
.,~^^$§§§§ TERRITORIES JUST AS MAPLESS AS THOSE §§§§$^^~,.
.,~^^$§### CLOSER TO THE CORE, BUT WITH A CHANCE ###§$^^~,.
.....~^^$# OF FINDING YOUR WAY BACK. #$^^~.....
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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. ^# ###§$^^~,.
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.,~^^$§### 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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