,,,,,~$&¤@ @¤&$~,,,,,
,.~;$&¤#@@ @@#¤&$;~.,
,,,.;;;$&¤ ¤&$;;;.,,,
,.~;$&&&¤¤ ¤¤&&&$;~.,
,.~;$&¤#@@ @@#¤&$;~.,
,...~;&¤## 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 ¤&&$$~~.,,
,,,,~;$&&¤ DRINKS, THE MORE LIKELY IT IS THAT ¤&&$;~,,,,
,,..~~$&¤# SOMEONE WILL BUY THEM FOR YOU. #¤&$~~..,,
,,,,,~~;$¤ THIS IS ALSO NOT COINCIDENTAL. IF ¤$;~~,,,,,
,.~;$&¤#@# SOMEONE BUYS YOU A DRINK, THEY ARE VERY #@#¤&$;~.,
,.~;$&¤#@# LIKELY TO TAKE CARE OF YOUR NEEDS IN #@#¤&$;~.,
,.~;$&¤#@# OTHER WAYS AS WELL. #@#¤&$;~.,
,.~;$&¤@## ##@¤&$;~.,
,,,,,..;&# #&;..,,,,,
,.~;$&¤#@# #@#¤&$;~.,
,,,,,,~$$¤ ¤$$~,,,,,,
,.~;$&¤#@@ @@#¤&$;~.,