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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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&$*~~,,,,, MAKES YOU SEE THE STARS EVEN WHEN YOU ,,,,,~~*$&
###&$*:~,, CLOSE YOUR EYES. ,,~:*$##
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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 ,* ,,,,,,~~*&
###&$*:~,, $~ IT'S IN YOUR HEART AND IN YOUR ~$ ,,~:*$##
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#&&&$*:~,, AND IF YOU'RE LUCKY, YOU'LL NEVER GET ,,~:*$&&
&***::~,,, OUT. DON'T BITE THE OTHER GUESTS. ,,,~::***&
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#$*::~,,,, 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 ,,~:*$##
&&&$$*:~,, SOMEONE BUYS YOU A DRINK, THEY ARE VERY ,,~:*$$&&&
####$*:~,, LIKELY TO TAKE CARE OF YOUR NEEDS IN ,,~:*$####
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