,,,,==*$@@ @@$*==,,,,
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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. @$*==,,,,,
,,,,,,==*$ $*==,,,,,,
,,,,,==*$@ # # # # # # # # # # # # # # ##### ### @$*==,,,,,
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,,,,,,==*$ ######## ######## ######## ######## $*==,,,,,,
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,,,,==*$@@ ######## ######## ,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,, @@$*==,,,,
,,,==*$@@# ,,,, ,,,, ,,,, ,,,, ,,,, ,,,, ,,,, ,,,, #@@$*==,,,
,,==*$@@## ,,,, ,,,, ,,,, ,,,,,, ,,,,,, ,,,,,, ##@@$*==,,
,,,==*$@@# ,,,,,, ,,,,,, ,,,,,, ,,,,, ,,,,, ,,,,, #@@$*==,,,
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,,,,,==*$@ ,,,,,,, ,,,,,,, ,,,,,,, ,,,,,,, ,,,,,,, @$*==,,,,,
,,,,,,==*$ ,,,,,,, ,,,,,, ,,,,,, ,,,,,, ,,,,,, $*==,,,,,,
,,,,,==*$@ ,,,,,, ,,,,,, ,,,,,, ,, ,, ,, ,, ,, ,, @$*==,,,,,
,,,,==*$@@ ,, ,, ,, ,, ,, ,, ,, ,, ,, ,, ,, ,, ,, @@$*==,,,,
,,,==*$@@# ,, ,, ,= ,= ,= ,= ,= ,= ,= ,= ,= ,= ,= #@@$*==,,,
,,==*$@@## ,= ,* ,* ,$ ,@ ,¶ ,@ ,# =, =, == == =* ##@@$*==,,
,,,==*$@@# =$ =@ =¶ =@ =# =, =, == == =* =$ =@ =¶ #@@$*==,,,
,,,,==*$@@ =@ =# *, *, *= *= ** *$ *@ *¶ *@ *# $, @@$*==,,,,
,,,,,==*$@ $, $= $= $* $$ $@ $¶ $@ $# @, @, @= @= @$*==,,,,,
,,,,,,==*$ @* @$ @@ @¶ @@ @# ¶, ¶, ¶= ¶= ¶* ¶$ ¶@ $*==,,,,,,
,,,,,==*$@ ¶¶ ¶@ ¶# @, @, @= @= @* @$ @@ @¶ @@ @# @$*==,,,,,
,,,,==*$@@ #, #, #= #= #* #$ #@ #¶ @@$*==,,,,
,,,==*$@@# 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) $*==,,,,,,
,,,,,==*$@ @$*==,,,,,
,,,,==*$@@ 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. @@$*==,,,,
,,,==*$@@# #@@$*==,,,
,,==*$@@## ##@@$*==,,
,,,==*$@@# #@@$*==,,,
,,,,==*$@@ @@$*==,,,,
,,,,,==*$@ @$*==,,,,,