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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 &¤¤;~:,,,,
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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. ~~ &¤¤;~,,,,,
,:~;$¤¤¤&@ ;, IT'S IN YOUR EYES AND IT'S IN YOUR ,; @&¤¤¤$;~:,
,,,~~;$$¤& $: MOUTH AND YOUR HANDS, THEIR HANDS :$ &¤$$;~~,,,
,,,,:~;$¤& ¤~ IT'S IN YOUR HEART AND IN YOUR ~¤ &¤$;~:,,,,
,:~;$¤&@## &; MIND AND THE MINDS OF THOSE AROUND ;& ##@&¤$;~:,
,:~;$$$& @$ YOU, THEIR HEARTS, THEIR BODIES. $@ #&&$$$;~:,
,:~;;$$$&@ #¤ #¤ #¤ #¤ #¤ #¤ #¤ #¤ #¤ #¤ #¤ @&$$$;;~:,
,:~;$¤&&&& AND IF YOU'RE LUCKY, YOU'LL NEVER GET &&&&¤$;~:,
,:~;$¤&@@# OUT. DON'T BITE THE OTHER GUESTS. #@@&¤$;~:,
,,,,,,~;$& (OR DO) &$;~,,,,,,
,:~;$¤&@## ##@&¤$;~:,
,:~;$¤¤¤¤& THE DEEPER THE FLOOR GOES, THE MORE &¤¤¤¤$;~:,
,:~;$¤## EXPENSIVE THE DRINKS. THIS IS NOT ###&¤$;~:,
,:~;$¤&@## COINCIDENTAL. THE MORE EXPENSIVE THE ##@&¤$;~:,
,:~;$¤## DRINKS, THE MORE LIKELY IT IS THAT ###&¤$;~:,
,:~;$¤&@## SOMEONE WILL BUY THEM FOR YOU. ##@&¤$;~:,
,:~;$¤&&&& THIS IS ALSO NOT COINCIDENTAL. IF &&&&¤$;~:,
,:~;$$¤¤&@ SOMEONE BUYS YOU A DRINK, THEY ARE VERY @&¤¤$$;~:,
,:~;$¤&@## LIKELY TO TAKE CARE OF YOUR NEEDS IN ##@&¤$;~:,
,:~;$¤&@## OTHER WAYS AS WELL. ##@&¤$;~:,
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