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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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,,,,,,,,,, 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. ,,,,,,,,,,
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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. %@ £%†=:,,,,,
,,,,:=†%£§ @£ @£ @£ @£ @£ @£ @£ @£ @£ @£ @£ §£%†=:,,,,
,,,:=†%£§@ 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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