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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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,,,,===@#@ ,, ,, ,, ,, ,, ,, ,, ,, ,, ,, ,, ,, ,, @#@===,,,,
,,,,=^=@#@ ,, ,, ,= ,= ,= ,= ,= ,= ,= ,= ,^ ,^ ,^ @#@=^=,,,,
,,,,,,,^$# ,^ ,= ,= ,$ ,@ ,# ,@ ,# =, =, == =^ == #$^,,,,,,,
,,=^=$@#@# =$ =@ =# =@ =# ^, ^, ^= ^^ ^= ^$ ^@ ^# #@#@$=^=,,
,,,,,,^==@ ^@ ^# =, =, == =^ == =$ =@ =# =@ =# $, @==^,,,,,,
,,=^=$@#@@ $, $= $^ $= $$ $@ $# $@ $# @, @, @= @^ @@#@$=^=,,
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,,,,,,,==@ #, #, #= #^ #= #$ #@ ## @==,,,,,,,
,,=^=$@### THE CEILING IS COVERED IN ACTUAL STARS. ###@$=^=,,
,,=^=$@##@ EYES ABOVE @##@$=^=,,
,,=^=$@#@# FADING INTO SILVER FLAKES AS THEY FALL #@#@$=^=,,
,,=^=$@#@# BUBBLES IN DRINKS #@#@$=^=,,
,,,,,=^=$# #$=^=,,,,,
,,,,,^=$@@ DRINKS WITH A SECRET INGREDIENT, THAT @@$=^,,,,,
,,=^=$@#@# MAKES YOU SEE THE STARS EVEN WHEN YOU #@#@$=^=,,
,,=^=$@#@# CLOSE YOUR EYES. #@#@$=^=,,
,,=^=$@### ###@$=^=,,
,,=^=$@#@@ AT THESE DEEPER LEVELS IT CAN BE HARD @@#@$=^=,,
,,,,,=^$$# 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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