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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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..^~==$@## ^. ^. ^. ^^ ^^ ^^ ^^ ^^ ^^ ^^ ^^ ^^ ^^ ##@$==~^..
.^~==$@### ^^ ^^ ^~ ^~ ^~ ^~ ^~ ^~ ^~ ^~ ^= ^= ^= ###@$==~^.
..^~==$@## ^= ^= ^= ^$ ^@ ^@ ^# ^# ~. ~^ ~~ ~= ~= ##@$==~^..
...^~==$@# ~$ ~@ ~@ ~# ~# =. =^ =~ == == =$ =@ =@ #@$==~^...
....^~==$@ =# =# =. =^ =~ == == =$ =@ =@ =# =# $. @$==~^....
...^~==$@# $^ $~ $= $= $$ $@ $@ $# $# @. @^ @~ @= #@$==~^...
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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. ##@$==~^..
...^~==$@# #@$==~^...
....^~==$@ @$==~^....
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.^~==$@### ###@$==~^.