..«:*#@@ @@##&*:«..
..«:*##@ @###&*:«..
.....«**## ##**«.....
.....::**# #**::.....
....«:*@ @#&*:«....
..«:*##@ 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. #@##&*:«..
......«*#@ @#*«......
..«:*#@# # # # # # # # # # # # # # # ##### ### #@##&*:«..
...««::: ### ### ### ### ### ### ### ##### ### #&:::««...
..«:*@## ### ### ##### ##### ##### ##### ##### ##@#&*:«..
..«:*#@@ #### #### #### #### #### #### #### #### @@##&*:«..
......:: ###### ###### ###### ###### ###### #&::......
....«**& ###### ###### ###### ###### ###### #&&**«....
..«:*@## ###### ###### ######## ######## ##@#&*:«..
......«: ######## ######## ######## ######## #&:«......
....«:*# ######## ######## ######## ######## ##&*:«....
..«:*### ######## ######## .................. ####&*:«..
..«:*#@# .... .... .... .... .... .... .... .... #@##&*:«..
..«:*@## .... .... .... ...... ...... ...... ##@#&*:«..
..«:*#@# ...... ...... ...... ..... ..... ..... #@##&*:«..
..«:*### ..... ..... ..... ..... ..... ....... ####&*:«..
......:& ....... ....... ....... ....... ....... #&&:......
..«::::& ....... ...... ...... ...... ...... #&&::::«..
..«*#@## ...... ...... ...... .. .. .. .. .. .. ##@##&*«..
....:**# .. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. ##&**:....
..«:*#@@ .. .. .« .« .« .« .« .« .« .« .: .: .: @@##&*:«..
..«:*#@# .: .* .* .& .# .# .@ .# «. «. «« «: «* #@##&*:«..
..«:*#@# «& «# «# «@ «# :. :. :« :: :* :& :# :# #@##&*:«..
..«:*#@@ :@ :# *. *. *« *: ** *& *# *# *@ *# &. @@##&*:«..
..«:*#@@ &. &« &: &* && &@ #. #. #« #: @@##&*:«..
..«:*#@@ #* #& ## ## #@ ## #. #. #« #: #* #& ## @@##&*:«..
....«**### ## #@ ## @. @. @« @: @* @& @# @# @@ @# ###**«....
..«:*@## #. #. #« #: #* #& ## ## ##@#&*:«..
......«* 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. ##@#&*:«..
.....«*@ @#&*«.....
....«::* #&*::«....
..«:*### ####&*:«..
..«:*#@# #@##&*:«..
.....«*### ###*«.....