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##¶§%††«~, it is dark. you strip, and it's cold. ,~«††%§¶##
##¶§%††«~, your feet feel the cold stone floor, ,~«††%§¶##
##¶§%††«~, your hands find the rubber handles to ,~«††%§¶##
#§††††~,,, guide you into the cabin. ,,,~††††§#
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##¶§%††«~, lathering you. infused with oils and ,~«††%§¶##
###§%††«~, scents. and then, also from above, the ,~«††%§###
###¶§%†«~, shower creatures. first their black ,~«†%§¶###
###§%††«~, velvet arms, touching, and then entire ,~«††%§###
¶§§†«,,,,, bodies. chests and snouts. ,,,,,«†§§¶
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###¶%††«~, the creatures are meant to comfort you, ,~«††%¶###
##¶§%††«~, keep you entranced, and keep you from ,~«††%§¶##
##¶§%††«~, leaving the cabin prematurely. this ,~«††%§¶##
##¶§%††«~, whole ordeal works best if you are not ,~«††%§¶##
##¶§%††«~, transformed too early, and are instead ,~«††%§¶##
##¶§%††«~, allowed to enjoy the shower for a while. ,~«††%§¶##
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#§§§%††«~, modified, liquified; dissolved and ,~«††%§§§#
##¶§%††«~, drained... and then brought back, ,~«††%§¶##
###§%††«~, slowly, waking as the water dries off ,~«††%§###
##¶§%††«~, of you. cabin open to the cold air ,~«††%§¶##
###¶%††«~, tickling your fresh-born mind. creature ,~«††%¶###
§§§§%††«~, hands gone, you step out. ,~«††%§§§§
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##¶§%††«~, later, elevator back up. new body. ,~«††%§¶##
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