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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. ¨¨¨¨¨~»^&@
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@@@&%^†»~¨ 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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