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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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¨§§§¨¨¨§¨¨ ~~~~ ~~~~ ~~~~ ~~~~ ~~~~ ~~~~  ~~~~ ~~~~ §§§¨§¨§§¨§
§¨¨§¨¨§§¨¨ ~~~~  ~~~~  ~~~~  ¨¨¨¨¨¨  ¨¨¨¨¨¨  ¨¨¨¨¨¨ ¨¨§§§§¨§§§
§¨§§¨§¨§¨§ ¨¨¨¨¨¨ ¨¨¨¨¨¨ ¨¨¨¨¨¨  ¨¨¨¨¨  ¨¨¨¨¨ ¨¨¨¨¨ ¨§¨¨¨§§¨¨¨
§§¨§§§§§§¨ ¨¨¨¨¨ ¨¨¨¨¨ ¨¨¨¨¨  ¨¨¨¨¨  ¨¨¨¨¨  ¨¨¨¨¨¨¨ §§¨¨§¨§¨¨§
¨§§¨¨¨¨¨§¨ ¨¨¨¨¨¨¨ ¨¨¨¨¨¨¨ ¨¨¨¨¨¨¨ ¨¨¨¨¨¨¨  ¨¨¨¨¨¨¨ ¨§¨§§§§¨§¨
§¨§¨¨¨¨§§¨ ¨¨¨¨¨¨¨   ¨¨¨¨¨¨  ¨¨¨¨¨¨  ¨¨¨¨¨¨  ¨¨¨¨¨¨ §§§¨¨¨§§§¨
§§§¨¨¨§¨§§ ¨¨¨¨¨¨ ¨¨¨¨¨¨  ¨¨¨¨¨¨  ~¨ ~¨ ~¨ ~¨ ~¨ ~¨ ¨¨§¨¨§¨¨§§
¨¨§¨¨§§§¨§ ~¨ ~¨ ~¨ ~~  ~~ ~~ ~~ ~~ ~~ ~~  ~~ ~~ ~~ ¨§§¨§§¨§¨¨
¨§§¨§¨¨§§¨ ~~ ~~ ~« ~« ~« ~« ~« ~«  ~«  ~« ~; ~; ~; §¨§§¨§§§¨¨
§¨§§§¨§¨§§ ~; ~% ~% ~% ~§ ~¶ ~# ~# «¨  «~  «« «; «% §§¨§§¨¨§¨¨
§§¨¨§§§§¨§ «% «§ «¶ «# «# ;¨ ;~ ;« ;; ;% ;%  ;§  ;¶ ¨§§¨§¨§§¨§
¨§¨§¨¨¨§§§ ;# ;# %¨ %~ %« %; %% %% %§ %¶  %#  %# %¨ §¨§§§§¨§§¨
§§§§¨¨§¨¨§ %~ %«  %; %% %% %§ %¶ %# %# §¨ §~  §« §; §§¨¨¨§§¨§¨
¨¨¨§¨§§¨§§ §%  §% §§ §¶ §# §# ¶¨ ¶~ ¶«  ¶; ¶% ¶% ¶§ ¨§¨¨§¨§§§§
¨¨§§§¨§§¨§ ¶¶ ¶# ¶# #¨ #~ #« #; #% #%  #§ #¶  ## ## §§¨§§§¨¨¨§
¨§¨¨§§¨§§§ #¨   #~   #«   #;   #%    #%    #§    #¶ ¨§§¨¨§¨¨§§
§§¨§¨§§¨¨§ 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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¨§§¨¨¨¨¨§¨                                          ¨§¨§§§§¨§¨
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