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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. .~==†%&@@@
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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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