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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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....^~†$§¶ THE  DEEPER YOU  DESCEND,  THE  STRANGER ¶§$†~^....
...^~†$§¶@ THE    ENVIRONMENT    -    FIRST    MORE @¶§$†~^...
..^~†$§¶@# ENTHRALLING  AND  INTRUSIVE,  THEN SEEDY #@¶§$†~^..
.^~†$§¶@## AND  PREDATORY,  BUT  PIERCE  DEEPER AND ##@¶§$†~^.
..^~†$§¶@# THERE WILL  BE  MORE  PECULIAR  EFFECTS. #@¶§$†~^..
...^~†$§¶@ YOUR  SENSE  OF  SPACE  WILL   SEEM   TO @¶§$†~^...
....^~†$§¶ DISTORT  (IT'S  ACTUALLY  THE  SPACETIME ¶§$†~^....
.....^~†$§ ITSELF THAT  IS  BECOMING  FLUID),  THEN §$†~^.....
....^~†$§¶ YOUR  BODY,  AND FINALLY YOUR  SENSE  OF ¶§$†~^....
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...^~†$§¶@ THE CEILING IS COVERED IN ACTUAL  STARS. @¶§$†~^...
....^~†$§¶ EYES                               ABOVE ¶§$†~^....
.....^~†$§ FADING INTO  SILVER FLAKES  AS THEY FALL §$†~^.....
....^~†$§¶ BUBBLES                     IN    DRINKS ¶§$†~^....
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..^~†$§¶@# DRINKS  WITH  A  SECRET INGREDIENT, THAT #@¶§$†~^..
.^~†$§¶@## MAKES  YOU SEE THE STARS  EVEN WHEN  YOU ##@¶§$†~^.
..^~†$§¶@# CLOSE             YOUR             EYES. #@¶§$†~^..
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....^~†$§¶ AT THESE DEEPER  LEVELS IT CAN  BE  HARD ¶§$†~^....
.....^~†$§ TO   REMEMBER  WHO  AND  WHERE  YOU  ARE §$†~^.....
....^~†$§¶ (WERE). NORMAL STAFF  IS AS  TRANSFORMED ¶§$†~^....
...^~†$§¶@ AS GUESTS.  INSTEAD, CARE AND PROTECTION @¶§$†~^...
..^~†$§¶@# ARE    OFFERED   BY    (OVERLY   FLIRTY) #@¶§$†~^..
.^~†$§¶@## POOL TOYS  AND  OTHER  SUCH  AUTOMATONS. ##@¶§$†~^.
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...^~†$§¶@ IF  YOU  STAY  ABOVE  ABSOLUTE  MADNESS, @¶§$†~^...
....^~†$§¶ THERE  IS  SOME  SORT  OF  CONTROL TO BE ¶§$†~^....
.....^~†$§ HAD. YOU COULD  SLIP INTO YOUR IDEAL DOG §$†~^.....
....^~†$§¶ BODY  THERE,  EXPLORE  THAT.  YOU  COULD ¶§$†~^....
...^~†$§¶@ DRINK  POISONOUS  AMBROSIA  AND  NOT  BE @¶§$†~^...
..^~†$§¶@# BURNED   AWAY.    YOU   COULD    EXPLORE #@¶§$†~^..
.^~†$§¶@## TERRITORIES  JUST  AS  MAPLESS AS  THOSE ##@¶§$†~^.
..^~†$§¶@# CLOSER TO THE  CORE, BUT  WITH  A CHANCE #@¶§$†~^..
...^~†$§¶@ OF     FINDING     YOUR    WAY     BACK. @¶§$†~^...
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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)                  #@¶§$†~^..
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..^~†$§¶@# 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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