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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 ,,-~=@§@##
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##@§@=~-,, 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 ,,,,-~=@§@
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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. ,,,,-~=@§@
§@=~-,,,,, ,,,,,-~=@§
@§@=~-,,,, 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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##@§@=~-,, †, 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. ,-~=@§@###
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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 ,,,-~=@§@#
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