###¤@^;~.. ..~;^@¤###
¤¤@;~..... .....~;@¤¤
¤^;....... .......;^¤
###¤@^;~.. ..~;^@¤###
#¤@;;..... .....;;@¤#
####@^;~.. 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. ..~;^@¤###
####¤@;~.. ..~;@¤####
###¤@^;~.. # # # # # # # # # # # # # # ##### ### ..~;^@¤###
#¤@^^;~... ### ### ### ### ### ### ### ##### ### ...~;^^@¤#
¤^~....... ### ### ##### ##### ##### ##### ##### .......~^¤
#¤^^;..... #### #### #### #### #### #### #### #### .....;^^¤#
¤^;;~..... ###### ###### ###### ###### ###### .....~;;^¤
###¤@^;~.. ###### ###### ###### ###### ###### ..~;^@¤###
###¤@^;~.. ###### ###### ######## ######## ..~;^@¤###
#¤^~...... ######## ######## ######## ######## ......~^¤#
###¤@^;~.. ######## ######## ######## ######## ..~;^@¤###
###¤@^;~.. ######## ######## .................. ..~;^@¤###
#¤^~...... .... .... .... .... .... .... .... .... ......~^¤#
###¤@^;~.. .... .... .... ...... ...... ...... ..~;^@¤###
¤^~....... ...... ...... ...... ..... ..... ..... .......~^¤
¤^;;...... ..... ..... ..... ..... ..... ....... ......;;^¤
###¤@^;~.. ....... ....... ....... ....... ....... ..~;^@¤###
##@;~..... ....... ...... ...... ...... ...... .....~;@##
###¤@^;~.. ...... ...... ...... .. .. .. .. .. .. ..~;^@¤###
###¤@^;~.. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. ..~;^@¤###
###¤@^;~.. .. .. .~ .~ .~ .~ .~ .~ .~ .~ .; .; .; ..~;^@¤###
####¤@^~.. .; .^ .^ .@ .¤ .# .# .# ~. ~. ~~ ~; ~^ ..~^@¤####
###¤@^;~.. ~@ ~¤ ~# ~# ~# ;. ;. ;~ ;; ;^ ;@ ;¤ ;# ..~;^@¤###
###¤@^;~.. ;# ;# ^. ^. ^~ ^; ^^ ^@ ^¤ ^# ^# ^# @. ..~;^@¤###
###¤@^;~.. @. @~ @; @^ @@ @¤ @# @# @# ¤. ¤. ¤~ ¤; ..~;^@¤###
#¤¤@^;.... ¤^ ¤@ ¤¤ ¤# ¤# ¤# #. #. #~ #; #^ #@ #¤ ....;^@¤¤#
###¤@^;~.. ## ## ## #. #. #~ #; #^ #@ #¤ ## ## ## ..~;^@¤###
#¤^~...... #. #. #~ #; #^ #@ #¤ ## ......~^¤#
¤¤@@@^;~.. 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. .....~~^@¤
###¤@^;~.. ..~;^@¤###
###¤@^;~.. ..~;^@¤###
¤¤¤¤@^;~.. ..~;^@¤¤¤¤
###¤@^;~.. ..~;^@¤###
#@;~~..... .....~~;@#