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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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#@@§¤*=-,¨ ¨¨¨¨¨ ¨¨¨¨¨ ¨¨¨¨¨ ¨¨¨¨¨ ¨¨¨¨¨ ¨¨¨¨¨¨¨ ¨,-=*¤§@@#
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#@@§¤*=-,¨ ¤, ¤- ¤= ¤* ¤¤ ¤§ ¤@ ¤@ ¤# §¨ §, §- §= ¨,-=*¤§@@#
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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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##@§¤*=-,¨ ,, 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. *@ ¨¨¨¨,,=¤§§
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#@@§¤*=-,¨ 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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