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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? ,,,,,,~**§
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@@§**=*~,, YEARS BEFORE. ,,~*=**§@@
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##@@§=*~,, 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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@§§§*=*~,, 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. ,,~*=*§@##
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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 ,= ,,,~~~==*§
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#@@§*=*~,, §* MIND AND THE MINDS OF THOSE AROUND *§ ,,~*=*§@@#
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##@§*=*~,, 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 ,,~*=*§@@#
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