,,,::~**%¤ ¤%**~::,,,
:~*%¤¤@### ###@¤¤%*~:
,:~*%¤¤@## ##@¤¤%*~:,
,:~*%¤¤@## ##@¤¤%*~:,
,:~*%¤¤@## ##@¤¤%*~:,
,,,,,:*%¤# 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. #¤%%*::,,,
,:~*%¤¤@## ##@¤¤%*~:,
,,,::**%¤@ @¤%**::,,,
,:~*%¤¤¤¤¤ ¤¤¤¤¤%*~:,
,:~*%¤¤### ###¤¤%*~:,
,:~*%¤¤@## ##@¤¤%*~:,