,-~^*¤#@## ##@#¤*^~-,
,-~^**¤¤#@ @#¤¤**^~-,
,-~^*¤#@## ##@#¤*^~-,
,-~^***¤#@ @#¤***^~-,
,-~^*¤#@## ##@#¤*^~-,
,-~^*¤¤¤¤@ , , , , , , , , @¤¤¤¤*^~-,
,-~^*¤#@## , ¤¤^^¤¤ , , ¤¤^^¤¤ , ##@#¤*^~-,
,-~^*¤#@## , ¤¤~~##~~¤¤ , THE , ¤¤~~##~~¤¤ , ##@#¤*^~-,
,-~^*¤#@## ^~~######~~^ ¤ ¤ ^~~######~~^ ##@#¤*^~-,
,-~^*¤#@## , ¤¤~~##~~¤¤ ,¤¤ SHOWER ¤¤, ¤¤~~##~~¤¤ , ##@#¤*^~-,
,,,~~^^*#@ ¤, ¤¤^^¤¤ ,¤¤ ¤¤, ¤¤^^¤¤ ,¤ @#*^^~~,,,
-~^*¤#@### # , , , , , , , , # ###@#¤*^~-
,-~^***¤¤# ¤ DEEP BELOW ¤ #¤¤***^~-,
,-~^*¤#@## GROUND LEVEL, SEVERAL ELEVATORS DOWN, ##@#¤*^~-,
,,,,,--^¤# IN THE DARK WATER WHERE THE SURFACE #¤^--,,,,,
,-~^*¤#@## LIGHT DOESN'T REACH, AND WARMTH COMES ##@#¤*^~-,
,-~^*¤#@## MOSTLY FROM BELOW - HERE IS THE SHOWER. ##@#¤*^~-,
,-~^*¤#@## ##@#¤*^~-,
,,,,~**¤#@ IT IS DARK. YOU STRIP, AND IT'S COLD. @#¤**~,,,,
,-~^*¤#@## YOUR FEET FEEL THE COLD STONE FLOOR, ##@#¤*^~-,
,-~^*¤#@## YOUR HANDS FIND THE RUBBER HANDLES TO ##@#¤*^~-,
,-~^*¤#@## GUIDE YOU INTO THE CABIN. ##@#¤*^~-,
,-~^*¤#@## ##@#¤*^~-,
,-~^¤#@### AND THEN, THE HOT WATER, THE ###@#¤^~-,
,-~^*¤#### UNDERGROUND RAIN. DRENCHING YOU, ####¤*^~-,
,-~^**¤### LATHERING YOU. INFUSED WITH OILS AND ###¤**^~-,
,-~^*¤#@## SCENTS. AND THEN, ALSO FROM ABOVE, THE ##@#¤*^~-,
,---~^¤### SHOWER CREATURES. FIRST THEIR BLACK ###¤^~---,
,-~^^^¤#@# VELVET ARMS, TOUCHING, AND THEN ENTIRE #@#¤^^^~-,
,-~^*#@### BODIES. CHESTS AND SNOUTS. ###@#*^~-,
,,,,,-^¤¤# #¤¤^-,,,,,
,-~^*¤#@@@ THE CREATURES ARE MEANT TO COMFORT YOU, @@@#¤*^~-,
,,,~~^¤¤@# KEEP YOU ENTRANCED, AND KEEP YOU FROM #@¤¤^~~,,,
,,,,,,-^*# LEAVING THE CABIN PREMATURELY. THIS #*^-,,,,,,
,-~^*¤#### WHOLE ORDEAL WORKS BEST IF YOU ARE NOT ####¤*^~-,
,-~^*¤#@## TRANSFORMED TOO EARLY, AND ARE INSTEAD ##@#¤*^~-,
,-~^*¤#@## ALLOWED TO ENJOY THE SHOWER FOR A WHILE. ##@#¤*^~-,
,,,,,-~^¤# #¤^~-,,,,,
,,,,--^¤## YOU ARE STEAMED, CARESSED, CLEANED, ##¤^--,,,,
,-~^¤#@### MODIFIED, LIQUIFIED; DISSOLVED AND ###@#¤^~-,
,-~^*¤#@## DRAINED... AND THEN BROUGHT BACK, ##@#¤*^~-,
,-~^*¤#### SLOWLY, WAKING AS THE WATER DRIES OFF ####¤*^~-,
,,,,,-^*¤# OF YOU. CABIN OPEN TO THE COLD AIR #¤*^-,,,,,
,,,--^^*## TICKLING YOUR FRESH-BORN MIND. CREATURE ##*^^--,,,
,,,,,-~^¤@ HANDS GONE, YOU STEP OUT. @¤^~-,,,,,
,,,,,,,~*# #*~,,,,,,,
,,,,~^*¤¤# LATER, ELEVATOR BACK UP. NEW BODY. #¤¤*^~,,,,
,-~^*¤¤#@# #@#¤¤*^~-,
,-~^*¤#@## ##@#¤*^~-,
,-~^*¤#@@@ @@@#¤*^~-,
,-~^*¤#@## ##@#¤*^~-,
,-~^*¤#@## ##@#¤*^~-,