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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 #£†;«:,,,,
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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 #@#£§†;«:,
,:«;†§£#@@ itself that is becoming fluid), then @@#£§†;«:,
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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. £†««:,,,,,
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,:«;†§£@## 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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,:«;†§£#@@ †: 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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,:«;†§£#@# out. don't bite the other guests. #@#£§†;«:,
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,,,,,,:;§£ expensive the drinks. this is not £§;:,,,,,,
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,,,,,:«;§£ 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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