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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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@††.¨¨¨¨¨¨ #¨ #. #~ #† #† #¤ #@ ## ¨¨¨¨¨¨.††@
##@#@††~.¨ 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) ¨.~††¤@#@#
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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 ¨¨¨¨¨.†††@
##@#¤††~.¨ other ways as well. ¨.~††¤#@##
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