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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. ¶§&†^=^¨¨¨
¨¨^=^†&§¶# #¶§&†^=^¨¨
¨^=^†&§¶## 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. §&†^=^¨¨¨¨
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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) ¶§&†^=^¨¨¨
¨¨¨¨^=^†&§ §&†^=^¨¨¨¨
¨¨¨^=^†&§¶ 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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