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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 ¨,=;†%@¶¶¶
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@¶@%%†;=,¨ 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 ¨,=;†%@¶@#
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@¶¶@%†;=,¨ THE CEILING IS COVERED IN ACTUAL STARS. ¨,=;†%@¶¶@
#@¶@%†;=,¨ EYES ABOVE ¨,=;†%@¶@#
¶%%†=¨¨¨¨¨ FADING INTO SILVER FLAKES AS THEY FALL ¨¨¨¨¨=†%%¶
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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 ¨,=;†%@¶@#
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##@@%†;=,¨ (WERE). NORMAL STAFF IS AS TRANSFORMED ¨,=;†%@@##
#@¶@%†;=,¨ AS GUESTS. INSTEAD, CARE AND PROTECTION ¨,=;†%@¶@#
@@†=,,¨¨¨¨ ARE OFFERED BY (OVERLY FLIRTY) ¨¨¨¨,,=†@@
#@¶@%†;=,¨ POOL TOYS AND OTHER SUCH AUTOMATONS. ¨,=;†%@¶@#
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#@¶@%†;=,¨ 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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##@¶%†;=,¨ ,, THE HONEY IS A TRAP AND THERE'S A ,, ¨,=;†%¶@##
#@¶@%†;=,¨ == STING, A STING, A STING. == ¨,=;†%@¶@#
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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. †¶ ¨,=;†%@@##
¶@†=¨¨¨¨¨¨ @% @% @% @% @% @% @% @% @% @% @% ¨¨¨¨¨¨=†@¶
¶%%%†;,,,¨ AND IF YOU'RE LUCKY, YOU'LL NEVER GET ¨,,,;†%%%¶
##¶@%†;=,¨ OUT. DON'T BITE THE OTHER GUESTS. ¨,=;†%@¶##
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@@†;,¨¨¨¨¨ 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 ¨,=;†%¶@##
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