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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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.&&.&&&... ,= ,= ,= ,% ,& ,@ ,# ,# «. «, «« «= «= .&.&...&..
.&.&&..&.. «% «& «@ «# «# =. =, =« == == =% =& =@ &&&&&..&&.
.&&&.&.&&. =# =# =. =, =« == == =% =& =@ =# =# %. &....&.&.&
&&..&&&&.& %, %« %= %= %% %& %@ %# %# &. &, &« &= &&...&&&&&
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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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