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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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#&§$$/~~~, ENTHRALLING AND INTRUSIVE, THEN SEEDY ,~~~/$$§&#
##@&§$/~~, AND PREDATORY, BUT PIERCE DEEPER AND ,~~/$§&@##
##@&§$/~~, THERE WILL BE MORE PECULIAR EFFECTS. ,~~/$§&@##
@@@&§$/~~, YOUR SENSE OF SPACE WILL SEEM TO ,~~/$§&@@@
##@&§$/~~, DISTORT (IT'S ACTUALLY THE SPACETIME ,~~/$§&@##
##@&§$/~~, ITSELF THAT IS BECOMING FLUID), THEN ,~~/$§&@##
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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) ,~~~~/§&&&
&$$$//~,,, POOL TOYS AND OTHER SUCH AUTOMATONS. ,,,~//$$$&
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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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##@&§$/~~, ~~ THE HONEY IS A TRAP AND THERE'S A ~~ ,~~/$§&@##
@@&$/~,,,, ~~ STING, A STING, A STING. ~~ ,,,,~/$&@@
&&§$$$/~~, /, IT'S IN YOUR EYES AND IT'S IN YOUR ,/ ,~~/$$$§&&
&&&§§$/~~, $~ MOUTH AND YOUR HANDS, THEIR HANDS ~$ ,~~/$§§&&&
##@&§$/~~, §~ IT'S IN YOUR HEART AND IN YOUR ~§ ,~~/$§&@##
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#@§§$/~,,, #§ #§ #§ #§ #§ #§ #§ #§ #§ #§ #§ ,,,~/$§§@#
###@&$/~~, AND IF YOU'RE LUCKY, YOU'LL NEVER GET ,~~/$&@###
#@§§$/~~~, OUT. DON'T BITE THE OTHER GUESTS. ,~~~/$§§@#
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##@&§$/~~, THE DEEPER THE FLOOR GOES, THE MORE ,~~/$§&@##
###&§$/~~, EXPENSIVE THE DRINKS. THIS IS NOT ,~~/$§&###
@&&§§$/~~, COINCIDENTAL. THE MORE EXPENSIVE THE ,~~/$§§&&@
&&&$$$/~~, DRINKS, THE MORE LIKELY IT IS THAT ,~~/$$$&&&
##@&§$/~~, SOMEONE WILL BUY THEM FOR YOU. ,~~/$§&@##
###&§$/~~, THIS IS ALSO NOT COINCIDENTAL. IF ,~~/$§&###
##@&§$/~~, SOMEONE BUYS YOU A DRINK, THEY ARE VERY ,~~/$§&@##
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#&&&§$/~~, OTHER WAYS AS WELL. ,~~/$§&&&#
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