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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 ¨,=\§¤##@#
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#@##¤§\=,¨ 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. ¨¨¨,=\§¤##
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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. ¨¨¨¨,=\§¤#
##¤§\=,¨¨¨ ¨¨¨,=\§¤##
@##¤§\=,¨¨ 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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#¤§\=,¨¨¨¨ == 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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#@##¤§\=,¨ #§ YOU, THEIR HEARTS, THEIR BODIES. §# ¨,=\§¤##@#
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##¤§\=,¨¨¨ 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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