,,,~†††%## ##%†††~,,,
,,,,,†$$$# #$$$†,,,,,
,,,,,,~†%# #%†~,,,,,,
,,~†$$$#@@ @@#$$$†~,,
,,~†$%#@## ##@#%$†~,,
,,~$%#@### THEY BUILT THE FINAL NIGHTCLUB ON TOP ###@#%$~,,
,,~†$%#@## OF AN UNDOCUMENTED RESEARCH SITE. EACH ##@#%$†~,,
,,,,,,†%## 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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,,~†$%##@@ ,,,,,, ,,,,,, ,,,,,, ,,,,, ,,,,, ,,,,, @@##%$†~,,
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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 ###$$$†~,,
,,~†$%#@## DRINKS, THE MORE LIKELY IT IS THAT ##@#%$†~,,
,,~†$%#@## SOMEONE WILL BUY THEM FOR YOU. ##@#%$†~,,
,,~†$%#@## THIS IS ALSO NOT COINCIDENTAL. IF ##@#%$†~,,
,,~†$%#### SOMEONE BUYS YOU A DRINK, THEY ARE VERY ####%$†~,,
,,~†$%#### LIKELY TO TAKE CARE OF YOUR NEEDS IN ####%$†~,,
,,~†$%#@## OTHER WAYS AS WELL. ##@#%$†~,,
,,~†$%#@## ##@#%$†~,,
,,~†$%#@## ##@#%$†~,,
,,,,,,†%@@ @@%†,,,,,,
,,~†$%#@## ##@#%$†~,,
,,,,,,†$#@ @#$†,,,,,,