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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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