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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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¨,-=^$§¶## the ceiling is  covered in actual stars. ##¶§$^=-,¨
¨,-=^$$$§§ eyes                               above §§$$$^=-,¨
¨¨¨¨,=^^§@ 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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