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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 .,~\^@¤@@@
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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. .....~~^^¤
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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 ~@ .,~^@¤@@##
¤^\\\~,... ¤\ 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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