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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. ##¶@&*†«^.
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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) ##¶@&*†«^.
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....^†*&¶¶ 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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