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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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