,,-:†%¤@## ##@¤%†:-,,
,,-†%¤@### ###@¤%†-,,
,,,,,,:%@# #@%:,,,,,,
,,,,,:†%¤# #¤%†:,,,,,
,,-::::†%¤ ¤%†::::-,,
,,-:†%¤@## 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. #¤¤¤%†:-,,
,,,,--:%@@ @@%:--,,,,
,,,,,,-†¤¤ ¤¤†-,,,,,,
,,-:†%¤@## ##@¤%†:-,,
,,-:†%¤### ###¤%†:-,,
,,,,-:%¤¤@ @¤¤%:-,,,,