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.-=:^*@¶@# THEY BUILT THE FINAL NIGHTCLUB ON TOP #@¶@*^:=-.
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.-=:^*@¶@# FLOOR CLOSER TO THE COLLAPSED WARP #@¶@*^:=-.
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.-=:^*@¶## CLASSIFIED MAPS HAD GONE MISSING SOME ##¶@*^:=-.
.-=:^*@¶@# YEARS BEFORE. #@¶@*^:=-.
.-=:^*@¶@# #@¶@*^:=-.
.-=:^*@¶@# THE DEEPER YOU DESCEND, THE STRANGER #@¶@*^:=-.
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....-:^^@@ 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 ¶¶¶@*^:=-.
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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. #@¶@*^:=-.
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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 -^ ¶***^:==-.
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.-=:^*@¶## @: 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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