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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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