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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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,.-*%£&@## ,,,,, ,,,,, ,,,,, ,,,,, ,,,,, ,,,,,,, ##@&£%*-.,
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,,,,,.*££& ,,,,,,, ,,,,,, ,,,,,, ,,,,,, ,,,,,, &££*.,,,,,
,.-*%£&@## ,,,,,, ,,,,,, ,,,,,, ., ., ., ., ., ., ##@&£%*-.,
,.-***££&@ ., ., ., .. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. @&££***-.,
,,,,.*%££@ .. .. .- .- .- .- .- .- .- .- .* .* .* @££%*.,,,,
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,.-*%££££& -£ -& -@ -# -# *, *. *- ** *% *£ *& *@ &££££%*-.,
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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. ##@&£%*-.,
,,,,.-*£@# #@£*-.,,,,
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