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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. .~-†^¤##¶@
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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 ~^ .~-†^¤#¶@#
¶#¤^^-~... ¤- 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) .~-†^#¶@##
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#¤^--~.... 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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