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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. %«^.......
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.......^«% 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 #@@#¤%«^..
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....^«%¤#@ THE CEILING IS COVERED IN ACTUAL STARS. @#¤%«^....
.....^«%¤# EYES ABOVE #¤%«^.....
......^«%¤ FADING INTO SILVER FLAKES AS THEY FALL ¤%«^......
.......^«% BUBBLES IN DRINKS %«^.......
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.......^«% 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) @@#¤%«^...
..^«%¤#@@# #@@#¤%«^..
.^«%¤#@@## 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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