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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 ¨¨¨,»;†*¤#
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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. ¨,»;†*¤###
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#¤*†;»,¨¨¨ 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. ¨¨,»;†*¤##
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#¤*†;»,¨¨¨ 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. †# ¨¨¨,»;†*¤#
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*†;»,¨¨¨¨¨ AND IF YOU'RE LUCKY, YOU'LL NEVER GET ¨¨¨¨¨,»;†*
¤*†;»,¨¨¨¨ OUT. DON'T BITE THE OTHER GUESTS. ¨¨¨¨,»;†*¤
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##¤*†;»,¨¨ 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 ¨¨,»;†*¤##
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