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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 ¨¨¨¨^~/^¤@
¤^/~^¨¨¨¨¨ YOUR BODY, AND FINALLY YOUR SENSE OF ¨¨¨¨¨^~/^¤
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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) ¨^~/^¤@###
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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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