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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. ¨.~*†¤@###
##@¤%†*~.¨ ¨.~*†%¤@##
##@¤%†*~.¨ ¨# ¨# ¨# ¨# ¨# ¨# ¨# ¨# ¨# ¨# ¨# ¨.~*†%¤@##
##@¤%†*~.¨ .. 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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