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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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,,,^«\%£#£ ^, ^, ^, ^^ ^^ ^^ ^^ ^^ ^^ ^^ ^^ ^^ ^^ £#£%\«^,,,
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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) ##£#£%\«^,
,,^«\%£#£# #£#£%\«^,,
,,,^«\%£#£ 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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