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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 ....,†**#@
##@#%*†~,. .,~†*%#@##
#*†,...... 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) .,~†*%#@##
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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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