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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 &&&..&&&.&
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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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