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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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&%*††,,,,, THE CEILING IS COVERED IN ACTUAL STARS. ,,,,,††*%&
#&&&%*†~,, EYES ABOVE ,,~†*%&&&#
####&*†~,, FADING INTO SILVER FLAKES AS THEY FALL ,,~†*&####
###&%*†~,, BUBBLES IN DRINKS ,,~†*%&###
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####&*†~,, DRINKS WITH A SECRET INGREDIENT, THAT ,,~†*&####
&%%%%*†~,, MAKES YOU SEE THE STARS EVEN WHEN YOU ,,~†*%%%%&
&&%%†††~,, CLOSE YOUR EYES. ,,~†††%%&&
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#&&*~~,,,, 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) ,,,,~††%%&
#&&&%*†~,, ,,~†*%&&&#
&&&**~,,,, 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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