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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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...^~^**§# 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. §**^~^....
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..^~^**§## 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. *# #§**^~^...
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.^~^**§### And If You'Re Lucky, You'Ll Never Get ###§**^~^.
..^~^**§## Out. Don'T Bite The Other Guests. ##§**^~^..
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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 ^.........
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.......^~^ Other Ways As Well. ^~^.......
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