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#¤$*^~:,,, THEY BUILT THE FINAL NIGHTCLUB ON TOP ,,,:~^*$¤#
##¤$*^~:,, OF AN UNDOCUMENTED RESEARCH SITE. EACH ,,:~^*$¤##
###¤$*^~:, FLOOR CLOSER TO THE COLLAPSED WARP ,:~^*$¤###
##¤$*^~:,, PROTOTYPE. DID THEY KNOW AT THE START? ,,:~^*$¤##
#¤$*^~:,,, CLASSIFIED MAPS HAD GONE MISSING SOME ,,,:~^*$¤#
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###¤$*^~:, AND PREDATORY, BUT PIERCE DEEPER AND ,:~^*$¤###
##¤$*^~:,, THERE WILL BE MORE PECULIAR EFFECTS. ,,:~^*$¤##
#¤$*^~:,,, YOUR SENSE OF SPACE WILL SEEM TO ,,,:~^*$¤#
¤$*^~:,,,, DISTORT (IT'S ACTUALLY THE SPACETIME ,,,,:~^*$¤
$*^~:,,,,, ITSELF THAT IS BECOMING FLUID), THEN ,,,,,:~^*$
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#¤$*^~:,,, THE CEILING IS COVERED IN ACTUAL STARS. ,,,:~^*$¤#
¤$*^~:,,,, EYES ABOVE ,,,,:~^*$¤
$*^~:,,,,, FADING INTO SILVER FLAKES AS THEY FALL ,,,,,:~^*$
¤$*^~:,,,, BUBBLES IN DRINKS ,,,,:~^*$¤
#¤$*^~:,,, ,,,:~^*$¤#
##¤$*^~:,, DRINKS WITH A SECRET INGREDIENT, THAT ,,:~^*$¤##
###¤$*^~:, MAKES YOU SEE THE STARS EVEN WHEN YOU ,:~^*$¤###
##¤$*^~:,, CLOSE YOUR EYES. ,,:~^*$¤##
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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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#¤$*^~:,,, ~~ STING, A STING, A STING. ~~ ,,,:~^*$¤#
##¤$*^~:,, ^, IT'S IN YOUR EYES AND IT'S IN YOUR ,^ ,,:~^*$¤##
###¤$*^~:, *: MOUTH AND YOUR HANDS, THEIR HANDS :* ,:~^*$¤###
##¤$*^~:,, $~ IT'S IN YOUR HEART AND IN YOUR ~$ ,,:~^*$¤##
#¤$*^~:,,, ¤^ 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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