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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 #&§==,....
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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. #&§==,....
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..,==§@@ FADING INTO SILVER FLAKES AS THEY FALL @@#&§==,..
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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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....,==§ 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 ,, ==,.......
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........., =. 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 =# =,........
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..,==§@@ 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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