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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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..~*†$¤### .# .# .# .# .# .# .# .# .# .# .# ###¤$†*~..
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..~*†$¤### *. IT'S IN YOUR EYES AND IT'S IN YOUR .* ###¤$†*~..
..~*†$¤### †. MOUTH AND YOUR HANDS, THEIR HANDS .† ###¤$†*~..
....*†$$¤# $~ IT'S IN YOUR HEART AND IN YOUR ~$ #¤$$†*....
......*$$¤ ¤* MIND AND THE MINDS OF THOSE AROUND *¤ ¤$$*......
..~*†$¤### #† YOU, THEIR HEARTS, THEIR BODIES. †# ###¤$†*~..
....~†††¤¤ #$ #$ #$ #$ #$ #$ #$ #$ #$ #$ #$ ¤¤†††~....
..~*†$¤### AND IF YOU'RE LUCKY, YOU'LL NEVER GET ###¤$†*~..
.....*†$¤# OUT. DON'T BITE THE OTHER GUESTS. #¤$†*.....
..~*†$$$¤# (OR DO) #¤$$$†*~..
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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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