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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. ,,~==†%§@#
##@§%†==~, ,~==†%§@##
#@§%†==~,, 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 ,,,,~==†%§
@§%†==~,,, SELF. ,,,~==†%§@
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@§%†==~,,, =% =§ =@ =# =# =, =~ == == =† =% =§ =@ ,,,~==†%§@
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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. ,,,,~==†%§
@§%†==~,,, ,,,~==†%§@
#@§%†==~,, 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. ,,,~==†%§@
§%†==~,,,, ,,,,~==†%§
@§%†==~,,, ,# ,# ,# ,# ,# ,# ,# ,# ,# ,# ,# ,,,~==†%§@
#@§%†==~,, ~~ 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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