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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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,:===*$$&& THE CEILING IS COVERED IN ACTUAL STARS. &&$$*===:,
,,,,=$$$$& EYES ABOVE &$$$$=,,,,
,:=*$$&#@# 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 &&&&$$*=:,
,,,,,::*$# OF FINDING YOUR WAY BACK. #$*::,,,,,
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,:=*$$&#@# ,# ,# ,# ,# ,# ,# ,# ,# ,# ,# ,# #@#&$$*=:,
,,,::=*$#@ :: THE HONEY IS A TRAP AND THERE'S A :: @#$*=::,,,
,:=*$&#@## == STING, A STING, A STING. == ##@#&$*=:,
,:=*$$&#@@ *, 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. $# #@#&$$*=:,
,:=*$$&#@# @$ @$ @$ @$ @$ @$ @$ @$ @$ @$ @$ #@#&$$*=:,
,,,:=$$$## 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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