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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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