,,,,,,:^*# #*^:,,,,,,
,:=^%*##@@ @@##*%^=:,
,,,,=%**## ##**%=,,,,
,,,,,,:^%# #%^:,,,,,,
,,::^%%%## ##%%%^::,,
,:=^%*##@# 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. @@##*%^=:,
,:=^%*##@# #@##*%^=:,
,:=^%*#@## ,# ,# ,# ,# ,# ,# ,# ,# ,# ,# ,# ##@#*%^=:,
,:==^^**## :: 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. ##%^:,,,,,
,:=^%*##@# #@##*%^=:,
,,,:=^**#@ @#**^=:,,,
,:=^%*##@# #@##*%^=:,
,:=^%*###@ @###*%^=:,
,:=^%*##@# #@##*%^=:,