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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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,:-*$%¤¤## :* :$ :$ :% :¤ :# :# :# -, -: -- -* -$ ##¤¤%$*-:,
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,:-*$%¤### *# *# $, $: $- $* $$ $% $¤ $# $# $# %, ###¤%$*-:,
,:-*$%¤### %: %- %* %$ %% %¤ %# %# %# ¤, ¤: ¤- ¤* ###¤%$*-:,
,:-*$%¤### ¤$ ¤% ¤¤ ¤# ¤# ¤# #, #: #- #* #$ #% #¤ ###¤%$*-:,
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,:-*$%¤### #, #: #- #* #$ #% #¤ ## ###¤%$*-:,
:-*$%¤#### THE CEILING IS COVERED IN ACTUAL STARS. ####¤%$*-:
,,,::--$%# EYES ABOVE #%$--::,,,
,:-*$%¤### FADING INTO SILVER FLAKES AS THEY FALL ###¤%$*-:,
,:-*$%¤### BUBBLES IN DRINKS ###¤%$*-:,
,,,,,:**%¤ ¤%**:,,,,,
,:-*$%¤¤## DRINKS WITH A SECRET INGREDIENT, THAT ##¤¤%$*-:,
,,,,,,:*%¤ MAKES YOU SEE THE STARS EVEN WHEN YOU ¤%*:,,,,,,
,,::*$$%%# 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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