,^«†††††&# #&†††††«^,
,^«††£&@## ##@&£††«^,
,^«††£&@## ##@&£††«^,
,^«†††£££@ @£££†††«^,
,^«††£&@## ##@&£††«^,
,,,,^†††£& 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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