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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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