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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. .¤...¤.¤¤.
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¤...¤¤¤... 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 ¤.¤¤....¤.
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¤¤....¤¤¤. THE CEILING IS COVERED IN ACTUAL STARS. ...¤¤¤..¤.
¤¤¤...¤.¤¤ EYES ABOVE ...¤.¤¤...
¤.¤¤....¤¤ FADING INTO SILVER FLAKES AS THEY FALL ¤....¤¤¤..
..¤¤¤...¤. BUBBLES IN DRINKS ¤¤...¤.¤¤.
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¤...¤¤¤... 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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