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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. §¨¨§¨§§§¨¨
§¨§§§¨§¨¨§                                          §¨§§§¨¨§¨§
§§¨¨§§§¨§§ ¨#  ¨#  ¨#  ¨#  ¨#  ¨# ¨# ¨#  ¨#  ¨#  ¨# §§¨¨§¨§§§¨
¨§¨§¨¨§§¨¨ ^^ 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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