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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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,.~\†$§@## $. $~ $\ $†  $$ $§ $@  $# $# §, §. §~ §\ ##@§$†\~.,
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,.~\†$§@## @@ @# @#  #,  #. #~ #\ #† #$ #§ #@ ## ## ##@§$†\~.,
,,,,,~\†$§ #,   #.    #~   #\   #†    #$   #§    #@ §$†\~,,,,,
,,,...~†§# THE CEILING  IS COVERED IN ACTUAL STARS. #§†~...,,,
,,,,,.\\$@ EYES                               ABOVE @$\\.,,,,,
,.~\†$§@## FADING  INTO SILVER FLAKES  AS THEY FALL ##@§$†\~.,
,.~\†$§@## BUBBLES                    IN     DRINKS ##@§$†\~.,
,.~\†$§@##                                          ##@§$†\~.,
,.~\†$§@## DRINKS  WITH A SECRET  INGREDIENT,  THAT ##@§$†\~.,
,.~\†$§@## MAKES  YOU SEE  THE STARS EVEN  WHEN YOU ##@§$†\~.,
,.~\†$§@## CLOSE             YOUR             EYES. ##@§$†\~.,
,.~†$§@###                                          ###@§$†~.,
,,,,.\$§§@ AT  THESE  DEEPER LEVELS  IT CAN BE HARD @§§$\.,,,,
,.~\††$§§§ TO  REMEMBER  WHO  AND  WHERE  YOU   ARE §§§$††\~.,
,.~\†$$$@# (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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