,,~=%§##@# #@##§%=~,,
,,,~=%§##@ @##§%=~,,,
,,,,~=%§## ##§%=~,,,,
,,,,,~=%§# #§%=~,,,,,
,,,,,,~=%§ §%=~,,,,,,
,,,,,,,~=% 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. ##§%=~,,,,
,,,~=%§##@ @##§%=~,,,
,,~=%§##@# #@##§%=~,,
,,,~=%§##@ @##§%=~,,,
,,,,~=%§## ##§%=~,,,,
,,,,,~=%§# #§%=~,,,,,