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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. ¤$$$;;;~^,
,,,,,,,~$¤ YOUR SENSE OF SPACE WILL SEEM TO ¤$~,,,,,,,
,,,,,,,~$¤ DISTORT (IT'S ACTUALLY THE SPACETIME ¤$~,,,,,,,
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,^~;$$¤@## 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 #@@¤$$;~^,
,,,,,^;$¤@ @¤$;^,,,,,
,^~;$$¤@@# 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) @@@¤$$;~^,
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,,,,,,~$$¤ 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 #@@¤$$;~^,
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