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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 ,^-;*§§§§#
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###@§*;-^, YOUR BODY, AND FINALLY YOUR SENSE OF ,^-;*§@###
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###@§*;-^, THE CEILING IS COVERED IN ACTUAL STARS. ,^-;*§@###
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#@**;^^,,, FADING INTO SILVER FLAKES AS THEY FALL ,,,^^;**@#
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@§§**;^,,, DRINKS WITH A SECRET INGREDIENT, THAT ,,,^;**§§@
###@§*;-^, MAKES YOU SEE THE STARS EVEN WHEN YOU ,^-;*§@###
###@§*;-^, CLOSE YOUR EYES. ,^-;*§@###
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###@§*;-^, 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. ,,,,,-*@@#
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###@§*;-^, 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 -§ ,^-;*§@###
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###@§*;-^, #* YOU, THEIR HEARTS, THEIR BODIES. *# ,^-;*§@###
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@@§*;-^^,, AND IF YOU'RE LUCKY, YOU'LL NEVER GET ,,^^-;*§@@
###@§*;-^, OUT. DON'T BITE THE OTHER GUESTS. ,^-;*§@###
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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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