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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 &&&;:,,,,,
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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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