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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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....~~;*@@ ;# ;# *. *~ *~ *; ** *$ *@ *@ *# *# $. @@*;~~....
...~~;*@@# $~ $~ $; $* $$ $@ $@ $# $# @. @~ @~ @; #@@*;~~...
..~~;*@@## @* @$ @@ @@ @# @# @. @~ @~ @; @* @$ @@ ##@@*;~~..
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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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