,,,,:~=*$@ @$*=~:,,,,
,:~=*$@### ###@$*=~:,
,,,,,:=$## ##$=:,,,,,
,:~=*$@### ###@$*=~:,
,:~=*$@### ###@$*=~:,
,,,,,,,~*@ 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. #@*~,,,,,,
,,,,,:=$$# (OR DO) #$$=:,,,,,
,,,,:==*$# #$*==:,,,,
,:~=*$@### THE DEEPER THE FLOOR GOES, THE MORE ###@$*=~:,
,:~=*$@### EXPENSIVE THE DRINKS. THIS IS NOT ###@$*=~:,
,:~=*$@@## COINCIDENTAL. THE MORE EXPENSIVE THE ##@@$*=~:,
,:~=*$@### DRINKS, THE MORE LIKELY IT IS THAT ###@$*=~:,
,:~=*$@### SOMEONE WILL BUY THEM FOR YOU. ###@$*=~:,
,:~=*$@### THIS IS ALSO NOT COINCIDENTAL. IF ###@$*=~:,
,:~=*$@### SOMEONE BUYS YOU A DRINK, THEY ARE VERY ###@$*=~:,
,,,:~*$$@# LIKELY TO TAKE CARE OF YOUR NEEDS IN #@$$*~:,,,
,:~=*$@### OTHER WAYS AS WELL. ###@$*=~:,
,:~====*@@ @@*====~:,
,:~=*$@### ###@$*=~:,
,:~=*$@### ###@$*=~:,
,,,,,,,~*@ @*~,,,,,,,
,:~=*$@### ###@$*=~:,