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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. .^~==¤@##@
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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) .....^~~=@
#@#@¤==~^. .^~==¤@#@#
@##@¤==~^. 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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