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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 ¨¨¨~«=†%@¶
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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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¶@%†=«~¨¨¨ THE CEILING IS COVERED IN ACTUAL STARS. ¨¨¨~«=†%@¶
@%†=«~¨¨¨¨ EYES ABOVE ¨¨¨¨~«=†%@
%†=«~¨¨¨¨¨ FADING INTO SILVER FLAKES AS THEY FALL ¨¨¨¨¨~«=†%
†=«~¨¨¨¨¨¨ BUBBLES IN DRINKS ¨¨¨¨¨¨~«=†
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†=«~¨¨¨¨¨¨ DRINKS WITH A SECRET INGREDIENT, THAT ¨¨¨¨¨¨~«=†
%†=«~¨¨¨¨¨ MAKES YOU SEE THE STARS EVEN WHEN YOU ¨¨¨¨¨~«=†%
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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. ¨¨¨¨¨~«=†%
†=«~¨¨¨¨¨¨ ¨¨¨¨¨¨~«=†
=«~¨¨¨¨¨¨¨ 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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†=«~¨¨¨¨¨¨ =¨ IT'S IN YOUR EYES AND IT'S IN YOUR ¨= ¨¨¨¨¨¨~«=†
%†=«~¨¨¨¨¨ †~ MOUTH AND YOUR HANDS, THEIR HANDS ~† ¨¨¨¨¨~«=†%
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¶@%†=«~¨¨¨ @= MIND AND THE MINDS OF THOSE AROUND =@ ¨¨¨~«=†%@¶
#¶@%†=«~¨¨ ¶† 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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=«~¨¨¨¨¨¨¨ 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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