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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. †»^.......
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.....^»†$¤ THE DEEPER YOU DESCEND, THE STRANGER ¤$†»^.....
....^»†$¤¤ THE ENVIRONMENT - FIRST MORE ¤¤$†»^....
...^»†$¤¤@ ENTHRALLING AND INTRUSIVE, THEN SEEDY @¤¤$†»^...
..^»†$¤¤@# AND PREDATORY, BUT PIERCE DEEPER AND #@¤¤$†»^..
.^»†$¤¤@## THERE WILL BE MORE PECULIAR EFFECTS. ##@¤¤$†»^.
..^»†$¤¤@# YOUR SENSE OF SPACE WILL SEEM TO #@¤¤$†»^..
...^»†$¤¤@ DISTORT (IT'S ACTUALLY THE SPACETIME @¤¤$†»^...
....^»†$¤¤ ITSELF THAT IS BECOMING FLUID), THEN ¤¤$†»^....
.....^»†$¤ YOUR BODY, AND FINALLY YOUR SENSE OF ¤$†»^.....
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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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