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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 ¨¨¨¨~«:*%@
%*:«~¨¨¨¨¨ SELF. ¨¨¨¨¨~«:*%
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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. ¨¨~«:*%@##
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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. ¨¨¨~«:*%@#
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###@%*:«~¨ 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) ¨¨¨¨~«:*%@
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##@%*:«~¨¨ 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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