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..~=\=%### . %%==##==%% . THE . %%==##==%% . ###%=\=~..
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....~=\=%# . %%==##==%% .%% SHOWER %%. %%==##==%% . #%=\=~....
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.......~=\ % DEEP BELOW % \=~.......
........~= GROUND LEVEL, SEVERAL ELEVATORS DOWN, =~........
.......~=\ IN THE DARK WATER WHERE THE SURFACE \=~.......
......~=\= LIGHT DOESN'T REACH, AND WARMTH COMES =\=~......
.....~=\=% MOSTLY FROM BELOW - HERE IS THE SHOWER. %=\=~.....
....~=\=%# #%=\=~....
...~=\=%## IT IS DARK. YOU STRIP, AND IT'S COLD. ##%=\=~...
..~=\=%### YOUR FEET FEEL THE COLD STONE FLOOR, ###%=\=~..
.~=\=%#### YOUR HANDS FIND THE RUBBER HANDLES TO ####%=\=~.
..~=\=%### GUIDE YOU INTO THE CABIN. ###%=\=~..
...~=\=%## ##%=\=~...
....~=\=%# AND THEN, THE HOT WATER, THE #%=\=~....
.....~=\=% UNDERGROUND RAIN. DRENCHING YOU, %=\=~.....
......~=\= LATHERING YOU. INFUSED WITH OILS AND =\=~......
.......~=\ SCENTS. AND THEN, ALSO FROM ABOVE, THE \=~.......
........~= SHOWER CREATURES. FIRST THEIR BLACK =~........
.......~=\ VELVET ARMS, TOUCHING, AND THEN ENTIRE \=~.......
......~=\= BODIES. CHESTS AND SNOUTS. =\=~......
.....~=\=% %=\=~.....
....~=\=%# THE CREATURES ARE MEANT TO COMFORT YOU, #%=\=~....
...~=\=%## KEEP YOU ENTRANCED, AND KEEP YOU FROM ##%=\=~...
..~=\=%### LEAVING THE CABIN PREMATURELY. THIS ###%=\=~..
.~=\=%#### WHOLE ORDEAL WORKS BEST IF YOU ARE NOT ####%=\=~.
..~=\=%### TRANSFORMED TOO EARLY, AND ARE INSTEAD ###%=\=~..
...~=\=%## ALLOWED TO ENJOY THE SHOWER FOR A WHILE. ##%=\=~...
....~=\=%# #%=\=~....
.....~=\=% YOU ARE STEAMED, CARESSED, CLEANED, %=\=~.....
......~=\= MODIFIED, LIQUIFIED; DISSOLVED AND =\=~......
.......~=\ DRAINED... AND THEN BROUGHT BACK, \=~.......
........~= SLOWLY, WAKING AS THE WATER DRIES OFF =~........
.......~=\ OF YOU. CABIN OPEN TO THE COLD AIR \=~.......
......~=\= TICKLING YOUR FRESH-BORN MIND. CREATURE =\=~......
.....~=\=% HANDS GONE, YOU STEP OUT. %=\=~.....
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...~=\=%## LATER, ELEVATOR BACK UP. NEW BODY. ##%=\=~...
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