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##@¤%*†=:, , %%==¤¤==%% ,%% SHOWER %%, %%==¤¤==%% , ,:=†*%¤@##
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##@¤%*†=:, 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. ,:=†*%@###
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##@¤%*†=:, 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. ,:=†*%¤¤¤@
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¤¤%*=:,,,, 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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