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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 ¨,=:*¤####
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##**=,¨¨¨¨ YOUR SENSE OF SPACE WILL SEEM TO ¨¨¨¨,=**##
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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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####¤*:=,¨ 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 ,* ¨,=:*¤####
####¤*:=,¨ ¤= IT'S IN YOUR HEART AND IN YOUR =¤ ¨,=:*¤####
##¤**==¨¨¨ #: MIND AND THE MINDS OF THOSE AROUND :# ¨¨¨==**¤##
####¤*:=,¨ #* YOU, THEIR HEARTS, THEIR BODIES. *# ¨,=:*¤####
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#¤¤::::=,¨ COINCIDENTAL. THE MORE EXPENSIVE THE ¨,=::::¤¤#
#¤:=,¨¨¨¨¨ DRINKS, THE MORE LIKELY IT IS THAT ¨¨¨¨¨,=:¤#
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#*=,,¨¨¨¨¨ THIS IS ALSO NOT COINCIDENTAL. IF ¨¨¨¨¨,,=*#
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