,:-%¤¤¶@## ##@¶¤¤%-:,
,,,,:--=%¤ ¤%=--:,,,,
,:-=%¤¤¶¶¶ ¶¶¶¤¤%=-:,
,:--=%¤¤¤@ @¤¤¤%=--:,
,:-=%¤¤¶@# #@¶¤¤%=-:,
,:-=%¤¤¶¶@ 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. ##@¶¤¤%=:,
,,,,,:==%¤ ¤%==:,,,,,
,,,,,-%¤¤¶ 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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,:-=%¤¤¶@@ ###### ###### ###### ###### ###### @@¶¤¤%=-:,
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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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,:-=%¤¤¶¶¶ ¶¶¶¤¤%=-:,
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