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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. @#%%%--,,,
,,:--==*@# #@*==--:,,
,:-=%*#### 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. #@*==:,,,,
,:-=%*#@## ##@#*%=-:,
,:-=%*#@## 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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