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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 ,,,,^===¤@
#@¤===^,,, 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 ,,,^===¤@#
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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. ,,,,^===¤@
#@¤===^,,, ,,,^===¤@#
##@¤===^,, 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. ,,^===¤@##
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#@¤===^,,, ^^ 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) ,,,,,^===¤
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#@¤===^,,, 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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