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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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