##@@¤†*»~¨ ¨~»*†¤@@##
#@@@¤†*»~¨ ¨~»*†¤@@@#
##@@¤†*»~¨ ¨~»*†¤@@##
@¤*»¨¨¨¨¨¨ ¨¨¨¨¨¨»*¤@
@†*»~¨¨¨¨¨ ¨¨¨¨¨~»*†@
##@@¤†*»~¨ 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. ¨~»*†¤@@##
##@@¤†*»~¨ ¨~»*†¤@@##
#@¤*~¨¨¨¨¨ # # # # # # # # # # # # # # ##### ### ¨¨¨¨¨~*¤@#
#@¤††»~¨¨¨ ### ### ### ### ### ### ### ##### ### ¨¨¨~»††¤@#
##@@¤†*»~¨ ### ### ##### ##### ##### ##### ##### ¨~»*†¤@@##
#@¤¤††*»~¨ #### #### #### #### #### #### #### #### ¨~»*††¤¤@#
##@@¤†*»~¨ ###### ###### ###### ###### ###### ¨~»*†¤@@##
##@@¤†*»~¨ ###### ###### ###### ###### ###### ¨~»*†¤@@##
#@†»~¨¨¨¨¨ ###### ###### ######## ######## ¨¨¨¨¨~»†@#
##@@¤†*»~¨ ######## ######## ######## ######## ¨~»*†¤@@##
##@@¤†*»~¨ ######## ######## ######## ######## ¨~»*†¤@@##
@@@¤¤†*»~¨ ######## ######## ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ ¨~»*†¤¤@@@
@@¤¤†*»¨¨¨ ~~~~ ~~~~ ~~~~ ~~~~ ~~~~ ~~~~ ~~~~ ~~~~ ¨¨¨»*†¤¤@@
@@@@¤†*»~¨ ~~~~ ~~~~ ~~~~ ¨¨¨¨¨¨ ¨¨¨¨¨¨ ¨¨¨¨¨¨ ¨~»*†¤@@@@
##@@¤†*»~¨ ¨¨¨¨¨¨ ¨¨¨¨¨¨ ¨¨¨¨¨¨ ¨¨¨¨¨ ¨¨¨¨¨ ¨¨¨¨¨ ¨~»*†¤@@##
###@¤†*»~¨ ¨¨¨¨¨ ¨¨¨¨¨ ¨¨¨¨¨ ¨¨¨¨¨ ¨¨¨¨¨ ¨¨¨¨¨¨¨ ¨~»*†¤@###
#@¤*»»~~¨¨ ¨¨¨¨¨¨¨ ¨¨¨¨¨¨¨ ¨¨¨¨¨¨¨ ¨¨¨¨¨¨¨ ¨¨¨¨¨¨¨ ¨¨~~»»*¤@#
##@@¤†*»~¨ ¨¨¨¨¨¨¨ ¨¨¨¨¨¨ ¨¨¨¨¨¨ ¨¨¨¨¨¨ ¨¨¨¨¨¨ ¨~»*†¤@@##
##@@¤†*»~¨ ¨¨¨¨¨¨ ¨¨¨¨¨¨ ¨¨¨¨¨¨ ~¨ ~¨ ~¨ ~¨ ~¨ ~¨ ¨~»*†¤@@##
##@@¤†*»~¨ ~¨ ~¨ ~¨ ~~ ~~ ~~ ~~ ~~ ~~ ~~ ~~ ~~ ~~ ¨~»*†¤@@##
#@@††*~¨¨¨ ~~ ~~ ~» ~» ~» ~» ~» ~» ~» ~» ~* ~* ~* ¨¨¨~*††@@#
##@@¤†*»~¨ ~* ~† ~† ~¤ ~@ ~@ ~# ~# »¨ »~ »» »* »† ¨~»*†¤@@##
@¤†»~¨¨¨¨¨ »¤ »@ »@ »# »# *¨ *~ *» ** *† *¤ *@ *@ ¨¨¨¨¨~»†¤@
#@@@¤†*»~¨ *# *# †¨ †~ †» †* †† †¤ †@ †@ †# †# ¤¨ ¨~»*†¤@@@#
##@@¤†*»~¨ ¤~ ¤» ¤* ¤† ¤¤ ¤@ ¤@ ¤# ¤# @¨ @~ @» @* ¨~»*†¤@@##
@@¤**»¨¨¨¨ @† @¤ @@ @@ @# @# @¨ @~ @» @* @† @¤ @@ ¨¨¨¨»**¤@@
###@@¤†*~¨ @@ @# @# #¨ #~ #» #* #† #¤ #@ #@ ## ## ¨~*†¤@@###
@@¤*»¨¨¨¨¨ #¨ #~ #» #* #† #¤ #@ #@ ¨¨¨¨¨»*¤@@
##@@¤†*»~¨ 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. ¨~»*†¤@###
##@@¤†*»~¨ ¨~»*†¤@@##
###@¤†*»~¨ ¨~»*†¤@###
##@@¤†*»~¨ ¨~»*†¤@@##
@¤*»¨¨¨¨¨¨ ¨¨¨¨¨¨»*¤@
@@†»¨¨¨¨¨¨ ¨¨¨¨¨¨»†@@