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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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,,,,^%§§§¤ ,,,,, ,,,,, ,,,,, ,,,,, ,,,,, ,,,,,,, ¤§§§%^,,,,
,,,,,^^^§¤ ,,,,,,, ,,,,,,, ,,,,,,, ,,,,,,, ,,,,,,, ¤§^^^,,,,,
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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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