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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 ¨.~;**¤@##
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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) ¨.~;**¤@##
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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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