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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 ,,-=====
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###&*==-,, THE CEILING IS COVERED IN ACTUAL STARS. ,,-==*##
###&*==-,, EYES ABOVE ,,-==*##
###&*==-,, FADING INTO SILVER FLAKES AS THEY FALL ,,-==*##
###&*==-,, BUBBLES IN DRINKS ,,-==*##
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&**====-,, 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. ,,-==*##
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##*=--,,,, 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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###&*==-,, =, IT'S IN YOUR EYES AND IT'S IN YOUR ,= ,,-==*##
###&*==-,, =, MOUTH AND YOUR HANDS, THEIR HANDS ,= ,,-==*##
####&*==,, *- IT'S IN YOUR HEART AND IN YOUR -* ,,==*###
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##*==,,,,, #= 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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