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¨¨¨¨§§¨¨§¨                                          ¨§¨¨§§§¨¨¨
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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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§§¨¨¨§¨§§¨                                          ¨¨§¨¨¨¨¨¨§
¨§§¨¨¨¨§§§                                          ¨¨¨§¨¨¨¨¨§
¨§§§¨¨¨§¨§                                          ¨¨¨¨§¨¨¨¨¨