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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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