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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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