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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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