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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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