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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. ##@#¤**~^.
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.^~~***### 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 #¤¤*~~^^..
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.^~**¤#@## FADING INTO SILVER FLAKES AS THEY FALL ##@#¤**~^.
.^~**¤#### BUBBLES IN DRINKS ####¤**~^.
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....~**¤## DRINKS WITH A SECRET INGREDIENT, THAT ##¤**~....
.^~**¤#@## MAKES YOU SEE THE STARS EVEN WHEN YOU ##@#¤**~^.
...^***### CLOSE YOUR EYES. ###***^...
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.^~*****#@ 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. ##**~~~...
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.^~**¤#@## ~~ STING, A STING, A STING. ~~ ##@#¤**~^.
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......~*## @* YOU, THEIR HEARTS, THEIR BODIES. *@ ##*~......
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.^~**¤#@## AND IF YOU'RE LUCKY, YOU'LL NEVER GET ##@#¤**~^.
.^^^^^*¤#@ OUT. DON'T BITE THE OTHER GUESTS. @#¤*^^^^^.
.^~**¤#@## (OR DO) ##@#¤**~^.
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......~*¤@ 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 ##@#¤**~^.
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