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.-~†%&§§## THEY BUILT THE FINAL NIGHTCLUB ON TOP ##§§&%†~-.
.-~†%&§### OF AN UNDOCUMENTED RESEARCH SITE. EACH ###§&%†~-.
.-~†%&&&## FLOOR CLOSER TO THE COLLAPSED WARP ##&&&%†~-.
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.-~†%&§### BUBBLES IN DRINKS ###§&%†~-.
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.-~†%&§### 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. ###§&%†~-.
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.-~†%&§### THERE IS SOME SORT OF CONTROL TO BE ###§&%†~-.
.-~†%&§### HAD. YOU COULD SLIP INTO YOUR IDEAL DOG ###§&%†~-.
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.-~†%&#### DRINK POISONOUS AMBROSIA AND NOT BE ####&%†~-.
....-†%%&# BURNED AWAY. YOU COULD EXPLORE #&%%†-....
.-~†%&§### TERRITORIES JUST AS MAPLESS AS THOSE ###§&%†~-.
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.-~†%&§### OF FINDING YOUR WAY BACK. ###§&%†~-.
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.-~†%&§### %- 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. %# #§§§&%†~-.
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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 ###§&%†~-.
.-~~~††&§# OTHER WAYS AS WELL. #§&††~~~-.
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