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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 ¨,~/*%&@##
###@%*/~,¨ 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 ,, ¨,,~~**%&@
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##@&%*/~,¨ /¨ 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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