,,,~~††%¤@ @¤%††~~,,,
,,~~††%¤@# #@¤%††~~,,
,~~††%¤@## ##@¤%††~~,
,,~~††%¤@# #@¤%††~~,,
,,,~~††%¤@ @¤%††~~,,,
,,,,~~††%¤ 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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