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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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