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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 $†~^......
.......^~† YOUR BODY, AND FINALLY YOUR SENSE OF †~^.......
........^~ SELF. ~^........
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.......... THE CEILING IS COVERED IN ACTUAL STARS. ..........
.......... EYES ABOVE ..........
.......... FADING INTO SILVER FLAKES AS THEY FALL ..........
.......... BUBBLES IN DRINKS ..........
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.........^ DRINKS WITH A SECRET INGREDIENT, THAT ^.........
........^~ MAKES YOU SEE THE STARS EVEN WHEN YOU ~^........
.......^~† CLOSE YOUR EYES. †~^.......
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.....^~†$¤ 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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.......... ^^ 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. $@ ¤$†~^.....
....^~†$¤& #¤ #¤ #¤ #¤ #¤ #¤ #¤ #¤ #¤ #¤ #¤ &¤$†~^....
...^~†$¤&@ AND IF YOU'RE LUCKY, YOU'LL NEVER GET @&¤$†~^...
..^~†$¤&@# OUT. DON'T BITE THE OTHER GUESTS. #@&¤$†~^..
.^~†$¤&@## (OR DO) ##@&¤$†~^.
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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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