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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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,^^^^===%¤ =§ =¤ =# =# =# /, /^ /= // /% /§ /¤ /# ¤%===^^^^,
,,,,^===%¤ /# /# %, %^ %= %/ %% %§ %¤ %# %# %# §, ¤%===^,,,,
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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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