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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. ,~«;†&@###
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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) ,~«;†&@###
##@††«~,,, ,,,~«††@##
###@&†;«~, 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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