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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) ..........
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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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