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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 :.........
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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. #@@§†~:...
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.:~†§@@### 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. #@@§†~:...
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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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