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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 ,^«^†¤@#
@&¤¤^^,,,, ,,,,^^¤¤&@
##&&¤†^«^, 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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