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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) ##@¤@**=.,
,.=**@¤@@@ @@@¤@**=.,
,,,==*@@@@ 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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