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###§&$;~~¨ THEY BUILT THE FINAL NIGHTCLUB ON TOP ¨~~;$&§###
##§&$;~~¨¨ OF AN UNDOCUMENTED RESEARCH SITE. EACH ¨¨~~;$&§##
#§&$;~~¨¨¨ FLOOR CLOSER TO THE COLLAPSED WARP ¨¨¨~~;$&§#
§&$;~~¨¨¨¨ PROTOTYPE. DID THEY KNOW AT THE START? ¨¨¨¨~~;$&§
&$;~~¨¨¨¨¨ CLASSIFIED MAPS HAD GONE MISSING SOME ¨¨¨¨¨~~;$&
$;~~¨¨¨¨¨¨ YEARS BEFORE. ¨¨¨¨¨¨~~;$
;~~¨¨¨¨¨¨¨ ¨¨¨¨¨¨¨~~;
$;~~¨¨¨¨¨¨ THE DEEPER YOU DESCEND, THE STRANGER ¨¨¨¨¨¨~~;$
&$;~~¨¨¨¨¨ THE ENVIRONMENT - FIRST MORE ¨¨¨¨¨~~;$&
§&$;~~¨¨¨¨ ENTHRALLING AND INTRUSIVE, THEN SEEDY ¨¨¨¨~~;$&§
#§&$;~~¨¨¨ AND PREDATORY, BUT PIERCE DEEPER AND ¨¨¨~~;$&§#
##§&$;~~¨¨ THERE WILL BE MORE PECULIAR EFFECTS. ¨¨~~;$&§##
###§&$;~~¨ YOUR SENSE OF SPACE WILL SEEM TO ¨~~;$&§###
##§&$;~~¨¨ DISTORT (IT'S ACTUALLY THE SPACETIME ¨¨~~;$&§##
#§&$;~~¨¨¨ ITSELF THAT IS BECOMING FLUID), THEN ¨¨¨~~;$&§#
§&$;~~¨¨¨¨ YOUR BODY, AND FINALLY YOUR SENSE OF ¨¨¨¨~~;$&§
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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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##§&$;~~¨¨ DRINKS WITH A SECRET INGREDIENT, THAT ¨¨~~;$&§##
#§&$;~~¨¨¨ MAKES YOU SEE THE STARS EVEN WHEN YOU ¨¨¨~~;$&§#
§&$;~~¨¨¨¨ CLOSE YOUR EYES. ¨¨¨¨~~;$&§
&$;~~¨¨¨¨¨ ¨¨¨¨¨~~;$&
$;~~¨¨¨¨¨¨ AT THESE DEEPER LEVELS IT CAN BE HARD ¨¨¨¨¨¨~~;$
;~~¨¨¨¨¨¨¨ 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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