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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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¨¨¨§¨§§¨¨¨ ¨¨¨¨¨ ¨¨¨¨¨  ¨¨¨¨¨  ¨¨¨¨¨ ¨¨¨¨¨  ¨¨¨¨¨¨¨ §§§¨¨§¨§§§
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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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