The OOC comm for Fluxscape.

ladies and Gentlemen, we're getting closer to the end of the Unseen plot. First, however, we have some information for the people who have expressed an interest in researching Driftcrest and the Unseen.

So we have information that will prove useful!

First, there are quiet a few books on the history of Driftcrest, in books that look both old and current. The library has a whole section of them and the librarians are more than happy to bring you book after book while you're reading. They're just not going to let people take the books out. And in fact, any attempts to smuggle the books out of the library will be met with an interesting outcome.

The books will vanish, reappearing back on their own shelf as if they haven't been moved at all. You'll think you're carrying the book however you've decided to try to sneak it out. You'll feel the weight of it under your jacket, or in your backpack. But when you get to your destination, you'll discover the book is gone.

So it's probably best to take some pens and notebooks to the library to do your research there.

Another odd thing to note, because what is this place without some Severely Odd Shit going on;

The citizens of Driftcrest will tell you the town is over 200 years old. However, research won't show anything farther back than five years. Everything at the beginning references a great natural disaster, but it won't specify what. There'll be hints of a massive earthquake, a massive storm, a dangerous drought, all things that apparently wiped out a large portion of the population or that a large portion of the population is entirely missing. There'll be a list of names, but those names will not be readable. The page will be blurry and smudged and very hard to make out. It's very possible you'll see your name or the name of a loved one, but look away or even blink and the name vanishes.

As for the disaster, books won't specify which. And by that we mean it's like historians can't decide just which disaster it was. One book will mention a massive earthquake, one will mention a dangerous drought. You get the drift.

There's also very strange references to a lost cave that was once used for smuggling. What, we don't know. And there's hints of a great but cursed something inside, but everyone that's attempted to find it have gone missing. Items that belonged to the missing turn up a few days later in their homes, but with no easy way to track who they belong to, search parties are always reported to have given up within a week of searching.

And while most attempts at finding lost treasure are for glory and fame and riches, it seems as though people are convinced this lost object is in fact incredibly dangerous.


Oh, and don't worry. We haven't forgotten about the Unseen. There are references to malevolent spirits that come in the night and attack people. Spirits that can manipulate the cold, peoples emotions, and their own corporeal forms. And that can only be destroyed if they're tangible and visible. So that might explain why the guards have a time of even destroying these things. They can't be seen if they don't want to be, and they never leave tracks.

Delightful, no!

If you have questions, poke here. In the mean time, enjoy your research!