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1. Housing Spiral ⚡ Welcome to Pleasantville, population: nobody. The Northern housing spiral consists of twenty houses, varying from single bedroom, single bath ranch style homes on the outer edges of the spiral to two-story, multi-bedroom houses as one moves deeper into the center. Each house has been painted in colors that have long-since faded, each color repeating itself several houses over. they all have front and back lawns, neatly enclosed by a three-foot-tall picket fence and broken by the the stark white brick outlines of empty flowerbeds.
Inside, the houses are nearly identical, excepting size. Each is furnished in a fashion reminiscent of the late 50’s, complete with oddly rounded televisions with rabbit ears that show only black and white snow (you think. usually.) Everything is immaculately clean, almost sterile except for a thin layer of dust. Every kitchen has a refrigerator, an old-style microwave, an electric range and an oven. The bedrooms have two twin beds with a dresser between. Every curtain in the house is lace, although the bedroom ones have privacy linings.
The houses also come equipped with a closet washer and dryer, as well as a stack of... odd.. cardboard boxes in the corner of the master bedroom. Perhaps they belonged to someone, once? |
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2. Watchtower That’s a kind name for it, being as that it’s more or less a box on stilts, slightly tilted in the sand. At low tide, it’s completely exposed; at high tide, the water usually reaches about a third of the way up its legs. Despite the tilt, it seems to be one of the sturdier structures on the beach. Likely for good reason, since most times the presence of a Watchtower indicates something worth watching for... |
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3. Food and Stuff ⚡ What it says on the tin, or rather on the slightly dodgy neon sign. Open 24 hours, it definitely contains both food and stuff, although what kind of either seems to vary greatly depending on the day, the hour, the weather, the positioning of various celestial bodies, and how badly you really wanted those Frosted Sugar Flakes or a whetstone for that slightly rusted ax.
There's pretty much always a stock of glitter, though. Just in case, and usually in the dairy section. |
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4. Spire There's a song about building a stairway to Heaven, and a story about trying to do the same. This odd structure on the beach doesn't stretch nearly high enough for either, but spending much time at the top does start to inspire odd thoughts. Strange words that hurt to think about too hard, sentences that taste distinctly of copper, flights of fancy, fancies of flight... that kind of thing. Nice view, though. |
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5. Shovely Joe's Survivalist Emporium At least, that's what someone scratched in small haphazard letters on the frame of the door, whether or not 'Shovely Joe' himself was the one who put it there. At least the name fits - the large single-room structure is full nearly to the brim with supplies of all varieties. The majority are military surplus, with tents, camo, MREs, plastic explosives inconveniently missing their detonators, detonators inconveniently missing their dynamite, make-your-own-compound-bow kits, environmentally biodegradable camp soap, and some seriously rickety looking things that might be flashbangs, probably. The rest of the items are mismatched, some obviously useful and others less so. If Shovely Joe's still hanging around, he might be able to tell you what they do... Then again, you get the impression he might just shoot you in the face instead.
Either way, he's long gone by now. And in a hurry, by the looks of it: It doesn't appear that anything's missing from the shelves, and anyone who went through the effort to collect a hoard like this would no doubt have taken plenty with him when he left, if he had the time to prepare. So why not take some for yourselves? There's no way that choice will come back to haunt you. |
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6. Windmill Shack ⚡ Though only a couple of lesser turbines denote the windmill shack from any other run-down structure, you simply need to step inside to discover a wealth of scrap and parts and half-finished projects on an incredible variety of alternative sources of energy.
For those who don't trust the sourceless energy of their conveniently-provided homes, this is an excellent place to begin to scavenge. Though you won't be able to find everything you need to put together your own private generator, the rest is sure to turn up with time. |
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7. Church Though the temple to the west may provide a bit more peace and quiet, there's a cathedral in the Northern quadrant. It's a massive building, with stained glass windows, broken-down pews and seemingly ageless pillars holding it up. But something here doesn't feel entirely... right. The longer you stay, the more uneasy and even combative you begin to feel - so you might not want to linger. And you definitely don't want to pay any mind to the tightly-locked door to the right of the pulpit. |
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8. Town Hall ⚡ Near the edge of the northern quadrant is the Town Hall. It’s built in the old style, intended for speeches, public gatherings, meetings, that sort of thing. It’s well equipped with folding chairs, stacks and stacks and wobbly stacks of them, and built into the wall just to the left of the door is the Questions & Suggestions Box the Technicians have so kindly offered.
Don’t mind the statues out front. Their eyes are definitely not following you. That eerie, cold feeling you get when passing between them, though? That’s 100% legit. So you might not want to do that. |
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