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rubycity_ooc2016-08-15 06:21 pm
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STANDING AND BREATHING • END
The Strangers disappear as suddenly as their arrival began. The cause of their departure is unclear; they never achieved the nothing they so desperately desired, so why leave so much something lying around so messily? Some residents say they were congregating in the city center when they abruptly vanished, others say they were heading towards one of the apartment buildings. The only thing that's clear is that no two accounts are the same.
Those they leave behind begin an immediate — if gradual — recovery, though the peculiar grey marks left on their skin will linger. The memory of the Strangers' sudden, inexplicable aggression lingers, too, and unease may be bolstered by some eyewitness accounts of a beagle (adorable!) standing on its hind legs, front paws folded over its chest (less adorable). When the Strangers vanish, though, the beagle appears to as well.
Perhaps now is a good time for the citizens of Ruby City to consider the impossibility of personal autonomy in a terrifying multiverse. Or perhaps it's a better time for a citywide nap. Regardless: somewhere in the library, tucked away neatly in the reference section, is a thin book, more like a pamphlet, that simply reads nothing, line after line, page after page, cover to cover.
Those they leave behind begin an immediate — if gradual — recovery, though the peculiar grey marks left on their skin will linger. The memory of the Strangers' sudden, inexplicable aggression lingers, too, and unease may be bolstered by some eyewitness accounts of a beagle (adorable!) standing on its hind legs, front paws folded over its chest (less adorable). When the Strangers vanish, though, the beagle appears to as well.
Perhaps now is a good time for the citizens of Ruby City to consider the impossibility of personal autonomy in a terrifying multiverse. Or perhaps it's a better time for a citywide nap. Regardless: somewhere in the library, tucked away neatly in the reference section, is a thin book, more like a pamphlet, that simply reads nothing, line after line, page after page, cover to cover.