09-04-2023, 00:03:51 AM
It starts to get dark. It's NIGHT PHASE!
As you dream, this appears to you:
Entry in Grunkle Ed's diary, dated fifteen years ago:
I'm not going to look a gift horse in the mouth at this juncture, but the land I'm making this deal for does seem unusually cheap, even for way out here. Maybe there's some endangered species I've never heard of making it so any development gets hog-tied in red tape? I dunno. Should make a note to ask my real-estate guy if there's anything I should know about that. He sent me some stuff yesterday, about it going through twelve different owners in the last twenty years. Still, it's perfect, gorgeous, who wouldn't want to camp out here? There are a few trails, but it's mostly wilderness. A few stores off the highway and whatnot down the road. Waterfalls.
Yeah, I've heard the rumors of a few people going missing just north of here, but really, people are attracted to that sort of thing. Plant a few Bigfoot footprints, sell some mugs, lean into the aura. …I'm pretty sure somebody's already doing something like that, I saw a trail of rather implausible footprints when I took a walk to look around. Like somebody was walking, but the footprints just changed with each step they took. Heck, maybe we can get some people that think aliens did it! Maybe even have a cave attraction or something.
[The page is torn out. There's a post-it note on it with the following: Hey, B! See this. Think we should look at old newspapers to see if they give a clue to why the land changed hands so often? Yeah, probably. …And if I can tell when you've been reading my diary, I bet Grunkle Ed can, too. Please, it was dusty, he hasn't touched it in years.]
As you dream, this appears to you:
Entry in Grunkle Ed's diary, dated fifteen years ago:
I'm not going to look a gift horse in the mouth at this juncture, but the land I'm making this deal for does seem unusually cheap, even for way out here. Maybe there's some endangered species I've never heard of making it so any development gets hog-tied in red tape? I dunno. Should make a note to ask my real-estate guy if there's anything I should know about that. He sent me some stuff yesterday, about it going through twelve different owners in the last twenty years. Still, it's perfect, gorgeous, who wouldn't want to camp out here? There are a few trails, but it's mostly wilderness. A few stores off the highway and whatnot down the road. Waterfalls.
Yeah, I've heard the rumors of a few people going missing just north of here, but really, people are attracted to that sort of thing. Plant a few Bigfoot footprints, sell some mugs, lean into the aura. …I'm pretty sure somebody's already doing something like that, I saw a trail of rather implausible footprints when I took a walk to look around. Like somebody was walking, but the footprints just changed with each step they took. Heck, maybe we can get some people that think aliens did it! Maybe even have a cave attraction or something.
[The page is torn out. There's a post-it note on it with the following: Hey, B! See this. Think we should look at old newspapers to see if they give a clue to why the land changed hands so often? Yeah, probably. …And if I can tell when you've been reading my diary, I bet Grunkle Ed can, too. Please, it was dusty, he hasn't touched it in years.]
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