Test Drive 4: Driftcrest Ski Resort

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Welcome to Driftcrest Ski Resort and Village.

This place has it all, for a ski resort. There's skiing, obviously. You can also go snowtubing, ice skating at the large pond in the center of town. Restaurants, stores and entertainment of all kinds exist in the large mall near the center of town.

The main hotel/resort part of this place now houses not only tons of hotel rooms that are open for residents and Flux-Ins alike should they need a small vacation, but this is now where you'll find The Surf Board. It'll still have surfing, just indoors and in a huge waterpark setting. The waterpark isn't just for hotel guests. Anyone can come in to use it.

The only place in town people seem to want to avoid, or seem saddened by, is an acre of land dedicated to highly detailed ice sculptures of various people. No one familiar, but residents seem to treat this place as a sort of memorial, and the sculptures all have small placards with names on them underneath the words "In Loving Memory."

There's just...something odd about Driftcrest. During the day, while the sun is out and the town is active, people seem happy. Overjoyed to be out in the sun, glad to wake up. Everyone is kind, friendly, people are always pleased to see each other, always so excited to see people they know.

But at around 7:25, when the sun starts going down, people tense up and suddenly seem to be in a hurry. Shops start to close at 7 PM and everyone rushes to be inside at 8, locked away behind closed doors, behind curtains that are designed to keep the light from shining out through the window.

And everyone advises you to be inside and stay inside after eight, whether you're home or not.

Another odd thing or two to note: Driftcrest seems to be built inside a fort, with everything existing right in the middle. And it's not a fort designed to keep people in. After a while, people might start noticing that it's designed to keep something out. There are guards that patrol the walls of the fort. Armed, sure, but while the place feels modern, these guys are armed with incendiary weaponry. Arrows that can be lit on fire, napalm grenades. Nothing too major, but certainly something designed to set something on fire.

While there is no curfew in town, guards will advise people to head back home and stay inside, should they be caught wandering around after eight PM. Whether you do that or not is up to you. But be warned: staying out past curfew and you might hear the unsettling sounds of something skittering in the dark. You might even start feeling a tiny bit stalked. So it's probably best to get inside quick and no, you won't see what it is, no matter how hard you look.

[ ooc: as the problem with this setting hasn't been set in game yet, we thought it best to avoid spoilers until then. so while you will be stalked and feel as though you're being hunted, you won't see what and eventually, it'll leave you alone. ]