HEADLINE!: A Dark Thing
A Dark Thing Occurred. This statement harbors both intrigue and fear. A single statement that speaks so much of our lives as to practically play it out as a sort of drama. This time, like all others, lead to a grand, frightening event that unfolded before the most brave our city has to offer.
In the early evening of Tuesday, May 17th, the shrill sound of screams broke the calm silence. Words of Things attacking, turning against those they have so frequently guarded, quickly spread throughout the city.
Would-be heroes of Convergence gathered before the main gate and awaited for the suggested threat. From the ground it rose, viscous and black, a Thing of a scale never seen before slunk up and immediately took to the Border Guard. Several injuries and deaths among their ranks brought the citizens of the city to arms. Tactic after tactic were employed and so many plans failed.
One citizen was reported as having attempted to shoot the giant Thing, and with a successful mark, caused a spray of the black ooze to explode away from its inky body. Those who were in the path of the spray, soon turned from fighting the Thing, to aiding it. The violence escalated into something none of the participants could have anticipated. Brother and friend against one another, fighting for what they were once against, their minds not their own.
In the distance, the windmills of the city began to turn, slowly, then faster and faster as magic lowered notably. This thing exploded, sending a deluge of slimy black out toward all that were in the vicinity, then it dissolved slowly into the ground. Magic in the area stopped, as in became impossible to summon the power for the next several hours.
Those who endured actual contact with fluids from the Thing eventually calmed, and regained their faculties. For now, it appears as though the Things oppose the city, but is that the case? Questions of whether or not the Things, once protectors of the city are indeed compromised.
Things attacking or exhibiting strange behavior is not all together unusual, at least in recent months. As of late, the Things have displayed a slow but notable decline. Things have been reported as attacking citizens with other citizens, dragging people and murdering them in full view, having unusual attractions to balloons and looking at the sky. As well as punishing people and giving vivid, frightful hallucinations, as opposed to banishing them from the city. Citizens have mentioned that Things have been seen looming and watching, but performing no action.
Some speculate Tuesday's attack was targeted to specific people. One man, Bob, who was speaking to us over the sound of Sponge Bob Square Pants and incessantly eating cereal, stated. "Um. I donno. Seems they was going against them guys who always do good stuff for the city." The man seemed off-put by the cries of an incarcerated woman. After yelling at her to kindly silence herself, he continued. "Yeah, thems and, um... people whos all babbling 'bout the Dark. And stuff. Yeah..." Then, he laughed like Sponge Bob. Upon being thoroughly creeped, out, we decided to leave and seek other, less weird sources.
Reporter: Alexi Alkaev
This month's Convergence Chronicle is dedicated to Convergence player Saren Darkwatch. Rest in Peace and Hammer Time.
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