You wake up. You're not sure how you got here, or really who's house this is but it seems familiar. Oddly familiar. Familiar in a way that you can't quite put your finger on. It's unsettling. It's strange. You feel as though you're being watched at times.

This is not a dream. This is not death. You are in a Liminal Place

A town. Unknown and unnamed. Small yet seemingly endless. Surrounded by woods and beyond that, no one knows. No one goes there. It's dangerous to go into the woods at night and day can turn into dusk at the blink of an eye if you make the wrong turn. During the day, everything looks as if it has a yellow filter on it. Like you're looking at an old photograph from a simpler time.

The Greys

The primary, known inhabitants of the Liminal Place. Droning, consuming, yet generally harmless. They look like humans but something about them is off; they go about their days in a heavy fog as if they are on a track. You may interact with the Greys most of the time but DO NOT attempt to interact with them when they are in their Gathering in the West Park. This is dangerous and highly discouraged.

Room Rules

This is not a fantasy room. No fantasy characters permitted. No hate speech, OOC drama, or politics. We ask that you stay on brand but please by all means, create your own investigations. You cannot escape the Liminal Place though without all members working together. More information on liminal spaces here

The Neighborhoods

Suburban Gothic. Most homes are uninhabited, though do not be surprised if you walk in and see a family of Greys occupying one. To the north is Town and to the west is the park where the Greys hold the Gathering. The purpose of the Gathering is unknown but the Greys will react violently if the Gathering is interrupted. This much has been discovered. They stand in a circular crowd, their mouths open as if they are making a call but no sound comes from them. There is a silence that feels unnatural and heavy if you approach the Gathering. THIS IS NOT ADVISED

Town

Town is made up with what feels like an oasis of strip malls and parking lots. Some doors open into empty shops, backrooms, and laundromats. Others will open up into voids of black and screeching or never ending labrynths that threathen you to be lost in forever. Be careful when entering buildings as all are unmarked.

The only stand alone building in Town is Mel's Diner. No one knows where Mel is, or even who Mel is. If you ask a Grey they merely point to the kitchen, which has been empty for what seems like years. Somehow the pie case is always full, though. You can make yourself food or coffee while you're there, the Grey's don't seem to mind.

Mel's is a beacon of metallic infrastructure and neon lights with its retro-futurism. The booths are pleather, uncomfortable plastic that is easy to wipe down but offer no real comfort. The bar top is the preferred place for the Greys to sit and drone over their coffee. It smells of stale cigarettes but no one is ever found smoking in there. The black, plastic ashtrays are clean. It is soaked in lost memories.

The Woods The Woods surround the entirty of the Liminal Place and go on for miles and miles and miles and miles and miles and miles and miles and miles and...There are several abandoned tree forts in the Woods. DO NOT go into the Woods when the moon is out. DO NOT follow the Greys into the Woods.