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[identifier]

anyone else trying to cross the river? we should pool our resources.

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[pure_havoc]

it is a risk that must be taken. we can't know if there's danger on the other bank unless we go there, since no light seems to be strong enough to reach far enough to simply see.

convenient, that. [if text can bleed sarcasm...]

[identifier]

[ later, when he's made a trip, he replies. ]

no discernible threats on the other side. there might be something in the water.

do you have a special ability that will help you across?

[pure_havoc]

[oh good, efforts are still in progress. good thing he has news to share as well.]

no, but I did find the remains of a bridge in my travels. if it was spanned before, it can be again.

you had an unusual experience with the water, I take it? [what a coincidence...]

[identifier]

someone else did. i noticed the water currents are unpredictable. and there's debris.

[pure_havoc]

it is more than currents. I will admit that I had an unusual vision, with the disclaimer that I am not now nor have I ever been prone to visions. it was startling enough to nearly knock me off my feet.

[identifier]

what happened?

[pure_havoc]

it appeared as though the water vanished and then rushed back to drown me, like a great wave at sea. but, it didn't actually move. I was not wet nor knocked off the rocks into the water, it was simply a trick of the eye or mind.

the person with me saw nothing, so I know it was not a physical barrier, only a vision. given that it happened as I was reaching into the water, it seems reasonable it was some sort of...deterrent.

[identifier]

that makes sense. did you see anyone else in the vision?

[pure_havoc]

no one. only the wave.

are there others who have reported anything similar?

[identifier]

you're the first. so anything you can tell me is helpful to know.

[pure_havoc]

you have as much as I can tell you. the bridge remnants were nothing useful, otherwise.

it is wise, to collect such information all together where we can all read it. if there is something, say, magical about the river, it would make sense to have another corroborate but I would not risk lives needlessly in the venture.

[identifier]

that's a good idea. a bulletin board or an ability to send mass texts to the tablets with new information.

[pure_havoc]

[it sure beats a signboard posted in ye olde towne square.]

this modern technology never ceases to amaze me

[identifier]

yeah it's useful. i'll work on that.

[ after his adventure, he sends another text. ]

meanwhile, don't swim across the river. i just heard there's something there that pulls people in.

[pure_havoc]

believe me, I had no intentions of doing so. but that's a new one.

[identifier]

best to stay away from the water until we know more.