Seam 2.99

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🟡 VOLATILE

REPORT BY: TEAM ODDITY

"Stay a while, you’ve been away for too long, honey. Supper’s almost done…"

ARCHIVAL SYNOPSIS

Seam 2.99’s familiar, and pretty. A really, really pretty trap. At first glance, you may think you’re back home, or someplace docile and stable for once; a safe place. You might see flat suburbs, or pop-out buildings with nice people waving at you. You will see the golden sunlight obscured by things you can’t see, and paved roads always well-kept, holding the smell of barbecue smoke. You will feel relieved. Do not feel relief. That is how the Almost-Home hunts and entraps others.

Seam Groups

There is only one notable Group in this Seam, and they are deemed fairly dangerous.

• The Nearly-Settled: a group of former Surveyors and Skippers / Dealers of the WSG, along with other non-related wanderers who got lost or decided to stay in the Seam. They will try to convince you to stay, getting aggressive about their happiness when questioned.

DEALER INJECTION // MAY

Do not trust them. Not because they’re bad people, but because they cannot help that they won’t be people at all anymore soon; they’re starting to look like the Nighbares.

Seam Items

• Welcome Basket (I1-2.99): a wicker basket found on the doorstep of every house in eyesight. It has some fruit in it that never rots and a card that says “Welcome Home”. The fruit rejuvenates you instantly, but makes you seriously sick if you leave the Seam within the same hour.

• Garden Hose (I2-2.99): a green water hose coiled in some yards, but when touched, it springs to “life” and tries to constrict around the nearest limb.

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FIELD RECONNAISSANCE

The Land

Everything here looks like a real old, but nice neighborhood. The kind you might see a grandmama and your pops live in in their youth. We saw some cul-de-sacs that loop back into each other in some real weird ways, and the parallax effect or whatever is weird too.

The Sky & Weather

A perfect, cloudless gradient of orange and purple. It looks painted. There’s no sun, but there IS light. Like an old school lightbox. Static. No wind. No rain. No nothing. Just that heavy, warm stillness that happens right before a tornado, but the tornado never comes.

DEALER INJECTION // MAY

Time doesn't seem to do shit here; it is always late afternoon on a summer Friday. I’m not complaining, it feels nice, but the longer you stay in the light, the warmer you feel. Beware the sky.

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RISK ASSESSMENT & SUBJECTS

Seam Subjects

• Nighbares (Subject 1-2.99): the natural denizens of this fine Seam, they are the apex predators here, as well as one another’s neighbor. If you approach one, their jaws will unhinge and their skin will peel like an orange to reveal something Abyssal in nature.

• Baring Paperboy (Subject 2-2.99): a small boy on a bicycle that rides down the street at a set interval. Buying some of his newspapers will befriend him to you! Afterwards, he becomes open to trading with you and may even lead you deeper into the Seam.

Dealer Legal Advice

When opening a gateway or providing the means to get to this place, please tell your group or clients to not enter any house, even if the door is open! Try your best and focus on something unfamiliar, hateful, or distasteful, like a messy breakup. Anger and resentment keeps things stable. Nostalgia destabilizes everything.