Midtown

Iggy

Chapter 1: The Grande Theatre Haunting
Chapter 2: The Wailing Cliff
Chapter 3: The Forest Fairies
Chapter 4: The Hound of the Hills
Chapter 5: The Cult of Hypnos
Chapter 6: The Flower Burst

Kayla

Tana helps you fill out the forms, then grabs some passing rookie cop and makes him take over desk duty while she escorts you to drop the gun at evidence. While you're there, she has one of the forensic techs draw a vial of blood. "If analysis shows you actually were drugged, we'll give you a call. As for the gun, we'll get on it ASAP. I'll personally make sure you stay up to date. Um... Oh." She pulls out a notepad and pen, scribbles something on it, and hands it to you. "There's my number. If you don't want to wait for snail mail, you can give me a call tomorrow evening and I'll tell you what we managed to turn up."

Kayla's Fate with Tana Washington has reached Stage 1. Their stories are beginning to intertwine...


Iggy

The Hound of the Hills... The first page is an absolutely eerie drawing of some eyes in a bush. Something about them is completely sinister. If you ever ran into that, you're... not sure what you'd do.

The legend is... surprisingly simple. There's some unknown animal thought to lurk in the woods near the outskirts of town. Most people describe it as dog-like, but descriptions vary pretty wildly. There was a string of children who went missing back in the 1960's - and people thought this Unknown Mysterious Animal might be to blame. A wild hunt was carried out, and finally a mutant, deformed coyote was found and killed. Based on witness testimony, it was believed this creature was the hound. And the fact no more children went missing afterward implies they may have been right. But none of the children that had been taken were ever heard from again.

People have been claiming to have sighted this thing again every so often ever since. The sightings are usually debunked as a drunken stupor or other hallucination, but reports of sightings have been on the rise in recent years. There was an especially high number of claims... 3 years ago. Huh, this book's newer than you thought.

You should have time for one more story this afternoon.

Iggy

The forest fairies are one of the few innocuous local legends. Supposedly, there's a colony of them living in the local forest - the same forest as that beast. They're lead by a beautiful faerie queen - or so the sayings go.

If you're ever lost at night, they'll help you find your way - if you're polite. If you're mean or you stumble into their domain during the day, they might play pranks on you instead. It's wise to bring them offerings of cheese, nuts, and small, shiny trinkets. If you can gain their friendship, rumors say they'll do small favors for you.

There's a rough sketch pointing to where their kingdom supposedly lies, according to a handful of eyewitness reports throughout the ages. There's been relatively few reports in the last few years.

It's early evening. The library will still be open until dark, so you could keep reading if there's nothing else you want to do.

Kayla looks at her phone, then back at Tana, takes the note and register her number in it.

"Yeah... I'll call you tomorrow.

Sorry for all of this...

I think this is all silly myself."

Kayla mumbles "Fighting monsters in dreams" to herself while shaking her head. She slowly makes her way back outside.

Let's read one last chapter, chapter 6.

Head home, and by home I mean to my tent.