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The Observer: Midnight in the Garden of Infinity

Arcus 13

The series featuring Haddie and Jordan on Terra 717 or Haley and Jaden on Terra 1315, or even Hannah and Justin on Terra 238 are all titled 'HarbingerFM' instead of 'The Harbinger of Hell,' and they seem to have more insight on what The Entity might be and how it corrupts and influences other worlds. Other Terra Worlds have quite unique and sometimes contradictory versions of the Harbinger series which make them difficult to track and interpret. But despite the discrepancies, each version seems to feature siblings trying to expose a nefarious cult devoted to The Entity.

I am currently searching The Rift for the real memories that inspired all these adventures to see how close they are to the actual inspiration. I'm even wondering if Haddie and Jordan are here, trapped in The Entity, and, if they are, I'm hoping their memories will somehow help me find a way out of here. So far, I have found nothing close to a real memory, but I did find another story from Terra 717 in which Haddie discusses a phenomenon she calls 'The Overlap' and which other stories call The Borro, The Coil, The Bleed, etc.

I'm currently keeping extensive notes on the Harbinger stories and their descriptions of The Overlap to see if any of them can give me insight into what this phenomenon actually is. What I've discovered so far is that almost all of these stories describe places where a dark dimension intersects with the world and that these intersections seem to attract tragedy and misfortune. Some of these stories go so far as to claim 'broken' or 'traumatised' people can derive strange abilities from the vibrations emanating from these dark and 'cursed' places. These people can ultimately use The Bleed — my preferred name for the phenomenon — to access knowledge beyond the veil as it were.

The Harbinger series from Terra 719 is also worth noting because the details included by the author seem closest to what we studied back home concerning Ancients and living dimensions, not to mention what I've been able to discover by examining the memories of souls marooned here. Piece by piece, or rather, story by story, I'm getting closer to salvation... or insanity... whichever comes first.

Chamber of Blood. HarbingerFM. Worlds Away. 1.

Haddie entered the small deli in Manhattan, New York, approached a small booth, and plopped an envelope in front of her stepbrother Jordan. He stopped chewing his early morning, scrambled eggs and asked, "What's this supposed to be?"

"I know who our mysterious benefactor is!" Haddie opened the envelope and pulled out a picture of a middle-aged man with salt and pepper hair in a dark suit.

Jordan shrugged. "Who am I looking at?"

"Surin Rivera. He was a sound engineer for a highly classified military project in the Office of Strategic Operations. He experienced a nervous breakdown and was institutionalised for years until he was released under the care of billionaire, philanthropist Kobe Dax. Others in the same program experienced similar breakdowns. One lives close by. The question is... why is Surin helping us?"

Jordan raised his finger and pointed to a man standing behind Haddie. "Why don't you ask him yourself?" Haddie turned to face the man in the picture standing beside her.

Surin took a seat beside Jordan and said, "You need to leave my case alone. I assure you both... You're not ready for what you're prying into."

"And what is that?" Haddie questioned.

Jordan took a small, nervous bite of his eggs and chewed slowly. "Let's not provoke the man, sis. If we're not ready... we're not ready... I'm good with that."

"How do you know our uncle?" Haddie asked when he didn't answer her question. "Why are you helping us? What are these places you're sending us to?"