The Aquarians
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Last published Wed, Nov 22, 2017
Sometimes people look into a lake and feel like they're looking into a whole new world. They look at the night sky and feel a sense of otherness wash over them like a wave. Like there was something else. Something they weren't quite seeing, something they knew shouldn't be there, couldn't be there, but still felt like it was. They were right. It means they were marked. That they were touched by one of them, the travelers. They're the ones who can travel between the realms, the parts of this world that can be common or scarce whispers, you're marked when you catch their attention. The travelers are rebelling and it is our job to stop it.
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