Story:Invisible Cities/Lyra

Cities and Strange Happenings
Some places, no matter how mundane, seem to have a magnetic attraction. Lyra is one of these cities. When approaching her, she seems to just be a little town cradled by a lake. Farmlands at one foot and a college at the other. It lacks a train or an airport, so navigation is all done by foot or by car.

Though Lyra may seem isolated, she’s quite active in a number of ways.

Lyra contains within her a breath of life rarely seen outside her limits. Life that many within her may not fully realize exists. Yet, they chronicle every happening. From rabbits and hounds turned men, to ducks turned to vampires. It is a place where businessmen embezzling company funds for archaeology, clay figurines come to life, and a nest of mages hide in plain sight.

Yet much of the populous is acutely ignorant of the going ons of their town. They simply go about their daily life in a typical small town. Even those with abilities can go their whole lives without knowing the nature of their power. Be those powers based on gemstones, calling upon myths of old, or asking spirits to aid them.

Lyra is a dull place to be for these people. They see only a place where people are born, leave, and return when they grow old. Little more than the strange siren calls from the lake catch their attention. Though thankfully they have the modern conveniences to entertain them, as well as a thriving arcade boasting it’s new virtual reality robot game.

Worry not, dear traveler, for if you visit her Lyra will welcome you. Do good for Lyra and she will do good for you. Enjoy her lakeside park, her forests, and her college. Embrace the normal and the supernatural can be easily ignored. Lyra will become a normal place again to any who wish it.

But for those who wish to seek out the true face of Lyra it is just as simple. Take a seat at the local diner, grab a newspaper, and read the Conspiracy Column it keeps up. Lyra and her people love chattering about the strange going ons. And while you’re relaxing in that small restaurant keep an eye out for any brand of otherworldly being may come in and relax with you.