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December 21st, 2033 2:00 AM
Christmas was just around the corner, and Lake Stevens had pulled out all of the usual stops. Christmas lights adorned nearly every home, many yards, and one house had its lights set to music in a fantastic show that lasted nearly an hour. Carolers still patrolled the streets. The reflections on the lake were a sight that people went out of their way to see. Christmas classics, such as "Silver Bells", played softly over the town's three loudspeakers in the city center.

Lake Stevens was such a small town; even in the last twenty years, its residents hadn't changed all that much. Yes, even after twenty years, the residents still went caroling and hung Christmas lights. Children still believed in Santa Clause. This close to Christmas, and this late at night, however, just about the entire town was still. Children slept in warm beds. A couple or two might snuggle up together on the couch to watch the usual Christmas hubub.

There was no one outside when the light appeared in the sky. It was an odd light; like blue fire, and it made surprisingly little noise. If anyone had been close enough to observe the phenomenon, they would have described the sound it produced as a soft crackling sound.

It made much more noise when it struck the surface of the lake. With a thunderous crack and a flash of light, the stone plowed straight into the center of the lake. With a start, everyone who lived within a mile of the lake was jolted awake, but by the time most people looked out of their windows, all that was left to see was the disturbed waves on the lake's surface. Slowly, people forgot about the incident, writing it off as a dream.

Christmas came and went. The meteorite sat at the bottom of the lake undisturbed. It wasn't until New Years, when a few daring souls braved the icy water for a Polar Bear dive, that anyone was the wiser.

Those who came into contact with the water have begun to notice certain changes in themselves. Some are developing physical abnormalities. Others are noticing mental powers. What sort of changes they see is unique to each person. Afraid of other's reactions, nearly all of these people have hidden these changes and retreated into hiding.

Now, however, the weather is warm. More people go swimming every day. Can they keep hiding? Will they even want to? Times are changing in this sleepy little Washington town....

And those who go swimming, "Swim at Your Own Risk."

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Downtown

In most cities, "downtown" is a fairly large place, home to many businesses and attractions crammed into square spaces between several busy roads.... In Lake Stevens, however, this is not the case. Downtown Lake Stevens is little more than a small cluster of buildings huddled around a single two-lane road at the north end of the lake, and it's almost never busy.... Almost....

Last update in dcfvgbhj by GenericWizard; Jun 28, 2013 15:21:30 GMT -8

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Davie's Beach

Davie's Beach is a thriving center of summer activity, surely the best place in town to go for a swim.... Well not really, the water's kinda murky, there's a bunch of debris littering the lake bed, the local meth dealer runs his business just around the bend, and it's almost always crowded on any day worth swimming on.... Still, it's got a nice dock encircling the swimming area, so that's something.

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