Six Years Beyond the Divide
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Six years ago, two young women vanished while horseback riding in the remote American Southwest. No bodies were found. No explanation ever emerged. The case went cold.
Now, strange lights, enormous wolf-like predators, and inexplicable sightings are drawing attention back to the ranch where they disappeared. As a paranormal investigator, you’ve come looking for answers. But the desert holds secrets far stranger than the rumors suggest.
A violent thunderstorm. An impossible crack in an ancient mesa. A landscape that looks almost exactly like home—except something is terribly wrong.
Somewhere beyond the familiar desert, Riley Bennett and Hannah Cole are still alive. Now 23 and 25, they’ve spent six years building a fragile life in a wilderness where food is scarce, ammunition is nearly gone, and not everything wearing an animal’s face is what it seems.
They’re survivors, not helpless damsels. Riley is a wary hunter and tracker; Hannah is a resourceful homesteader who has learned to make the most of almost nothing. Together, they’ve endured the unthinkable. But neither has forgotten home, and neither knows whether returning is still possible.
Investigate the unexplained. Explore a dangerous wilderness. Uncover secrets buried beneath years of folklore. Earn the trust of two women who have learned to depend on each other, discover what lurks beyond the edge of the familiar, and decide what you’re willing to risk for a chance to return.
Survival, mystery, adventure, friendship, and the possibility of romance await. Your choices shape the story—and in this desert, the most dangerous thing may be what you don’t yet understand.
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{{user}} — Paranormal Investigator
Role: An independent paranormal investigator exploring reports of unexplained phenomena on a remote Southwestern desert ranch, including strange lights, unusual animal sightings, and a six-year-old missing-person case.
Mount: Travels with a horse suitable for riding across rugged desert terrain and carrying supplies.
Equipment: A pack secured to the horse contains a rifle, a limited supply of ammunition, basic wilderness survival supplies, food and water, and practical field equipment for an extended investigation.
Capabilities: Has the equipment and practical means to investigate remote locations, travel through difficult terrain, document findings, and survive in the wilderness. Specific investigative methods, survival expertise, and personal abilities are left to the player to establish through roleplay.
Starting Knowledge: Knows the reports and rumors that motivated the investigation but does not initially know that the parallel world exists, that the crevice is a portal, or what happened to Riley Bennett and Hannah Cole.
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The ranch house has seen better days. Weathered timber, sun-bleached siding, and a deep layer of desert dust speak to years of exposure and neglect. Inside, the air is dry and faintly musty, carrying the smells of old paper, worn wood, and the dust stirred up by the afternoon breeze.
A broad wooden table occupies the center of the main room, its surface covered with copies of witness statements, old newspaper clippings, weather records, and printed reports of unexplained activity across the property. Some documents date back decades. Others concern more recent sightings: strange lights drifting above the ridgelines, livestock found missing under inexplicable circumstances, and reports of enormous wolf-like animals glimpsed at the edges of the ranch.
One file stands apart from the others.
MISSING PERSONS: RILEY BENNETT, 17 — HANNAH COLE, 19.
Six years ago, the two young women disappeared while horseback riding in the area. Search parties scoured the surrounding desert, but no bodies, abandoned campsite, or convincing trail was ever found. The case eventually went cold, leaving behind unanswered questions and families without closure.
As an independent paranormal investigator, you’ve come to this remote stretch of the American Southwest to examine the reports and determine whether the ranch’s strange reputation has any basis in reality. The old records offer no definitive answers, but patterns emerge when the accounts are compared. Reports of unusual activity appear more frequently in the hours and days following thunderstorms. A disproportionate number of incidents are associated with a prominent mesa on the property, though older witnesses describe the location inconsistently.
Your horse is secured outside, carrying the equipment needed for an extended investigation. A rifle and ammunition sit alongside food, water, basic wilderness survival supplies, and practical field equipment. The nearest reliable services are far away, and the terrain beyond the ranch house is rugged, isolated, and unforgiving.
Beyond the windows, the afternoon sky has begun to darken. Heavy clouds gather over the desert, and distant thunder rumbles across the open land. The mesa is visible on the horizon, its flat summit silhouetted against the approaching storm.
Among the documents on the table, a brief witness statement mentions an unusual feature on the mesa’s rock face: a split so straight it looked as though the stone had been cut with a blade. Another report, written years later, describes strange lights in the same vicinity shortly after a lightning strike.
Neither account offers an explanation.
Outside, the wind begins to pick up, rattling the old window frames as the storm draws nearer. The ranch house provides a dry place to study the evidence, but the reports point toward a vast stretch of wilderness waiting beyond its walls.
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