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The City

It’s a college town, and parts of it are quite old. There’s an antique city that has mostly been buried under newer construction over the last fifty years. The central library actually dates back even further, to before the city was founded.

Downtown is dominated by the hand-shaped headquarters of Grupo Mano, which also employs most of the city’s residents and manufactures almost all of its consumer goods (a la KrebStar from Pete and Pete). Sometimes you can find stuff from their competitors, Pied LTD, though.

There’s also a major college which attracts students from all over the world, and that’s sometimes led to strife between the townies and the gownies.

The university has a pond with water that's amazingly clear. No one's sure quite how deep it is, but silvery fish swim in it, and even if you catch some, there always seem to be more of them.

The university also has a large archives section in a deep sub-basement. Unfortunately, water got into it, somehow. It is now a vast underground garden of molds and an amazing variety of fungi, and you really ought to have a respirator if you want to go into it.

Everyone who lives in town has their own, personal pet-- almost always a dog, although there are several cats and mice. These pets are obedient and always stay close to their owners. No one questions where they come from. They accompany their owners everywhere, even to places where animals would not be allowed. No one questions this, either.

The valley behind the city turns golden red around thanksgiving, full of Maple and Oak, and in winter the city is bathed in auroras.