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Opal Ghosts

Summary

Rainbow coloured ghosts with stretched out faces dance outside the elevator's windows to beckon its victims closer.
— a speculant retelling an interpretation at a bar 

Historical Basis

Loss Consciousness

Commuters on certain transits through the opal portal have reported a 3% rate of experiencing lost time while on board.

Unexplained Deaths

Of the 3% total victims, around 0.001% will die, with no clear cause.

Spread

It is common for revelers, businesspersons and runaways to boast of many exaggerated, or outright lies, of ones experiences going through the portal.   They either talk of:
  • incredible time dilation
  • exotic hallucinations
  • creature encounters
  • or nothing at all.
  • Variations & Mutation

    Opal World
    Geographic Location | Aug 24, 2024

    Infiltrator

    Paranoid residents from the opal cities spread horror stories of vampiric beings boarding the elevators like any other person to roam the halls and compartments for prey.
    Perron Barren
    Geographic Location | Aug 10, 2022

    Hunting Grounds

    On the ghost end of the portal, some suspect a more predatory ethereal stalks the imperceptible rim inside the opal transit.
    Miasmic Astral
    Geographic Location | May 4, 2022

    Natural Phenomenon

    The Opal Union goes to great lengths to assure its customers of the safety in its elevator service. So pushes hard that anything unforseen is natural.

    Cultural Reception

    The Opal Queen is the spokesperson and leader of the Opal Union. It is so influential a position as to be comparable to the head of state of the entire of Miasmic Astral.
    There is no statistically significant data to suggest any kind of purposeful intent.
    — Opal President
     

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    Cover image: Soul Effects by Jesse Daniel

    Comments

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    Aug 17, 2022 13:58

    I love a good ghost story. And space portal ghosts are a nice variation!
    The 0.001% of travellers dying when using the portal remembers me of the "Hitchhikers Guide".

    Have a look at my entries for:

    -Worldanvils: Institutions of Learning
    -Worldanvils: SUMMER CAMP