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You got on the wrong bus and ended up in a remote town where things seemed a little... odd.

You brought a bag of salt with you on your wanderings, because salt was said to protect from what comes out at night.

You are the protagonist of a novel-in-progress. Your author is experiencing intense writer's block. You decide to have a word with the author to shake them out of it.

Wearing dirty jeans and a flannel shirt, a lone traveller shows up at a village on a day they happen to be hosting their annual fall festival. The year is 1800.

They were muttering gibberish to themselves while working, not knowing they were actually about to cast a spell.

People are limited to just three lies in their lifetime.

One day you begin to realize that you're living one of your recurring dreams.

On their 16th birthday, people are told what their magical power is.

Myth tells of a river that erases a person's memory if they drink from it. Grieving people have been searching for it forever.

Memory Lane is a real place.

Late at night, at an empty 24-hour laundromat, someone reaches into a dryer to pull the last of their clothes out. Instead, something grabs their arm and pulls them in.

It was said there was an island far away where all lost things ended up. And you had just found it.

It was just a regular Monday and you were on your way to work: a retirement home for superheroes.

Everyone in the world has the ability to read minds, except for you. However, you're also the only person whose mind can't be read.

Every so often, people have to empty their dream catchers.

Every morning, your clock displays a percentage to tell you how eventful your day is going to be, 0% meaning as uneventful as possible. Today, your clock says 100%.

Bottled emotions are a product you can buy.

A wizarding student had used their summer break to travel to the ancient castle that had once been home to the first and most powerful wizard.

A week ago, two moons had appeared in the night sky. Every night since, both moons continued to appear and people had seemed a little... off.

A wedding of one magic and one non-magic person. Both with large families who are skeptical of the other family. How does the day go?

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