Board Thread:General Discussion/@comment-25402021-20140927072258/@comment-25402021-20140930154926

   The mayor in power 62 years ago was notorious for many things, among them the overtly complex sewage system he installed. The sewage is complicated to a ridiculous level, with multiple layers of the sewage connected by literally thousands of tunnels, each connecting to another desolate corner of the sewage. To make matters worse, the sewer map was lost after the unfortunate fire that annihilated a portion of the city’s archives about 40 years ago. The fire wiped out the information related to the sewers so completely that it was common knowledge among Mycaelians that nobody in the world has anywhere close to a thorough understanding of the sewers. A few attempts of mapping out the sewage system were made, but ultimately the mapmakers were only able to map out the first layer of the sewage. Fortunately enough, the city is running well using only this small portion of the sewer.

Because of this lack of knowledge, being a city sewage worker is a dangerous job, and few workers ever step outside of the small area they are responsible of. Well, and because of some incidents related to the sewers… Years ago, the more adventurous individuals would go explore the unmapped area of the sewers. People tend to bring tales of skittering creatures and mysterious aquatic animals, along with a few pieces of rusted metal. Two decades ago however, a group of people who went into the unchartered areas of the sewers disappeared. A rescue group was sent to fetch them but the group never returned, and the only thing it brought back was a radio message filled with static and what sounded like muffled shouts and gurgles. The then current mayor ultimately decided that nobody will go into the unchartered areas of the sewage, and proceeded to make an effort to seal off the unchartered areas. However, due to the sheer complexity of the sewer, the city government gave up two years later.

Indeed, the underground of Mycaelis isn’t nearly as ordinary as most suspects, and indeed, a number of people, or more rather…things…for a lack of better word, have comprehensive knowledge of the city’s sewer systems. The city government believes that there are six “floors” in the sewers, linked together by a complex system of tunnels. That’s actually quite far from the truth. There is a seventh floor to the sewer, connected by a single tunnel in the sixth floor that mingles among an intersection of tunnels of maze-like complexity. In that floor exists a large elevator that connects the city sewers to an underground chasm of even greater complexity. Furthermore, life lurks down in the sewers, life much more intelligent than underground fish, insects, and rodents. They seem to operate the unchartered quarters themselves, successfully hiding themselves from the above ground for decades. What is more alarming is that organic movement is detectable in the chasm below the sewers, yet life is undetectable.