Travel Diary- Undertow

[skinstealer]

??-??-316, Ligament, Consumption

Today I’ve arrived in Ligament, a small city in Viscera. It’s...surprisingly clean here, but there’s a lot of military presence, and I’m not big on that. I’m not seeing a lot of cult presence aside from that though, which makes me wonder what people were warning me about...from the sound of it, people were getting abducted on the streets out in the open, but it looks like business is conducted pretty cleanly here. 
 

 
Somehow, that just makes me more worried.

There’s no children running around at all, and it looks like there’s no people wandering around in general aside from people going to, presumably, work and whatever other errands they have to work. All business, and stressful business at that. Not a single smile on any faces. Creepy, and very unfriendly.

The buildings are just as unwelcoming, with harsh edges and sharp shapes- everything is pretty much a box, and the closest thing you get to a round shape is the occasional archway inside a room or hall. Concrete dominates the city, and everything feels cold and frigid even when the weather isn’t even relatively bad. I spent time wandering and feeling lost for most of the day, and I can't say that I could ever feel at home in a place like this. 

My hotel room isn’t as organic looking as the last motel, and I feel enclosed, almost as if I’m in a cage. I could not stay in it long, and I’m writing this on a bench- cannot keep my eyes off of the anti-homeless spikes in the process. Horrible shit, but I’m willing to bet it’s a part of this whole...zone “cleanup” movement I keep hearing whispers of. Will have to look into that.

Really, really not liking the vibes of this place.