The Curiosity Pilgrimage begins

Welcome to Slabtown Hollow, a quaint and peculiar town where time meanders, roofs lean in disagreement, and everyone knows whether or not you enjoy parsnips. Once famed for its invention of the Dust Whifflometer in 1687 by the eccentric Jasper Quibblethorb, the town has since embraced obscurity with quiet pride. Dust-spotting remains the local sport, and innovation is viewed mostly as a historical anecdote.

In Slabtown Hollow, fences aren’t built to keep things out — they’re built to remind folks not to stray. Books are filed by confusion level, shelved upside down, and left to ferment into mystery. No one comes. No one goes. And the elders — who meet in the Hall of Occasional Concerns — ensure it stays that way, discussing matters like the monthly silence schedule with great gravitas.

You are a curious soul in a town allergic to change. A watcher of wind and birdsong, you dream not of dust, but of dragons. A strange noise in your garden sets things in motion. A cryptic book, Diary of a Pilgrim, speaks of a long-abandoned ritual: the Curiosity Pilgrimage to a place called Seven Mile Bottom — a journey once taken by those seeking inspiration, discovery, and the forgotten thrill of the unknown.

With reluctant approval from the elders — on the condition you fund your own folly — you set out to revive this ancient rite. You are the protagonist, the first in generations to leave Slabtown Hollow.

The Curiosity Pilgrimage begins. What will you uncover in Seven Mile Bottom?