Bordertown, Same as it Never Was

In Bordertown, the Cutoff was not unnoticed, but it was not much of a cause for concern. Most citizens of Bordertown had no interest in returning to the World or the Realm. It was mostly in the outlying boroughs that the news spread.

Traders, Elven explorers or human runaways having second thoughts found themselves unable to remember the way to the World. Upon approaching where the Borderlands ended and the World began, they would go into a kind of fugue state and wander back to town. Some would lose all memory of who they were until encountering a familiar enough landmark.

Some who heard about it took it in stride. Some panicked. The biggest worry however came from the border to the Realm.

The gate was closed. Elves and Halfies attempting to cross felt as if they struck an electric fence, that forced them back. The latest news from Faerie was that Corwyn had been defeated by a mysterious group that the Queen had recruited. Dragontown resident Eli was rumored to have been among them, but he wasn't talking. Many believed that Corwyn had done something to the border, closing the Realm off from the Borderlands for all time.

Meanwhile a six year old halfie girl with uncanny magical ability painted a message in paint she had summoned from the ether; “how about learn to draw genus”. She painted it at the base of a plaster statue of an Asian Prince in response to a tag that said simply “Bordertown Lives”.

This girl, Rabbit by name, was not worried. She knew when the cutoff would lift and the worlds would be re-connected. She was off by half a day.

Somewhere in the offices of Portalocity, something went *twing*. And someone looked and said; "Huh."

Two weeks after the borders had closed, they reopened. And Bordertown found itself besieged by “noobs”, bringing with them new songs, new fashions, new toys, and new stories.

[I wound up getting jossed about when the Bordertown books took place. Ah well. Leda's friends? Y'all got a bunch of missed calls on yer phones.]