Edgewater
Edgewater is a large city situated on the banks of Lake Felburn in the Pacific Northwest of the United States. On March 15th, 2017 a Rift leading to another world opened in the city and the denizens of that world began to come through. The initial opening of the Rift was accompanied by the sound of something shattering, a crack in the air appearing, and an earthquake that caused considerable damage around the breach. Furthermore, a dense fog surrounded the city and the lake, making it impossible to leave as anyone who tried would simply find themselves returning to the city even though they never turned around.
Within the months following the opening the city descended into chaos and riots as people from both sides tried to make sense of the situation. These were finally quelled by the formation of the Rift Investigation and Containment Taskforce, a governmental agency with the job of researching the Rift and dealing with its accompanying dangers, though opposition groups still exist.
Currently it is 2042, 25 years after the opening, and for the most part people coexist peacefully with each other. However, there are still those who refuse to accept those from the Rift and those who refuse to fit in. Furthermore, Research has made some progress but the cause of the opening is yet unknown, as is how to get back through. This is made especially worrying as there's also no way to prevent more things from coming through, things that aren't always friendly.
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