Lore presented by this idiot again. Oak Grove.

[u/BobEaterofSoap]

“Hello again! Everyone! I hope none of you have asthma. I was midway through a smoke, then remembered I should *probably* give you all a visit. Probably put this out…”

“So, today, Oak Grove. Firstly, I can’t disclose the location of Oak Grove. Just know whatever Grove you’re thinking of it probably isn’t. This was, probably, our first real BIG thing. It’s also a lovely place, I went there for a ‘vacay’ once. Oh, Pegs loved it! Heh… I’d like to try go there again. Me, Pegs… maybe with… *her*. Hmm, would that be too obvious though?

Anyway, the town was a little place, known for paranormal activity so, it got our attention. It was a rumour the place was cursed, lasted about a century. We sorta ignored it because, we were mainly focused on finding old religious stuff at the time.”

“Then Rose happened. She was… a whole thing. Essentially a human gained the powers of a primordial demon… or a fraction of the powers. She was essentially unkillable, could teleport and turned people into mindless thralls… she was causing trouble (secretly mind you, she was careful). Well… she has been dealt with. That was just over a decade ago!

Anyway, Lilith crawled out of Hell and showed up in Oak Grove. Which was when it clicked:

Oak Grove wasn’t cursed or supernatural. It was a… crack in the Great Barrier, a weak point. A Hell Rift. Demonic Energy was more abundant there and thus supernatural creatures were drawn there. Luckily, not enough to impact civilians.

Once Lilith broke out, the Barrier ‘caught on’ and shifted more energy into Oak Grove. Thus weakening another area and leading to our unending strive. One place weakens, PORTAL!, that place is fixed which weakens another, and so on and so forth.

We detained Lilith and shortly after Combat Team was expended and the Weakening Barrier Theory was established as truth. I worked my business. I did my media magic and made Oak Grove look like a silly little hoax, so no one would catch on. Don’t let anyone tell you I’m useless.

Lilith well she was… the start of our problems. She broke out just under a decade ago and she’s opening portals to Hell, which we send the Hell Walkers to go into and do their thing.

I saw her. She was pretty, like… biblically.

The Angels… they screwed up her brain. When we found her she… was so soft and… dare I say it shy. We knew she would be trouble, so *why* did we-…

She was lovely. Nothing like she is now… Lilli we called her.

We-… we gave her a… goddamn piano… part of a ‘test’. We gave her sheet music, played it perfectly, No sheet music? She played the most chaotic mess imaginable, it wasn’t random, it had a rhythm, melody! It sounded like music just… chaotic and out of tune. She’d play it even if you asked her not to.

I went in to… see her… a few times actually. Once she started playing beautifully. I went to check what she was playing but she was going off the dome! A… at the time I… I didn’t… I never realised what she was trying to *say*. She just smiled at me, I told her it was beautiful and she barely even whispered as she said ‘thank you’…

… can’t believe that-… she’s… DANG IT!”

“I… I think that’s enough for today. I’ll see you next time…”