Mystery location L, or the watchtower, sits on a flat bit of the highest cliffs in the northeastern corner of the containment zone, visible from the town and perhaps even farther. From a distance, it looks somewhat like a large stone lighthouse with no light.
The climb to reach the tower is quite precarious, with loose stones and earth making it easy to lose one's footing on the segments with path, and at times it's a legitimate climb up the face of sections of cliff (albeit short ones, a few yards of climbing with areas to rest in between). The last stretch is the most precarious, so here's hoping you discover the stairs (intact but in disrepair) tucked against the cliff back near where it intersects with the barrier.
The tower is made from mossy stone bricks, and stretches multiple stories high. A door exists on the cliff-facing side, padlocked in place but otherwise rotting away as wood is wont to do.
Rather than darkness, the tower is relatively filled with daylight. This is because far above, the place you might expect a ceiling is open to the sky. in fact, the entire interior of the tower feels more 'outside' than 'inside', damp and mossy and cold. A staircase spirals up the center of the tower, windows open to the empty central column (look out - there aren't any guardrails, either), and a scattering of doors can be found along the wall facing the outside of the tower. some are locked or immobile, and some even look as if they're not even functional, but rather, carved into the stone for decoration - but others do open, revealing various musty rooms fitted between the spiral staircase and the outer wall, long and narrow and curved, with furniture styled much older than that found anywhere else in the containment zone. No personal items can be found in any of these rooms, however.
The top of the staircase opens up to a sort of rooftop balcony, from which all of the containment zone can be seen, as well as quite a bit beyond that. But wait! We can't forget to talk about the door at the top of the stairs.
It's the only door in the entire tower which sits open when you arrive, ajar just a crack. Inside appears to have been a sort of hideaway. Blankets have been nailed up along the walls, newspapers stuffed behind them, for added insulation. The floor and furnishings are ittered with notes and papers in indecipherable script (it's hard to tell if the language is unfamiliar or the handwriting and shorthand are just that illegible), with an old CB radio sitting on the desk.
and then *I* forgot to do the thing
The climb to reach the tower is quite precarious, with loose stones and earth making it easy to lose one's footing on the segments with path, and at times it's a legitimate climb up the face of sections of cliff (albeit short ones, a few yards of climbing with areas to rest in between). The last stretch is the most precarious, so here's hoping you discover the stairs (intact but in disrepair) tucked against the cliff back near where it intersects with the barrier.
The tower is made from mossy stone bricks, and stretches multiple stories high. A door exists on the cliff-facing side, padlocked in place but otherwise rotting away as wood is wont to do.
Rather than darkness, the tower is relatively filled with daylight. This is because far above, the place you might expect a ceiling is open to the sky. in fact, the entire interior of the tower feels more 'outside' than 'inside', damp and mossy and cold. A staircase spirals up the center of the tower, windows open to the empty central column (look out - there aren't any guardrails, either), and a scattering of doors can be found along the wall facing the outside of the tower. some are locked or immobile, and some even look as if they're not even functional, but rather, carved into the stone for decoration - but others do open, revealing various musty rooms fitted between the spiral staircase and the outer wall, long and narrow and curved, with furniture styled much older than that found anywhere else in the containment zone. No personal items can be found in any of these rooms, however.
The top of the staircase opens up to a sort of rooftop balcony, from which all of the containment zone can be seen, as well as quite a bit beyond that. But wait! We can't forget to talk about the door at the top of the stairs.
It's the only door in the entire tower which sits open when you arrive, ajar just a crack. Inside appears to have been a sort of hideaway. Blankets have been nailed up along the walls, newspapers stuffed behind them, for added insulation. The floor and furnishings are ittered with notes and papers in indecipherable script (it's hard to tell if the language is unfamiliar or the handwriting and shorthand are just that illegible), with an old CB radio sitting on the desk.