Written for 31 Days on Livejournal.
Title: Law of the Land
Day/Theme: June 2, 2011 - Mendacious and delusive streets.
Series: Silent Hill
Character/Pairing: Silent Hill, unspecified villagers
Rating: G
Warnings: Tiny spoiler for Silent Hill 3 and Origins.
Author's Note: I love all of the protagonists, but the town of Silent Hill is my favourite character all by itself.
The people of Silent Hill have long had certain rules. They aren't written down and are rarely spoken of, but most newcomers soon pick up on them, or else die.
Lock your doors and stay indoors when the ash falls.
Never question the Order.
Above all, don't trust anything or anyone, least of all the town itself.
Silent Hill hates with a fury that seeps through the air, and those foolish enough to trust it are consumed whole.
A small patch of fog on a seemingly normal road can conceal enormous chasms, killing all who wander near.
Wooden fences sprout wicked barbs overnight.
Life always slips back into a macabre routine. People who badmouth the Order are left strewn about the town.
Strangers enter the town and kill dozens in fits of madness, even as the townsfolk themselves are driven by a strange force to attack without reason.
Time goes on, and the old façade of a tourist town continues, luring visitors with beauty and killing them when they close their eyes.
The citizens of Silent Hill no longer care for the outsiders.
Rules are rules, and should never be broken, lest the Town take its revenge on them all.