EDM swallows the caverns that form the club carved into the mountain. Lights flare and people dance amidst the dark stone.

Your roommate had warned you that her town had a darker energy than most, due to its history and spiritual traditions, but you’d brushed it off. But, four days in, the feeling of being watched was starting to get to you, along with everything you had noticed about the town that seemed a little off. She’d brought you you to their best rave, carved into natural caverns underneath the town, hoping you could let loose and forget about the strangeness. You just needed to adjust, she said. But there was another culture shock.

Masks. A group of a dozen or so people wore scarily detailed wood-carved animal masks, and nobody seemed bothered. In fact, several people seemed to be vying for their attention, to varying degrees of success.