[ WP ] A portal to a fantasy-like land opens in the middle of New York City and exiles start coming through .

Three days. It's been here for three days and they still ca n't tell us what it is. 
 
 Ca n't or wo n't. 
 
 Sure, there have been press conferences. There have been scientists, priests, and soldiers studying it for days. But not one word on what it is. 
 
 The news channels have simply dubbed it `` The Light''. Their experts have thrown around words like `` cosmic phenomenon'' and `` rare weather occurrence''. The church has called it `` a sign''. 
 
 I thought it was crowded in Times Square on New Year's Eve. This makes that look like the birthday party of a geeky kid in fifth grade. Pilgrams. Revelers. End of timers. How they got here, I'll never know. Planes have been grounded for days and the city has been closed off for the last 48 hours. But everyone wants a glimpse of `` The Light''. 
 
 I'm no exception. 
 
 It's just a ball of light from what I can tell. Ca n't get too close, though. They've got it blocked off for five blocks. 
 
 The mass suicides started yesterday. There's even a webiste that's keeping a count. Well a count of the ones that have been reported. The total is closing in on twelve hundred. It passed the one thousand milestone this morning. I guess it was just too much for them. The worst part was the children they took with them. I can only the excitement the felt when `` The Light'' showed up. Sure makes Santa a lot more plausible. 
 
 I'm going to try to get a little closer. I'd like to see if there's anything more to this, but this damn crowd is like trying to navigate through knee deep mud. And if I hear one more person dressed up as Kirk say `` Beam me up, Scottie. ``, I'm going to lose it. 
 
 Finally. I can see it. Fuck. It's blinding this close. 
 
 What are they doing on the other side? Why did they all just stop moving? It's like the wave in reverse. Silence is spreading around the crowd in an awed hush. 
 
 What are they pointing at. Shit. I knew I should have taken that apartment uptown. There's no way I'll make it over there. 
 
 The fuck is that? Is that a person? Did they come out of `` The Light''? What the hell is happening? It looks like a person. The soldiers are approaching it with their weapons pointed at it. I'm sure they know that whatever it is probably could care less. I mean, come on. They're pushing the crowd back and taking it with them in an armored vehicle. 
 
 It's gone. `` The Light'' is gone. No bang. No bright flash. It just went away. 
 
 What just happened? Guess it's time to wait. 
 
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 Time travel. Time travel is real. At least that's what they're telling us. Apparently `` The Light'' was the portal. The person that came through was from the year 2330. They are not giving a lot of details other than `` The Traveler'', as hes been dubbed by the media, had a message about an incident that will occur in the future that we need to be aware of. That's it. That's all we know so far.
