"Huh! I haven't heard of it as a center of the occult, here."

"Partly that was a function of its size."

She nods. "Small towns were more prone to occult activity, here."

"That seems... narratively appropriate, if nothing else."

Laugh. "Was Massachusetts also a hotbed of nonsense in your world?"

"Not so much. Different genres, I suspect."

Snicker. "Was occult Massachusetts eldritch nonsense ever a genre?"

"Lovecraft. Stephen King. Though I suppose you diverged before those."

"I don't recognize either name, no."

"Their stories often involve eldritch beings from beyond the edge of reality summoned to a New England town."

"Huh. 'Eldritch beings from beyond the edge of reality' actually sounds fairly accurate on some accounts..."

"Perhaps they were relaying extradimensional histories."

"Perhaps!" She laughs, a bit loudly. "I wonder if we have any bizarrely accurate tales!"

"That would indicate something odd going on."

"You were postulating intelligent design earlier..."

"A transuniversal designer would be a step beyond even that."

She nods. "Either that, or - ones able to look into other worlds?"

"Alas, the one god we have challenged thus far did not deign to respond."

"Perhaps we merely need to keep looking."

"If such beings do exist, I'm sure we will find them eventually."

"It'll be a fun meantime, regardless..."

"It always is with you."

Eeeee!

She gives her girlfriend a quick kiss.

"For the benefit of those of use unfamiliar with this or other New York Cities, what is there to do here?"

"Lots of really nice nightlife! I haven't been here before, but there's supposed to be some amazing music clubs - jazz is popular, and you could do to a different club every hour and a different set every night for a month and not go to the same one twice."