Effective: Circa. Always
Last Reviewed: 3:17am by someone who swore never to look at it again
1. General Terms of Use
1.1. By accessing this website, you agree to absolutely everything written here, including that which may be invisible, conditional, or embedded only in the floorboards beneath your current location.
1.2. StormCroft.com is maintained by a loose confederation of archivists, volunteers, automatists, and certain reclaimed devices. Accuracy is not guaranteed, nor is chronology, logic, or linearity.
1.3. You must be at least 12 years old in standard time or 40 years in Echo Years™ (as defined in Appendix 9).
2. Material Use & Copyright (Curses May Apply)
2.1. All materials — including images, films, whispers, flickers, and artefacts — are the intellectual and metaphysical property of StormCroft.
2.2. Copying, redistributing, or otherwise replicating said materials, in whole or in fragmented echo, may result in legal action, spiritual confusion, or auditory visitation.
2.3. Requests for permission must be written in ink and placed under a cold brass object overnight. If the message remains visible by morning, we’ll consider your request.
3. Special Notice: Subterranean Railway Usage
3.1. Access to the Subterranean Railway Network (SRN) is limited to credentialed personnel, those in possession of the Rosewood Key, and Princetown Nominees (pre-1956 only).
3.2. Timetables for the SRN are theoretical. Departures may be sudden, partial, or reversed.
3.3. Do not disembark at Platform Grey unless instructed to do so by a uniformed agent or a persistent knocking sound.
4. The Princetown Railway Company
4.1. StormCroft acknowledges the historic relevance of the Princetown Railway Company, although its trains have not operated since 1956 and were never known to pass through living towns.
4.2. Any references to active sidings, phantom locomotives, or third-class tickets to non-Euclidian halts are to be regarded as metaphor, warning, or sincere invitation, depending on weather conditions.
4.3. Survivors of the 1949 Inventory Diversion are entitled to a complimentary reorientation token, redeemable at select halts.
5. Transmission Protocol
5.1. Messages sent via contact forms may be stored, archived, ritually sealed, or simply misfiled beneath a teacup.
5.2. Replies will be issued only on Thursdays, or in the event of loud silence.
5.3. We do not respond to queries submitted through Ouija boards, unless properly formatted.
5.4. Contacting StormCroft (If You Absolutely Must)
Should you feel compelled — by necessity, curiosity, or ill-advised ritual — to contact the curators of this archive, you may do so via admin@stormcroft.com.
Please observe the following conditions:
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All messages must begin with a formal salutation or a whispered apology
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Avoid asking questions you’re not prepared to have unanswered
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Include your last known geographic coordinates and the approximate age of your oldest clock
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Do not, under any circumstances, attach photographs taken underground after 11pm
Please be advised:
StormCroft reserves the right to respond cryptically, late, or not at all. In the rare event that a reply is issued, you are not permitted to forward it, reproduce it, or read it aloud near reflective surfaces.
Multiple emails may result in:
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Being added to The Waiting List (no one knows for what)
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Sudden drafts where there should be no windows
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A formal note in your personal archive (which you may not access)
If you receive a reply with the subject line “RE: You Knocked”, close the message and log off immediately.
6. Warnings & Disclaimers
6.1. Viewing this website may induce mild déjà vu, ocular static, or the sensation of being overheard.
6.2. StormCroft accepts no responsibility for:
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Chrono-slip
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Repetitive mnemonic patterns
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Sudden suspicion
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Excessive interest in floorboard acoustics
6.3. Please do not feed the Archivists.
6.4. Please do not remove tagged artefacts, even if they whisper your name.
7. Useless Appendices (Consult if You Must)
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Appendix I: A glossary of terms no longer in circulation
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Appendix IV: A timetable of abandoned concepts (cross-referenced with misfiled dreams)
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Appendix XIII: Reserved for silence
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Appendix Null: Missing
8. Final Clause
Should any part of these terms be found unlawful, contradictory, or metaphysically unsound, the clause shall revert to its original handwritten version, stored beneath Vault B with the waxed relics and the No. 12 chalk.
By proceeding, you acknowledge that StormCroft is not responsible for echoes that do not match.