# What is this thing?

**URL:** https://discourse.cataclysmdda.org/t/what-is-this-thing/9490
**Category:** The Bunker
**Created:** [April 27, 2015, 3:09am UTC](https://discourse.cataclysmdda.org/t/what-is-this-thing/9490 "2015-04-27T03:09:07Z")
**Posts on this page:** 4
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### Author: ![Noodles\_of\_Doom](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/flex016/user_avatar/discourse.cataclysmdda.org/noodles_of_doom/32/431_2.png) [@Noodles\_of\_Doom](https://discourse.cataclysmdda.org/u/Noodles_of_Doom)
#### Post date: [April 27, 2015, 3:09am UTC](https://discourse.cataclysmdda.org/t/what-is-this-thing/9490/1 "2015-04-27T03:09:07Z")

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This thingamajig right here:  
 ![](http://i.imgur.com/TpcAlAU.png)

I found this perfectly X-shaped water formation in the middle of a street. It looks disturbingly intentional. Anyone have any idea what it is? Perhaps a coincidence? Or maybe a trap. Maybe there’s something hidden underneath it. I’m afraid to get close to The X, but I feel the need to be near it. Occasionally, I sacrifice 9mm bullets to it just in case it doesn’t get displeased with me. Can anyone shed light on this mysterious X?

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### Author: ![Blaze](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/e274bd/32.png) [@Blaze](https://discourse.cataclysmdda.org/u/Blaze)
#### Post date: [April 27, 2015, 4:03am UTC](https://discourse.cataclysmdda.org/t/what-is-this-thing/9490/2 "2015-04-27T04:03:10Z")

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I believe it’s supposed to symbolize a fountain, like one of those in a city park or something.

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### Author: ![John\_Candlebury](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/flex016/user_avatar/discourse.cataclysmdda.org/john_candlebury/32/6437_2.png) [@John\_Candlebury](https://discourse.cataclysmdda.org/u/John_Candlebury)
#### Post date: [April 27, 2015, 4:47am UTC](https://discourse.cataclysmdda.org/t/what-is-this-thing/9490/3 "2015-04-27T04:47:37Z")

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Yep its a fountain, the game will sometimes generate special “roads” to symbolize plazas when several streets meet, theres also a variation with a small park and benches I think, and a different fontain.

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### Author: ![Noodles\_of\_Doom](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/flex016/user_avatar/discourse.cataclysmdda.org/noodles_of_doom/32/431_2.png) [@Noodles\_of\_Doom](https://discourse.cataclysmdda.org/u/Noodles_of_Doom)
#### Post date: [April 27, 2015, 8:32am UTC](https://discourse.cataclysmdda.org/t/what-is-this-thing/9490/4 "2015-04-27T08:32:32Z")

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> [@Blaze](#):
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> I believe it’s supposed to symbolize a fountain, like one of those in a city park or something.[/quote][quote=“John Candlebury, post:3, topic:9490”]Yep its a fountain

Oh, wow, I shoulda guessed that. Good god I feel so stupid now. Please forgive me folks, I live in a desert environment where we don’t have fountains.