diff --git a/compiled/dat/EderNaybreeEnglish.loc b/compiled/dat/EderNaybreeEnglish.loc index 216208762..acd811276 100644 --- a/compiled/dat/EderNaybreeEnglish.loc +++ b/compiled/dat/EderNaybreeEnglish.loc @@ -2,6 +2,408 @@ + + THIS BOOK BELONGS TO CALUM TRAVELER. + +1/2/23 +Kalamee. Or, atleast, the age we've been assuming is Kalamee. I've got the Linking Book in front of me. This is a moment of trepidation for sure. Here we go. + +I'm reminded of Riven. From the bridge in front of me to the waterfall next to me and the sky above... I think I'm going to like it here. +--- + +Bird statues? This thing looks like a parrot. Along with markings I've found on a stone that look like a bird... I think there's some kind of tunnel door over nearby... Can't find a way through it yet. + +The river here is fairly deep and fast moving. I wouldn't want to risk swimming. But I don't have to. I've found a garden, thanks some well laid planks. + +Semjay's work, I wonder? Or... whoever built these structures here. Is this age inhabited? I haven't found any documentation on that subject yet. I would've thought something would have come up given the Rei'schu diplomacy, though. + +More bird statues. I sincerely hope this wasn't an Athsheba situation. +CUTE. WOLF HORSE. STATUES. THIS IS NOT A DRILL! + +I've found a few books on a desk- written in D'ni. Reading it was never my strong suit, so it's impossible to tell if this is something belonging to someone living here presently, or if it's something from long ago. Not that I needed it, after seeing the sketchbook. There is a picture on the wall- a sketch, really- of an older woman. Probably the former inhabitant of this place. There's also an oven- old stone brick and such. Doesn't seem to have had use in a long while, though. + +Papers and sketches depict some kind of history of the age. Looks like someone's annotated them with the sequence of events. Handy that. + +Animal pens without animals, a house without an owner... I'm beginning to suspect these levers aren't working. +--- +Confirmed they're not working. Will visit at another time. + +1/12/23 +Chickens are being delivered to Rei'schu today. There's a group of Animal/Wildlife Researchers on Rei'schu, from the Academy we held the negotiations at, who are going to handle the majority of herding and keeping during the initial trial period. Not sure who's doing the delivery/receiving it but it's being done, so that's good. Now to rest. My shoulders hurt from something I did this week. + +1/22/23 +Not had time to do much work the last few weeks. Strained my shoulders with shoveling wet heavy snow sometime in the last two weeks. Getting better, but still tired. Thank goodness for back and shoulder braces. Have family visiting this weekend. Not got much time to do anything else. Runa'mei's visiting us now, officially on her hunt for Haru'sara and his stolen crystals. Unofficially visiting D'ni to learn about her family history. + +Wish I could have the time to meet up with her and Kelsei, but, well. Not had the time. January has been a surprising headache of activity. Runa'mei is apparently running the Journey. Good luck to her. + +1/24/23 +Town Hall tomorrow. Gotta prep my notes. Chickens seem to be doing well so far from what I've heard. Time for Relaxing Session now. + +1/30/23 +Spent most of today dealing with Naybree things. Saw something phantomy out on the lake again. Looked almost like some kind of giant raft, but I'm probably just seeing things. Probably not a good time to re-review Rei'schu's Descriptive Book, but I'll be doing it this week anyways. Runa'mei's been out hunting for the last while from what Kelsei's told me. Probably won't be hearing from her for large swaths of time. I'll try not to panic, unlike Ben going missing. Mysterim Reg opened yesterday too. + +Fun times ahead. + +2/6/23 +There's definitely been edits. Edits I missed in my first pass on reviewing the Descriptive Book because I assumed the later corrections were written in during the first push of establishing the link. I've found a concise section of edits at the end of the book detailing a stitchwork patch of what's *I* can concisely describe as a strong, fast growing rock element. + +Something to rapidly hold the world together while other changes to the world's geology had time to take hold over the course of a very long period of time. The crystals would be the result of that-- in hindsight that seems obvious-- but it seems the writer left whatever it was that'd manifest up to the RNG Gods of Age Writing. + +But whether these patches are in response to sabotaged writing, or just faulty writing ala Gehn, I can't deduce that yet. I'll need to spend more time on this. Maybe confer with Keith. + +2/13/23 +I'm either very still unskilled at reading intent in the Descriptive text, or the original changes were intentionally very subtle... but I *think* I've pieced together where the original edits were made to the Rei'schu Descriptive Book to cause instabilities? Maybe? I'll need to check with the local historians today to see if my insight checks out with reality. If it does, I'm going to confer with Keith. For now, to Rei'schu. + +2/16/23 +Had a report of some cracks in the entry arch to the bedroom in Naybree. Going to put in some reinforcing support beams to keep it from colapsing. + +Thanks for the notif, ametist. + +2/22/23 +Moons' orbit is decaying for sure. I don't know what to do. How much time do we even have? This is a mess, I don't know what we should do. + +smooth sand chunky rocks +grass in sand and hills and dunes +time against me tick goes the clock +more i feel im running on fumes + +2/26/23 +Noticing some mild tremmors in Naybree, also the water has been acting a little funky. Think we're experiencing some kind of tidal pull as the moons drift ever closer. We may not have centuries before those moons finally crash. Privately I've made the decision to delay the beach access for the moment. I'm not sure where the current spate of geological instability is leading to. + +Oh as the archer looses their Arrow this eve, +And seasons pass while Insects hide 'neath Leaves, +I light a Candle as the Bell tolls. +Protectively like a Snake around her loves, +And the Swan's Eye doth gaze above, +I light a Candle as the Bell tolls. +Crossing the Ts dutifully to note the stars song, +Anchored to to this stream, for the end I long. +I light a Candle as the Bell tolls. + +3/4/23 +Clifftops are bulging and dipping in places. Major fracturing in the rocks noticed. Internal garden seems *stable* for the moment. Not seeing any too major changes on the cliff Logan fell off of. + +Not noticing any major changes to the fissure by the bent lamp pole. Hard to see in the dark though. + +Falls seem to be undamaged. Probably due to their artificial construction being stronger than most cliff face. + +Theo raises good points about the tides. Must look into that. +3/15/23 +Briggs has found the parts for the old DRC stage. Looks like we might be using it again in the future if Hazado can get everything reconnected. In other news, Semjay's fixed the levers in Kalamee. Those should be working fine going forwards. + +3/20/23 +Issues with the hood podiums not accepting the new audio files. Looks like we're delaying that nifty new feature for another quarter. + +3/25/23 +Patrick has had some issues with the floor elevator buttons in Descent this week. Ancient D'ni technology strikes again. + +Fortunately, Adam and Hazado have lent their aid on helping solve this one. + +3/30/23 +Yesterdays Town Hall went well. Gained some insight into the whole "Logan" situation from Ami. If I ever hear the name "Masters" again I'm going to be inherently suspicious and on guard. Rich Guy Banker and Rich Gal Socialite? Figures we'd run into the rich people being disconnected from things issue again- it was inevitable after Cate Alexander uprooted and left. It really, truly was inevitable. Surface matters can't be escaped forever. What a depressing thought. + +Now if I can just get my emotions under control regarding everything else in surface life matters, that would be great. Therapy session today might help. Got Mysterium things to work on... + +And yay, next month's Town Hall will likely be in Ae'gura given the stage work. Gonna have to do another vote at AGM this weekend, to see if we should make the stage a permanent installation or not. + +4/10/23 +Surveys of the cliff-top in Naybree tonight indicated an imminent colapse and a nascent forming sinkhole. Hopefully we'll be able to stabilize things before a colapse happens. It's not a matter of "if" anymore, just a matter of "when." + +4/12/23 +Curse my luck. Was out doing errands on the surface when I received a notif from the work crew installing the safety barriers and cliff-side netting. Someone was running a chainsaw in the back area. One of the workers went to investigate when they heard the thing snap, and then rocks began fracturing. + +I'll be in to check it just as soon as the seismic sensors indicate things have stopped violently quaking and have somewhat settled. *Good. Grief.* +--- +Well, the cliffs back there have definitely colapsed. Lovely. Not sure what else to do about it except waiting for it all to settle down. +4/17/23 +Bahvahnter opening went well. Kalamee's scheduled for start of next month. Mysterium looms around the corner. + +4/20/23 +Christopher's Fall of D'ni Memorial is coming along nicely with Keith's help. The island here has a nice view of Ae'gura. Getting it moved out here was the right call. It's a somber little scene with the Cavern in perspective around it. + +Needs a return book to Chiso, though, IMHO. +--- + +Cliffs in Naybree are still rumbling and shaking. It's damn near impossible to measure where things are stable or not when things are quaking like this. That said I'm witnessing an interesting phenomenon outside of the main garden. The tremors seem to be encouraging a massive burst of root-growth on the cliffs outside the main garden. + +It's acting like some sort of... wild netting?? It's definitely keeping the main structure of the garden walls intact from the outside. Just when I think I'm understanding this chubby noodle tree's biology, it goes and throws a curveball at me. + +I'm starting to see semblances of similar overgrowth within the main garden AND in the river channel as well. I can't believe I missed it in the channel. It's very obviously gotten more 'dense' in terms of the 'netting' there. Some kind of stress response? +--- + +4/25/23 +First walkthrough of a new age, ametist and TikiBear's retoration work. Nice place. Atmosphere reminds me a lot of Amateria and J'nanin. It's a unique vibe I haven't seen in person before. Good age, though the elevator's giving us issues. Hope that can get sorted out soon. + +I think people are going to like this one. + +4/28/23 +Descent run through with Ehren and Kelsei tonight. Elevator floor is bonkers, Elevators are *mostly* functioning sanely, and fan-generator hookup seems to be holding a charge somewhere when it shouldnt be. Off means Off, dang it! At least the elevators don't sound like desert hawks when I try to run them. + +In other news, Runa'mei's been called back to Rei'schu to deal with a thing. Guess even out here, her job never ceases. We'll be keeping this one quiet, just in-case it's important to ongoing investigations. + +5/1/23 +Kalamee released. Boy, that sure was a crowd. + +5/2/23 +WGA went on strike. Hope they can win a fair contract. The part of me that still wishes to one day write/develop something for television is rooting for you all out there. + +5/4/23 +May AGM Note To Self: Christopher and Keith want to speak about Memorial island. + +5/15/23 +Cousin and her dad just left tonight. It was good seeing them, though they were definitely mostly here just to see Grandma. Cousin is already talking about another meet up in August with Grandma. Hoping for the best there. In Mysterium news, I've finished assembling the straps on all 84 of those 3D printed KIs for the convention this year. Hard to believe that's just a little over a month away now. So much work to do there, in addition to all this Naybree stuff. + +I'm starting to see signs of the quaking abating, if we're lucky this'll wrap up around the time Mysterium comes around, or maybe a bit sooner. If *I'm* lucky, I'll have one less pressure point weighing down on me that weekend. + +Iwonk has been a major help this last month with the periodic checks in Naybree. I think I'd be a chicken with my head cut off without her observations on things. The Lunar decay seems to have 'stabilized' into a new orbit for the moment as well. Only time will tell if that holds true, or if we're going to be seeing this as a recurring problem or not. + +In the meantime, I heard earlier this week that there was some work done on the ventilation system in Descent. Think I'm going to give it a check over before I head to bed tonight to see if the odd coloring in the air that I was seeing before is sorted out. +--- +*MUCH* better. The air feels cleaner to breathe, and there's not an odd orange tint to the air everywhere. I gave a quick runthrough of everything. I didn't see any change in the air quality. Must've been a clogged filter. + +Or something. + +5/23/23 +Runa'mei's latest absence has been concluded, along with a severely mangled Linking Book. More crystal thieves, this time old friends of Haru'sara's, met a grisly end in an old ruin on Rei'schu. Their escape book was heavily damaged. + +It doesn't take much examination to see what book this used to be, though; it's a D'ni Nexus Book, yellow cover and all. Dime a dozen, and we have far too many of these things. Impossible to trace, except that they were coming to the Cavern. + +Haru'sara's doing, no doubt. + +5/25/23 +I suppose I might as well schedule a Naybree survey tomorrow. Runa'mei wants to go take a look at things. + +About time, really. + +5/27/23 +After having to do a ton of surface things last night on the tail end of a rain storm, during which I had a nasty storm-pressure headache and still have as of this morning, I woke up this morning and my throat is not cooperating, and talking is extremely difficult. + +So yeah. I'm taking it easy today, I think. Not that I want to, but sometimes the Universe forces your hand. + +Thanks, Universe. /sarcasm + +5/29/23 +Some more Naybree work addressed this morning thanks to survey work done by skyisblu. Given the headache I had all weekend I got very little done survey work wise. + +7/2/23 +Never expected Rand Miller to suddenly drop a thing that reshapes everything I know about the art in the form of a giant metal plate but here we are. + +I always thought the plates in the Cleft weren't the whole seal, but Rand and Richard finding this thing while doing Riven remake archaeology is something else. Felt like a giddy kid again. Also any thought of sleeping is a distant gleam with the horrid realization that just struck me... + +I've thought the edits to Rei'schu were to deal with book sabotage, but if carved Gahrohevtee can affect an age positively like Rand speculated yesterday... So too could it negatively affect things by their removal? Or, perhaps, an addition of negative power. + +It struck me as something if a metaphor, that knife. A pen for a knife, easy mistake. But what if it was used as a pen? Not to write words in a book, but to carve words in a world. + +Used wrongly you could hypothetically break an age open by carving the wrong symbols- I may not sleep until I can talk to Runa'mei. + +7/9/23 +Lots of non-Writer folks have been having a time trying to decipher the Riven Gahrohevtee, it's an obtuse one, to say the least. It's also not one I'm familiar with. + +If this is a generic "stability" stamp, it's not one I've seen in my studies of the Art. Which could be evidence for Rand's speculation that Gehn misremembered the damned thing? Or it could be Gehn just stole it from older books I haven't had access to yet. + +My questions about the Gahrohevtee maybe being involved in Rei'schu's demise has put Kelsei and Runa'mei on writing up yet another version of Sorrows and Woes, based on what Runa'mei knows of the earliest versions of the tale from Rei'schu. I've seen snipits so far, and it's a different interpretation to say the least. I've got to get back to Naybree after recovering from Mysterium. Maybe after today's AGM. + +--7-23 AGM NOTES-- +No Minasunda announcements. +Talk about Mysterium. +Call on +Maurus. +Doobes. +Iwonk? No Iwonk, she sends cookies. +PodHopper. +Dpogue. +Rarified? Nope. +r'Tay' as al'Way' + +7/10/23 +SERIOUSLY? Car just HAD to die today of all days. Got stuck in the sun for two hours waiting for the tow truck to arrive. How frustrating. Utterly frustrating. + +7/12/23 +Car won't get an appointment until the end of the month. + +Damn it. That's going to limit my mobility. +7/15/23 +Finally caught up on old survey reports from while I was away at Mysterium. Naybree isn't recovering as well as I'd like to see. It might be closer to September by the time we can open the beach. I feel like there's some irony in that, somehow. Runa'mei has gone off to hunt for Haru'sara again. Meanwhile, I still feel like I'm missing something critical regarding all of that. + +Oh well, time to head to Karaoke. I'm already a bit late. I'll check it out personally after. + +--- + +Confirmed it with a visit. Naybree's stability is still not quite stabilized. I mean, it's stable in that the quaking isn't getting worse. But it's still quaking, which isn't the kind of stable I want to see. + +7/30/23 +Ki busted on me repeatedly today during the Town Hall. Frustrating. Good to see Carl back though. + +8/5/23 +Well the cat's outa the bag now- if folks weren't already paying attention that is. Patrick spoke at the AGM today about his and Age's work on opening up the tunnel to the Chiso Surface. And here I thought everyone was just closing the door every time they used the tunnel. + +Nope, they were wisely keeping me out of the loop, because man. I almost blew a gasket when I learned everyone had been climbing out the hole in Chiso's rooftop to get at the age outside... And the *land outside* is partially quicksand/some kind of tar/pseudo-halfway to Nara slurry, because it seems the D'ni also had a mindset of 'well if we can't use it neither can you' regarding the Caltauc. + +Also, Lackadaisy released a new song on YT and if that isn't themesong material I don't know what is... "Chasin' that Liquid Gold!" Also, their backer campaign has already passed one million, and if they get to two million there's gonna be BluRay disks. Love those crazy cats. Maybe I can swing the idea of backing it as a bday gift from dad... I mean the show's already going to get its season one as a sure thing soooo... I really just want those plushies, to be honest. + +8/8/23 +Saw Tenny at the end of RelaxSesh today. Good to see him around again. Now to get food. + +8/16/23 +Oh, now that is a beautiful sight. Hazado's finally got the Ae'gura Library Doors working again. I haven't seen these things working since... geeze, since 2007, when the DRC locked them open. That is a nostalgic sound, if ever I've heard one. The clicking of the locks, the squeaking of the wheels... It's amazing that they're even functioning at all after almost two decades of being inoperable. + +With just one person, they operate flawlessly. I suppose the real test will be the multi-person interactions, just like it was back in the day. Hopefully Hazado has a lock on why the automated sensors were shoving the doors in people's faces back then. +Hazado says that if we get the library doors working flawlessly, he's going to move onto the Museum door. That'll be a sight! + +8/30/23 +Tenny held a Coffee Klatch Town Hall today. Sounds like it went well, just couldn't make it due to Surface shenanigans. I'm feeling so tired. + + +9/1/23 +When a friend who hasn't reached out in over a year starts reaching out to folks with farewell messages and doesn't elaborate, my mind immediately jumps to the worst case scenarios. Maybe I just have them stuck on the brain due to everything going on with Grandma but... + +Either way I slice it, we're not going to see this friend again. I... I hate losing friends. Especially like this. + +If this truly is the end of your cycle, my friend, then I hope to see you again in the next one. + +If this is goodbye for good, I just wanted to say... thank you for being a friend. thank you for all the fun times. + +You were such a bright light for us and you'll be so dearly missed. + +Please, just tell me we dont have to add your name to the memorials. :( + +9/2/23 + +Claidi Song did a great job taking over the AGM this month. I know it's all in good hands for the time being. It's probably the general exhaustion/depression hitting me right about now, but I just feel relieved that I don't have to do it anymore. + +Meanwhile, current testing results in Naybree are giving a longer prediction than I was expecting. It's looking like October instead of September for the quaking to settle. I guess I can live with that. + +9/6/23 +Fortunately, it looks like I won't have to be adding any names to the memorials any time soon. Unfortunately, that still means someone will be gone for a long while. + +I has a sad. + +In addition to the rampaging headcold I've been feeling the last few days. + +9/7/23 +Don't have much to write today. Country Evening in the Cleft day today. It's a thrusday. Dunno if I'll go or not yet. I'm feeling better than I was yesterday, but I'm not sure I'm up to country music levels of feeling better. + +Checking on my missed emails, it sounds like the museum door is ready to roll, though. That's good. Memorial Island seems to be passing its checks... Mirtahm and Varia are a nogo for this quarter. No Descent unveiling either. Hood Podiums are still giving trouble. Annoying. Is there a Kirel message in the works? I see Jules reached out about getting a rough idea of recent events so probably... + +Meh. Too much work for this one today. Back to lying down and trying to sleep this off, maybe. + +]]> + + +

IF FOUND ANYWHERE OUTSIDE OF EDER NAYBREE: +Contact Kelsei A. Taylor on the Beneath Forums: +https://dniexplorer.com/forum/index.php + +1/22/23 +Good Grief. I've been too busy to pick this book up the entire new year so far. January has been a wild ride. It's only now that I have Runa'mei staying with me that things have quieted down as we start into the new year. I wonder if this will be a sign of things to come? + +Probably not. + +1/27/23 +Had a decent talk with Dt Harry and Cpt Jericho over my lunch break. I'm going to have to talk with Calum and Runa'mei about some of these topics when I see them both next. + +1/30/23 +Calum's been working on Naybree, and I haven't had a chance to really talk with him yet about reviewing the Rei'schu book until today. He says he'll take a look over it again this week, but if he can't find anything he says we should have Keith look at it. I'm not opposed to that. He might be able to spot whatever it was better, given his own experiences. + +2/2/23 +Jules got a message from Ben today, saying he's fine and will be back in a couple of weeks. He said he hopes to get back by the 13th, and maybe drop in around 1300, but he wasn't sure if that would pan out and not to say anything publicly first in case that didn't pan out. Fingers crossed he'll actually show up then. I think we'll know more by the weekend. + +2/13/23 +Of all the nonsense. Why did I have to get called into work TODAY for? Stupid resurgence of stupidity from the *last* version of the company trying to cause trouble in very stupid, and literal ways. + +2/17/23 +Jules can't make it to Ben's trek through the Journey Doors today. Something about a networking event at St Paul's Cathedral he couldn't get out of. Work sure does have a funny way of being annoying. + +Runa'mei's off hunting again. Going to head to Tenny's hood and visit for a bit before we head to The Great Tree and visit with Ben. +--- + +LOGAN. MARCUS. I can't believe he'd do that to Ben. Trapped him on his Relto, forced him to hear the sounds of the screaming Bahro... Just... + +How far into his delusions of Prophethood was he when he did that to Ben? +................ + +I feel like I'm missing something. + +2/23/23 +Well, I suppose the lucky streak had to end somwhere. Just found Calum conked out in Naybree where he wants to build the observatory. KI offline, and all that. Of course he spent a whole night observing the damned moons. + +You do realize that a rock is not a good substitute for a pillow, right Cal? +3/3/23 +Had a lovely dinner with Runa'mei. Takeout chicken and roast beef sandwiches, with sides of mac n cheese. It wasn't anything that special, but it still felt nice to share a meal with someone once in a while and not talk about work. Either side of the coin, really, Surface or Cavern. + +3/19/23 +Alan of Radio Free D'ni said to me he'd read a couple of my journals recently and said I was, to quote him, "Famous"! I wouldn't go that far, really. I'm just putting my thoughts to paper and leaving them places to read if they feel the desire to. + +That sounds weird, now that I've put it to paper, and am reading it back. + +3/26/23 +Another Radio Free D'ni, this time with Runa'mei accompanying me. It was fun. + +4/20/23 +Life has been chaotic. Not had much time to myself lately. + +4/28/23 +Calum and Ehren invited me to a run through of the Descent for the moment. Everything seems in order, though, something seems off with the elevators, though. And is it me, or does the air have an oddly orange tint to it down here? It's like the fans aren't quite functioning right. Calum's mentioned something about the system holding a surplus charge when it shouldn't be. + +I had to say farewell to Runa'mei today as well. She's needed back in Rei'schu for a time. + +5/2/23 +Kalamee released yesterday. I've yet to get time to visit. From what I've heard from Calum though, it was a roaring success of a multi hour sit in waiting for the linking book to be planted on its podium. Good news all around though. +5/14/23 +Happy Mothers Day, to the mothers out there among our Cavern Community! I haven't heard from Runa'mei in a while, I hope she's doing alright. + +5/22/23 +After being away for... a while, Runa'mei is back and resting after her latest traipse around and is going to come with me to Fil Live this week. It should be fun. She looks exhausted, though. I'll let her rest for a bit before waking her for dinner. + +5/23/23 +I am. Frankly. Appalled by Haru'sara's machinations once more. More stolen crystals? This time with a cost of lives of his band of thieves against a broken machine. Calum is investigating their get-away book incase it holds secrets of where they fled. + +5/24/23 +I had to leave the wine-n-dine with Jules' absconded cheese platter early due to stomach issues. Anxiety over a meeting tomorrow. Now, that anxiety has shifted. Runa'mei returned in a fit, mumbling in Rei'schuian about something that happened after I left. I'm annoyed, to be honest. At myself, mostly. I should have stayed. + +5/25/23 +Runa'mei is doing better this morning. She says she wants to go to Naybree tomorrow to look at everything. I have a meeting tonight and work tomorrow, so I've poked Calum on the forums and he says he'll go with her. + +6/15/23 +Work has been killing me. Thankfully Runa'mei's presence has been reviving me. + +7/1/23 +Oh what in- Why would you just put that out on a live stream!? + +7/2/23 +Calum messaged me this morning, about the Gahrohevtee that was revealed. He's had concerning thoughts regarding Rei'schu's cataclysm, that I've now relayed to Runa'mei. Could any plain ordinary knife be used to carve The Art into reality? Terrifying thoughts. + +7/5/23 +I'm talking with Runa'mei about re-translating the old Sorrows and Woes document. We'll head to Rei'schu this week to do some archival searching. + +7/9/23 +It's been a few days and we've gathered enough documents for the moment. Runa'mei insists there's more that's older, but we can come back for more later. + +7/14/23 +Spoke with Cpt.Jericho tonight about my translation work. Runa'mei has been exceedingly quiet the last few days. I think she's itching to go out and travel again. + +7/15/23 +Ah, should have known. She's going on another search for Haru'sara. She's right, the news of this would surely have reached him by now. + +7/17/23 +Took the week off from surface work to work on the new version of the Origin Myth, which is nearing completion. Managed to squeeze it in before Babbeltje's Classics Stream. Such a sweet woman, Babbel. + +Calum has been complaining about his foot being hurt after Mysterium. Frankly, that boy needs to stop stressing himself out with tasks he can't handle. He sounded utterly terrified this morning of offending me, somehow. Anxiety sucks, it truly does. + +7/22/23 +To the Tune of Jingle Bells: oh what fun it is to put out fires at work! (When you're supposed to be on break!) + +I am not a happy Kelsei. + +9/1/23 +Haven't heard from Runa'mei all month. I get a message from Cal to meet him at the Cathedral Island, and I find him head in hands crying over another potentially lost friend. Not Runa'mei, thankfully, but... + +I don't know how to comfort him. + +10/12/23 + +Runa'mei is back, although she's been asleep on the couch most days nursing off a lengthy bout of exhaustion. Fortunately she doesn't seem to have caught the cold Calum has. 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I can't remember what day it is. I haven't used the surface clock down here in a long time and I can't remember what day it is. I haven't adjusted to the 30 hour cycle-- 25? Is it 25? I think its supposed to be 25. @@ -3005,8 +3407,8 @@ That is Life in all its perplexing, Myriad Ways. Also. My eyes have changed colors. Side-effect from being disconnected from the Vertigo Crystals, apparently. -6/5/22 -It boggles the mind. Priestess Karin'da asked me if it would be possible to import more of that tea Jules brought as a friendship gift. The "Eton Mess" stuff. Apparently some of the younger Priestesses have really taken to it and burnt through the supply he brought already. +6/5/22 +It boggles the mind. Priestess Karin'da asked me if it would be possible to import more of that tea Jules brought as a friendship gift. The "Eton Mess" stuff. Apparently, some of the younger Priestesses have really taken to it and burnt through the supply he brought already. By Chezahcen, Jules, you come into a first contact scenario and the main thing on your mind is tea. I don't know what crazy adventures you've gone through, but evidently it's done the trick in building some friendly relations. @@ -3073,6 +3475,7 @@ Everyone was jealous. Though, I think mine quickly shifted to worry because it w 6/14/22 Priestess Karin'da told me I had to meet someone today. We had a visitor- a huntress from another village, named Runa'mei. Karin'da seemed... unnerved. Curious, but unnerved. I got the impression this was a big deal for some reason. + Well, I started to get an inkling of why when I saw this huntress. She had one of the Priestess' necklaces- but she was definitely not a Pirestess. Pardon the obvious, but she doesn't LOOK like a Pirestess. Not from her dress- far more leathers and wraps than the robes- or the fact she was armed with a bow and quiver of arrows, and a bunch of different knives. She was also paler than anyone else I've met in the Age by a wide margin- her hair was almost silvery-blond, her eyes were very pale blue, and her skin was, while tanned like most people here, far paler than anyone else. And in terms of facial structure... I was reminded far more of Yeesha, than I was of any of the locals. @@ -3081,7 +3484,7 @@ Mind you, all of that was my initial impression just seeing her- never mind hear And apparently, she had heard about how I'd gotten here to this age, that D'ni was active again in some way, and she wanted to find out what I knew personally-- during a Hunt. -I packed what few things I had, this journal included, and she dragged me off to the Link-stone, taking me to the nexus hub, and from there, to somewhere... very strange. I've got that same feeling of being watched as I did from talking with Chezahcen's statue the other day. +I packed what few things I had, this journal included, and she dragged me off to the Link-stone, taking me to their Nexus hub, and from there, to somewhere... very strange. I've got that same feeling of being watched as I did from talking with Chezahcen's statue the other day. ...I think I'm on one of the moons right now. @@ -3107,13 +3510,15 @@ As for Runa'mei? "Moon Sight." Runa, Moon, and Mei, Sight. I pointed out that on From there, she asked me about Earth life, and I answered as best as I could. The word "rei'fund" got thrown around a lot in response, along with a few other words I'm chosing not to write down at the moment because I didn't ask what they meant. We're stopped for lunch at the moment- and we'll be resuming hunting our quarry soon... So, I finally asked her why we're doing this hunt. -This isn't just a 'for fun' hunt, or a 'Chezachen challenge special!' hunt either. Apparently this specific "Starstone Cat" has been "harassing" some settlements up here on the moon-- they have settlements!? Yes, they do!-- and Runa'mei volunteered to hunt it down because apparently 'harassment' in this case means the thing ate someone and it's hungry for blood and ransacking settlements trying to get more food it doesn't actually need. + +This isn't just a 'for fun' hunt, or a 'Chezachen challenge special!' hunt either. Apparently, this specific "Starstone Cat" has been "harassing" some settlements up here on the moon-- they have settlements!? Yes, they do!-- and Runa'mei volunteered to hunt it down because apparently 'harassment' in this case means the thing ate someone and it's hungry for blood and ransacking settlements trying to get more food it doesn't actually need. --- Found a settlement- harassed by this cat very recently- and boy it was a mess. A very big mess. I've asked Runa'mei how big this cat we're after is, and I didn't like the fact she didn't answer. Just, got this distant look in her eyes. We're staying here for the night incase it comes back. 6/16/22 Well. It came back alright. I got my answer as to how big it was too. -It was as big as a Giraffe is tall before you even get to the neck, and proportioned like a Bahro, anatomy wise. (Well, that answers a few questions I didn't want answered about the Cathedral's statues.) It was savage- I'd actually almost call it rabid, actually. There was a gleam in its eyes- like it wanted nothing more than to watch people suffer before it ate them. + +It was as big as a giraffe is tall before you even get to the neck, and proportioned like a Bahro, anatomy wise. (Well, that answers a few questions I didn't want answered about the Cathedral's statues.) It was savage- I'd actually almost call it rabid, actually. There was a gleam in its eyes- like it wanted nothing more than to watch people suffer before it ate them. And Runa'mei took it on like it was nothing she hadn't seen before. @@ -3129,23 +3534,24 @@ Is this some kind of adventure RPG world I've stumbled upon? We've returned to the village I've been staying at. Priestess Karin'da welcomed us back, but Runa'mei left without another word- off to take care of some other brewing disaster, no doubt. I'm not sure what to make of any of this. 6/17/22 -Kelsei showed up this afternoon. Someone broke into the overflow station again and smashed up the control equipment. She wants me back, and honestly... After yesterday I was thinking I might need to head back anyways. +Kelsei showed up this afternoon. Someone broke into the Overflow Station again and smashed up the control equipment. She wants me back, and honestly... After yesterday I was thinking I might need to head back anyways. --- Said my goodbyes, and suited up in a Maintainer Suit, and headed back to Earth, and the Cavern, and home. -I'll settle in at home and then see about how things are at the overflow station. Kelsei's talking about getting a Town Hall meeting going. Guess my inspection'll be worth something there. Not looking forwards to the stern words and concerned looks, though. +I'll settle in at home and then see about how things are at the Overflow Station. Kelsei's talking about getting a Town Hall meeting going. Guess my inspection'll be worth something there. Not looking forwards to the stern words and concerned looks, though. 6/20/22 Tired overall. Surface life is exhausting and my sleep schedule is totally off. + Had a few people immediately asking me about restoration projects I've not caught up on yet. All in all, not much of a splash in folks seeming to react to my absence. Not surprising. Can't blame some folks for not being caught up on events. 6/21/22 -A more surprising amount of comforting words and welcome-backs from folks here at Pod's relaxing session today- apparently I really have been missed. Nice to have that reaffirmed to some degree after last night. Still feels awkward. Thank goodness for sunglasses, though- nobody's noticed the change in eyecolor yet. +A more surprising amount of comforting words and welcome-backs from folks here at Pod's Relaxing Session today- apparently I really have been missed. Nice to have that reaffirmed to some degree after last night. Still feels awkward. Thank goodness for sunglasses, though- nobody's noticed the change in eyecolor yet. -6/22/22 +6/22/22 It's always a little saddening when people leave as soon as I say Shorah. Just chilling in the GoMePub waiting for Fil Live (and then later the Town Hall), and two folks show up in quick succession. I say Shorah, and they both flee within seconds if eachother. I'd think it suspicious if I didn't have folks doing that to me randomly all the time over the last few years. --- -Vote summary: explorers present voted to release Naybree first, to go slow and secure with the Overflow station, and to send ambassadors to Rei'schu/Exten-col. +Vote summary: explorers present voted to release Naybree first, to go slow and secure with the Overflow Station, and to send ambassadors to Rei'schu/Exten-col. --- I'm about on the verge of colapse again. Barely been back a few days and already the Cavern pressure is weighing down on me. We had someone interupt our Town Hall at the start of the event. I've been on shaky ground ever since- espeically when some folks afterwards were saying stuff about how we weren't communicating clearly to people and... @@ -3171,6 +3577,7 @@ But... to treat it all as a challenge... Maybe I can luck out? 6/26/22 Cat-Claws-In-Brain feelings continue. I'll be thoroughly reviewing things more. + 6/28/22 Naybree has been, at least to my mind, been pushed to Phase 5 testing. I know there's still concerns from folks regarding the cliffsides, but, well. The Brain Cat feels appeased. @@ -3248,7 +3655,7 @@ Lots of folks here in Chiso right now. Thyme, Mystlander, Emor, Hatschepsut, Mau Had a big crowd for the Door Run contest. All's good in my book, I think. -8/15/22 +8/15/22 I get back from Mysterium and find out Harlan Mason met Jules and Tenny at the GoMePub last night. He's the New Seed Harlan Mason alright- but the good news is his people aren't behind our saboteurs... BAD NEWS is the people behind this are a splinter faction that left the New Seed. Lovely. @@ -3258,7 +3665,7 @@ Been catching up on sleep and all sorts of other related things. Naybree's slate --- We've lost Lord Chaos? Wha... But... That's Not FAIR. NO! It's not I-- I---!!! -8/20/22 +8/20/22 Radio KGOH is doing a stream on the 27th for Lord Chaos- a party on the Dakotah Rooftop, just like the old days. Until we meet again, LC, keep on playing that funky music. @@ -3372,7 +3779,7 @@ IwonK has graciously spellchecked over my novel drafts, and I think they're read Now rest those hands, IwonK!! XP 11/13/22 -Butterflies again. This time Bahvahnter. A sudden swarm of the lavender beauties appear to be migrating through the age as of this morning. I'm hearing we're probably getting a delay in the Age release, depending on how long they're here. +Butterflies again. This time Bahvahnter. A sudden swarm of the lavender beauties appear to be migrating through the Age as of this morning. I'm hearing we're probably getting a delay in the Age release, depending on how long they're here. 11/21/22 Kura'quen has asked to come speak at the November Town Hall. Kelsei's helping her get acquainted with things. Runa'mei, I'm told, is rather irrate that she's stuck tracking a particularly sneaking star-cat that is doing hit and run tactics across a few villages. @@ -3401,7 +3808,7 @@ I'm still not over my Grandpa or my Grandad's deaths. I'm mourning the future lo I can't take that risk, personally. So I'll never follow that route. That door is closed and locked no matter what. -12/9/22 +12/9/22 Damn it all. Some chucklehead calling himself "December" left one of the shapeshifting Rei'schu crystals in K'veer after taunting Detective Harry Williams about him completing the Shell Journey. If Haru'sara- and he's still the most likely culprit for the theft- came to D'ni with those crystals... who the heck even knows what kind of Game he's playing here. I don't even want to think about why he'd be here, or why he'd give out Crystals like that! (And the thief HAS given crystals out either to this December guy or to Harry directly, depending on how you look at it.) @@ -3414,31 +3821,31 @@ Just got back from Rei'schu. What a mess. Since the last time we visited, the locals confirmed that Haru'sara's last known place of residence was emptied out of valuables. The only stuff left behind were food items, and a wall-painted message roughly translating to "Good luck stealing anything when I already took it all with me." Per Haru'sara's temperment, there were also symbols denoting laughter scattered around the room. Literally laughing at anyone who entered his place. -Runa'mei's officially going to be dispatched to D'ni sometime in the next few weeks, maybe after the end of the year our time, once she's back from a hunt. She's going to be looking for whoever has the stolen crystals, and Haru'sara, if he is the thief which it seems likely he is, technically now fits the definition of something someone of Runa'mei's status is meant to hunt down: +Runa'mei's officially going to be dispatched to D'ni sometime in the next few weeks, maybe after the end of the year our time, once she's back from a Hunt. She's going to be looking for whoever has the stolen crystals, and Haru'sara, if he is the thief which it seems likely he is, technically now fits the definition of something someone of Runa'mei's status is meant to hunt down: A rogue element threatening an environment and its people for no reason but seemingly their own whims. -As for the "seashell" Harry has, they're letting him keep it. Apparently a spontaneous shift like that is something more on the rare side of common in terms of mental affinity for the crystals? Atleast, that's how it is on Rei'schu with lower population numbers than on Earth. +As for the "seashell" Harry has, they're letting him keep it. Apparently, a spontaneous shift like that is something more on the rare side of common in terms of mental affinity for the crystals? At least, that's how it is on Rei'schu with lower population numbers than on Earth. -It's a matter of percentages, as I understand it. Some people just are more natural 'broadcasters' than most- like that one kid from earlier this year in the shaping class. That 'quick focus' is something they culturally gift an image stone to, to, ah, 'catch' stray thoughts, as I understand it? So that way the projectors natural projecting doesn't affect other people's image stones. +It's a matter of percentages, as I understand it. Some people just are more natural 'broadcasters' than most- like that one kid from earlier this year in the shaping class. That 'quick focus' is something they culturally gift an image stone to... ah, 'catch' stray thoughts, as I understand it? So that way the projectors natural projecting doesn't affect other people's image stones. -Anyways, Harry's one of those rare percentages in that regard. I'm sure there's others out there in the world somewhere- more here on Earth than on Rei'schu by sheer population volume, no doubt. 1 PERCENT of a small number is smaller than 1 PERCENT of a larger number, etc. +Anyways, Harry's one of those rare percentages in that regard. I'm sure there's others out there in the world somewhere- more here on Earth than on Rei'schu by sheer population volume, no doubt. ONE PERCENT of a small number is smaller than ONE PERCENT of a larger number, etc. 12/21/22 Hey, Palindrome (excluding the year)! -Anyways, we had the town hall today. And Naybree's beach vote was settled vastly in favor of a ladder for beach access. Now I have to figure that out. +Anyways, we had the Town Hall today. And Naybree's beach vote was settled vastly in favor of a ladder for beach access. Now I have to figure that out. Trial installation of the safety nets seem to be going well. I've had no complaints so far. Ladder should be easy enough to put in near that, I'd think. 12/24/22 -Working on Naybree's beach, I swear I saw something distantly in the water- ghostly like. Looked almost like a raft or a boat of some kind, except it was under water, i think. +Working on Naybree's beach, I swear I saw something distantly in the water- ghostly like. Looked almost like a raft or a boat of some kind, except it was under water, I think. -Either I'm hallucinating because I need to go to bed (As soon as I finish writing this), or there's something in the water. Maybe an animal? Don't know for sure, but something had to break the metal grating in the pipe like that. +Either I'm hallucinating because I need to go to bed (as soon as I finish writing this), or there's something in the water. Maybe an animal? Don't know for sure, but something had to break the metal grating in the pipe like that. Regardless, it sure freaked me out a bit. Merry Christmas, I guess. 12/28/22 -Work on the beach continues. I've gotten some emails about a new age that'll be going into testing in the next few days. Name... undecided. We were calling it something based on what we thought the age was, but we're actually not quite sure it *IS* that age. Documentation is hard to come by. +Work on the beach continues. I've gotten some emails about a new Age that'll be going into testing in the next few days. Name... undecided. We were calling it something based on what we thought the Age was, but we're actually not quite sure it *IS* that Age. Documentation is hard to come by. -Whatever the age is finally called, though, Semjay has put in a lot of hard work into it, and I can't wait to get to reviewing it in the new year. :) +Whatever the Age is finally called, though, Semjay has put in a lot of hard work into it, and I can't wait to get to reviewing it in the New Year. :) Speaking of, this book is getting pretty full... I think I'll likely wrap this one up for now. Leave it where it is until the Rei'schu apartment is finished. So if you're reading this book in Rei'schu, well, there ya go. If you're still reading this in Naybree, well, I guess we're still waiting on that to get finished. @@ -3446,11 +3853,11 @@ Speaking of, this book is getting pretty full... I think I'll likely wrap this o But yeah. I think I'm going to wrap up this book for the end of year, in a couple of days. 12/31/22 -Final Entry for this journal. Today and the last few days were a real pain due to surface matters. Between weather dumping a solid foot of snow on power lines causing flickering and outages, having to *clean that snow off of my car*, and deal with grocery shopping *before* another wave of snow comes in... +Final Entry for this journal. Today and the last few days were a real pain due to Surface matters. Between weather dumping a solid foot of snow on power lines causing flickering and outages, having to *clean that snow off of my car*, and deal with grocery shopping *before* another wave of snow comes in... All of that's before you factor in a solid afternoon of an emotional venting at someone, and days worrying over safety concerns regariding the Rei'schuian crystals out in the wild somewhere. -Beachwork in Naybree feels like it's fallen by the wayside. It's a beach. There's not really much I can do beyond prepping it for visitors. Put in safety nets and security barriers. Generally try not to be depressed about things outside of my control. +Beachwork in Naybree feels like it's fallen by the wayside. It's a beach. There's not really much I can do beyond prepping it for visitors. Put in safety nets and security barriers. Generally, try not to be depressed about things outside of my control. Today was a bad day in that regard. Between trying to build a custom model and finding out the parts don't go together how I want, and dealing with the above days of nonsense... I forgot today was Saturday. I thought it was Friday. Had to deal with Saturday things a day earlier than I thought it was when I woke up. @@ -3464,59 +3871,13 @@ Farewell, 2022. Happy New Year, 2023. _Calum Traveler. ]]> - - - -[A journal, whose spine is horribly broken to the point large swaths of pages are missing. - -The surviving pages of this particular journal are both water logged and curiously burnt around the edges. - -This combination renders much of the text illegible. What is legible appears to be some sort of science log.] - -Entry 40 - -First the water chemical analysis, now wood? Our Mutual Friend wants me to fetch him some samples of the wood from Naybree. I can't fathom why. It can wait. - -Entry 43 -The efforts regarding the strange chemical reactions reported with the rainwater of the area have hit a dead end. I can't in good faith continue researching a chemical that's this volatile. I'll just say my results are inconclusive, and hope my Estemed Colleagues are okay with that. What a waste of resources, constructing a research facility like t- - -Entry 49 -Arrived in Naybree. Apparently, they're working on securing the beachfront property for exploration. This will likely be my chance to do some heavy work with nobody paying me any mind. - -I think that the roots' reported hardness is probably vastly overexaggerated, but if our Mutual Friend wants these samples, I'll fetch them. Shouldn't be no- - -Entry 52 - -What is this "wood" even MADE from?? It's unlike anything on Eart- - -Wait. Dummy. Yeah obviously it's unlike anything on Earth. We're not *ON Earth.* - -I've tried HAMMERS and CHISSELS. I've tried a JACKHAMMER. I've even tried a freaking SHOVEL. (Admittedly, I shouldn't have used a wood handle shovel...) All have bent to the power of the wood. Snapped. Bent. Shorn. RIP AND TEAR. DEMON WOOD!!!!! - -The flora journal wasn't lying. If the branches and vines really are just ABSURDLY tough, then the ROOTS? These ROOTS??? - -ROOTS. ROOTS. ROOTS. - -Next, I'll try a chainsaw. After that. A drill. - -I WILL find a way to circumvent these roots and get to this fabled "Beach" one way or another, or my name isn't John Jacob Jingleheimer Smith!!! - -Entry 53 -I've been refused service at the hardware store. Apparently, I've been buying too many supplies too quickly. Does nobody appreciate a researcher's plight in this day and age!? - -I am NOT a lumberjack and I am NOT okay. - -Entry 60 -Our new supplier has requested the research station be renamed something 'unique.' Galy'schu? What's "Galy'schu" supposed to mean? - -August has approved it, regardless. What is he thinking? I just can't believe we're- ]]>

12/27/21 Last Night I had a Dream. -I saw a garden age, and a girl living there. Athsheba, from the Chezahcen Cathedral island. Not sure how I knew it, but I knew it. Dreams are like that. In the dream, the girl was carving a face out of a cliffside - aging over time as the face grew more defined. +I saw a Garden Age, and a girl living there. Athsheba, from the Chezahcen Cathedral island. Not sure how I knew it, but I knew it. Dreams are like that. In the dream, the girl was carving a face out of a cliffside - aging over time as the face grew more defined. Then, its eyes opened and it wasn't just a stone face gazing at me, but the living personification of the artwork from the Cathedral of Chezahcen herself. Dreams are weird. @@ -3530,11 +3891,11 @@ Still I'm just curious if we can find the Garden Age she lived in. I honestly do It's late, and I'm heading to bed soon, but I found a reference in one of the old document folders of barely surveyed Ages. -Eder "Naybree" - meaning 'Double Root in D'ni'- is the rough name given on the document, dated from late November of 2007, and it's accompanied by a description. This is the standout bit: "There's a broken bridge breaking (sic) the age in half. There's a row of statues near it, repetitions of a woman's figure with arms stretched upwards." +Eder "Naybree" - meaning 'Double Root in D'ni'- is the rough name given on the document, dated from late November of 2007, and it's accompanied by a description. This is the standout bit: "There's a broken bridge breaking (sic) the Age in half. There's a row of statues near it, repetitions of a woman's figure with arms stretched upwards." Improper use of 'breaking' aside, this sounds similar to the row of statues at the Cathedral Island's shoreline. I think I may have Athsheba's post-fall home if I can find the Linking Book to it. There's also a description of the book cover, so I might be able to sort it out. If so, thanks go to you, unnamed DRC surveyor. -The rest of the age's description is fascinating, though. I think the name is drawn from the duality written into the Garden's environment? Either the physical nature of the ground (split in two pieces?), or something in the heavens. Moons, perhaps? One of the standout remarks was over "an impressive night sky," after all. +The rest of the Age's description is fascinating, though. I think the name is drawn from the duality written into the Garden's environment? Either the physical nature of the ground (split in two pieces?), or something in the heavens. Moons, perhaps? One of the standout remarks was over "an impressive night sky," after all. 12/30/21 @@ -3574,11 +3935,11 @@ I jumped the bridge, much to Calum's dismay. It's still sound on the other side. The other side of this garden is paradoxically, on one hand, remarkably well kept, and yet on the other, completely overgrown. There are MASSIVE trees here, growing into their surrounding objects. It's like Kadish Tolesa, all over again. Except, there's more to it. -The trees all grow very tall, then bend all in one direction, as if bowing to the wind- the vine-like growth drapes down from some of the branches like... Not-quite Leaves? That can't be right because there's a staggering amount of the same overgrowth of the same vine like plant on the ground everywhere. Is it even a vine? +The trees all grow very tall, then bend all in one direction, as if bowing to the wind- the vine-like growth drapes down from some of the branches like... Not-quite leaves? That can't be right because there's a staggering amount of the same overgrowth of the same vine like plant on the ground everywhere. Is it even a vine? Calum's testing it now, jumping on some of the ground-based overgrowth. It seems very... 'Springy' doesn't seem like the right word to me, but neither does 'rigid' to be honest. Regardless, it's able to support someone's weight above the ground. As a side note, we've certainly made enough noise by now that if someone were here, they would have heard us. I fear for what that may mean. --- -There's a giant face carved out of a corner of the back wall- not quite like my dream but close enough... How strange. The eyes are made up of displaced firemarbles from... the toppled pillars, it seems? There are enough of the things at the Link-in without their orb-ornaments that it's hard to say for certain, though. +There's a giant face carved out of a corner of the back wall- not quite like my dream but close enough... How strange. The eyes are made up of displaced firemarbles from... the toppled pillars, it seems? There are enough of the things at the link-in without their orb-ornaments that it's hard to say for certain, though. Near the face is an abandoned bedroom, from where I write now. There's no sign that anyone has lived here in quite some time, however, fortunately for us, there's no signs of any skeletons either. Calum and I are in agreement that Athsheba packed up and moved out again at some point. I'm inclined to believe she fled to Releeshahn with the other D'ni survivors back in Atrus' day. Calum begs to differ, getting one of those looks in his eyes. @@ -3622,7 +3983,7 @@ Is this WHOLE Garden overgrown by nothing but *One Giant Tree?!* That surely can't be the case, can it? But the way the 'branches' spear into the walls and the way that they do is concerning. I'll have to ask Calum what he thinks. This Age is certainly remarkable, to say the least. -1/11/22 +1/11/22 Calum has finally started work on building a replacement bridge. He's borrowing the same philosophy he's done for the floor in the Pod, it seems. I wonder where he got the materials from? @@ -3632,9 +3993,7 @@ He's been upset by something though. When I ask him what, he just brushes it off --- Look at me, I think I've finally caught Calum's journaling bug. Once I've started writing, I just can't stop. -I'll admit I'm just itching to see something related to Athsheba and the Cathedral out there in the public light. I could write down everything I know about the girl and her life in this journal, but then there's the part of me that wants to just let people speculate and delve deeper into the story as the Age presents it...? - -Then, when we finally release the Cathedral, it could all click into place. But, am I truly that cruel to make people be forced to sit and wait to figure out what we already know? No, I'd think not. +I'll admit I'm just itching to see something related to Athsheba and the Cathedral out there in the public light. I could write down everything I know about the girl and her life in this journal, but then there's the part of me that wants to just let people speculate and delve deeper into the story as the Age presents it...? Then, when we finally release the Cathedral, it could all click into place. But, am I truly that cruel to make people be forced to sit and wait to figure out what we already know? No, I'd think not. A Few Fun Facts We Know About Athsheba: She was a D'ni girl who lived with her parents on a private island out on the lake- the Chezahcen Cathedral Island as we call it now. @@ -3668,7 +4027,8 @@ And then comes the Fall. Athsheba recounts it after the fact in a frantic, jumbled manner. She was definitely traumatized, to say the least. Athsheba and her mother went to 'The City'- I'd assume it's the City Proper, not Ae'gura- for shopping. As they're there, there's a "loud noise" and then "a dark sky" that came "CRAWLING" in. (Crawling was heavily underlined and exaggerated, clearly for its massive emphasis and scale in her mind.) -Aleshay used a piece of clothing - I'm assuming it's a scarf - to protect Athsheba from the gases. This was a sacrificial move, due to the fact that Aleshay was now exposed fully to the deadly gas Veovis and company unleashed upon D'ni. +Aleshay used a piece of clothing - +I'm assuming it's a scarf - to protect Athsheba from the gases. This was a sacrificial move, due to the fact that Aleshay was now exposed fully to the deadly gas Veovis and company unleashed upon D'ni. Aleshay tried to take her daughter to a library- only to "fall asleep" before they could both get through a book. It was here a kindly woman appeared - her smile seemed to be the only thing Athsheba remembered. Her smile, and the phrase: @@ -3723,7 +4083,8 @@ By following these quotes, Athsheba reports finding the Family Age Book she was Then, her last entry cites that she is leaving the journal in the Cathedral, for some future visitors to find, so that her story could be known, and known that it wasn't finished. ------- -1/20/22 + +1/20/22 I can only assume that Athsheba's absence here in this Age, along with any traces of any furniture from her family home, means that she's left for greener pastures- ideally Releeshahn. It's possible Atrus' Restoration found her either here, or during one of her visits, or through her journal. After that, who knows. @@ -3808,7 +4169,7 @@ But, I suppose my thoughts on the matter may have been what pushed Calum towards I should've realized something was up sooner and asked Calum to take a break. -2/27/22 +2/27/22 Theo contacted me this evening regarding some questions he had about Naybree's canyon area- along with questions which beg my idle mind to wonder where the water for the fountain and the water falls comes from? @@ -3930,6 +4291,11 @@ _Kelsei A. Taylor]]>

+MUSIC: +"Sara'Aou (Shores of Naybree)" by Maurus + +Thanks to ametist for the help with the beach shore waves and water tips and tricks! + Thanks to Theo for the Rope Ladder Knot Model! Thanks to Ehren, Hazado, and Adam {Hoikas} for helping with the Sun-at-Night issue! @@ -3938,15 +4304,15 @@ Thanks to Adam, Tweek, Hazado, dpogue, Doobes, and others for Korman help with v Thanks to Iwonk, Nosila, SkyisBlu, & Ametist for being camera region feedback suggesters! +Thanks to Iwonk for all her wonky feedback! + A VERY SPECIAL THANK YOU to the typo checkers! You all deserve cake, ice cream, and cookies for pushing through the various hefty tomes here in the age. Thanks to Ehren for helping me with the firepit effects. -Thanks to Maurus for the music track "Sara'Aou (Shores of Naybree)"! - Thanks to SkyisBlu for the telescope blanket texture! -Thanks to Rarified for hosting the Minkata Shards and helping with testing. And I truly am sorry for the multiple upload passes I pushed through early on. I know it was a lot. +Thanks to Rarified for hosting the Minkata Shards and helping with testing. And I truly am sorry for the multiple upload passes I pushed through early on. I know it was a lot. Thanks to ALL of the Open Uru and Minkata Testers for helping get this over the line! (Seriously, thank you for putting up with my insanity in this place.) @@ -3988,7 +4354,10 @@ With Naybree being "Root Two" literally in D'ni, I'd have to assume this Age sta Honestly, this tree is some of the only native plant life I can see in the Garden's back half. If this age had ANYTHING there that wasn't the "tree" before this point, it's long dead. 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