First Trip
The journey to meet my guide was excruciating, the knowledge that after 6 years of studying D’ni I would finally get to see it was overwhelming to say the least. For days I had been dreaming of nothing but standing on strange worlds, glancing out at the horizons.
I met with an explorer who worked with the people helping to finance the DRC. He offered me the small greenish leatherbound book that Linked to Relto, which until recently I had only known as the Interim Age. The rumors about the Relto books properties were indeed true, the book follows the owner through the Link, and allows for Linking within the same Age.
I had only seen a few photographs of Relto, a small island situated in the clouds, covered in scrub grasses and shrubberies. Actually being here allowed me to spy several things that had not been seen before. Four small hydrant like objects sat in front of the hut, upon each one different symbols inscribed, but all of them dominated by a spiral hand symbol.
The hydrants would have to wait, as my guide ushered me inside the hut where I was shown his collection of Linking Books. I picked one which as it turns out Linked to Gahreesen. We wandered around for a while, looking over the architecture, the mechanisms that the Guild of Maintainers had put in place.
A lot of the corridors had barriers blocking them off, which I wasn’t sure about crossing so I didn’t.
Before leaving I took a look at the device that dispensed KI’s to visitors, unfortunately I wasn’t allowed to pick on up for myself.
The next destination was Teledahn, where we spent less time than we did in Gahreesen. Only taking a moment to look at the huge mushrooms that dominated the Age.
I was hoping to explore Eder Kemo, an Age that I had been studying for some time from various photos and documentation. Alas, he did not currently have a Linking Book to that Age, instead we went to Kadish Tolesa where he left me to my own devices for a while. I decided to explore the forest of those towering trees, playing with the various scopes I found and inspecting the strange cloths that bore the same spiral hand logo as the hydrants. Finally I discovered a Linking Book that lead to the Gallery in D’ni.
My excitement quickly grew to frustration, the doors leading out to the rest of the Cavern were damaged, and so would not open, I was confined to the Gallery.
Eventually my visit drew to an end, we Linked to The Cleft from Relto and I had finally exhausted the memory on my digital camera. There we parted ways and I decided to explore the surrounding area before starting my long journey home.
