Beneath

Sophie remains on the surface as such it is just myself and Keira who are heading up the Third Path currently. Despite this things are moving along surprisingly smoothly. We’ve been working with the other explorers who returned to the cavern to remove the various barriers and blockades the DRC left behind as well as securing other areas of the city and its Ages and gathering documentation for archiving.

I have been studying the documents James left behind. He had done extensive research on the Bahro and their enslavement. There was some curious notes pertaining to “seers” and a tablet but I couldn’t find any more information on this. He had also sketched out a strange symbol several times, I’m sure I’ve seen this symbol somewhere before but I can’t recall where. I’d love to write his research off as crazy, but a lot of it matches up with my own research into the Bahro.

Aside from his research into the Bahro it appears he was researching The Art, there are extensive notes regarding Garohevtee and the processed behind Age Writing, indeed it seems he was reaching a point where he was about to attempt Writing his own Age. We have said from the get go that The Third Path would not indulge in Age Writing, I don’t believe humans are ready for it.

I wish I could speak to James, I have so many questions not just about Dave’s death but about the research he was conducting…

We ventured up into the higher areas of Ae’gura today, there is a lot of damage up there. We’ve been keeping an eye out for any Books or ink but between the DRC, Gehn, and Atrus most areas have been cleaned out.

It has been a busy week since the DRC opened the cavern to the public. For some reason the DRC closed the city up again prior to the opening. As a result the Neighbourhoods were the only public place open. The Neighbourhoods had the water turned off and the light garden lamps weren’t working, I am assuming they had rushed the restoration of these areas to ensure there were Neighbourhoods available for the influx of new people.

Members of the DRC started showing up and talking to explorers, prior to the opening they weren’t seen around in cavern, working behind the scenes instead. Michael Engberg visited one of the Neighbourhoods to chat to the explorers, his field is architecture and structural integrity of buildings within the cavern and it’s Ages. He advised people to stay away from the areas blocked off, claiming they were unsafe.
There were also reports that Rand Miller from CyanWorlds was in the cavern greeting the new explorers, alas I did not happen to bump into him which I would have liked greatly.

Whilst the DRC had closed off access to the city it seems they forgot to remove all the Nexus Books, an explorer discovered one in a Neighbourhood and took it to their Relto where they proceeded to start sharing it with everyone. Before long a large group of explorers had found their way into the city. A group was hanging out in the Kahlo Tavern when one explorer started lambasting the others for being there saying the location wasn’t safe they proceeded to report the gathering to the DRC. Engberg arrived and was livid, telling the explorers that they shouldn’t be there and they could get hurt. He eventually calmed down and apologized saying they wanted a clean safety record. He was then asked about Phil Henderson who had gone missing in Eder Kemo over a year ago which evidently made Engberg cry.
In his defense though, the Kahlo Pub is in poor condition, lots of damaged rock, missing section of ceiling, shattered floor, and so forth.

Douglas Sharper showed up a few times, he had lead the restoration efforts on Teledahn and is now in charge of restoring a bar somewhere in D’ni. He was seen in the Neighbourhoods where he was handing out some fleeces with a Great Tree symbol upon them. A lot of people believe these jackets are tied to the pub he is restoring.

Signals from Phil Henderson KI started registering in Eder Kemo, an explorer going by the name “Zardoz” bumped into him on Wednesday. I spent the last few days staying in Kemo, even sleeping there, in the hopes I would run into Phil but alas, he did not make another appearance.

Doctor Watson and Marie Sutherland also made an appearance with Doctor Watson holding a quiz of sorts and giving out T shirts to explorers who managed to ask him a question he did not know the answer to regarding D’ni and its Ages.

Today, despite the fact explorers discovered a Nexus Book and accessed the city, the DRC finally opened the city to everyone else who did not manage to get a copy of the Nexus Book for their Relto.

Today is the day!

The DRC have officially opened the D’ni cavern and people have been making their way down. A new group of some five hundred explorers arrived today to join those explorers already here.
I’m looking forward to seeing the population increase, if we can get the city restored and have people living down here in the future…

Time to head to the city and meet the new explorers I think.