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JUNE 24th, 2026 TOWN HALL

Posted: Wed Jun 24, 2026 9:06 pm
by Traveler263
(06/24 14:02:46) Chat.log started...
(06/24 14:02:46) [BUDDIES] From Fil in Fil's Relto: corn puffs!
(06/24 14:02:54) [BUDDIES] To Buddies: town hall in 30 min
(06/24 14:19:42) Calum Traveler: town hall in 10,
(06/24 14:19:47) [BUDDIES] To Buddies: town hall in 10
(06/24 14:20:47) ALotOf waves hello
(06/24 14:21:09) Calum Traveler: shorah :)
(06/24 14:21:29) ural: Hello
(06/24 14:23:00) ALotOf: Gamer buddies, Teledahn Tubbies!
(06/24 14:23:02) NoMore: Gamer buddies, Teledahn Tubbies!
(06/24 14:23:14) NoMore says stop!
(06/24 14:23:14) ALotOf says stop!
(06/24 14:23:21) NoMore starts to laugh
(06/24 14:23:25) ALotOf starts to laugh
(06/24 14:23:30) Calum Traveler smiles
(06/24 14:23:36) Calum Traveler: i hope everyone has had a good month thus far
(06/24 14:24:23) Thumbs up from Kammi
(06/24 14:24:35) uru348 says ok
(06/24 14:24:53) Calum Traveler: :)
(06/24 14:24:54) ALotOf: lots of disassembly here - OpenGL, a 3d scene viewer ...
(06/24 14:25:30) Calum Traveler: shorah, Ereshkigal :)
(06/24 14:25:32) NoMore: beung testing the Dimhaven demo - really cool stuff. it rocks.
(06/24 14:25:41) BIG thumbs up from NoMore
(06/24 14:25:49) Ereshkigal: Hi Calum, everyone!
(06/24 14:25:50) Calum Traveler: sounds fun, NoMore :)
(06/24 14:26:01) Ereshkigal: Oooh will that Dimhaven Age ever come to Moula?
(06/24 14:26:18) Calum Traveler: I'm pretty sure Dimhaven is a video game that just released a demo
(06/24 14:26:26) Ereshkigal: Oh ha :D
(06/24 14:26:27) Calum Traveler: so if someone sets up a computer maybe?
(06/24 14:26:32) Calum Traveler shrugs
(06/24 14:26:53) [BUDDIES] To Buddies: town hall starts in 4 min
(06/24 14:27:00) Ereshkigal: Just pretend to Link when you start it up :D
(06/24 14:27:06) Calum Traveler: hah
(06/24 14:27:10) ALotOf rubs his hands - setting up a computer being one of his specialties
(06/24 14:27:45) Calum Traveler: ill give it a few more min for stragglers to make their way over
(06/24 14:27:59) Calum Traveler: ive got some good news for yall today.
(06/24 14:28:28) ural: Bout time:))
(06/24 14:28:43) Calum Traveler: agreed on that, ural.
(06/24 14:28:45) Cpt.Jericho: Hi all
(06/24 14:28:49) Calum Traveler: shorah, pct
(06/24 14:28:51) Calum Traveler: cpt*
(06/24 14:29:34) Calum Traveler: alright, the time is 14:30, and the June 2026 town hall starts.....
(06/24 14:29:42) Ereshkigal: Oooh good news sounds fun!
(06/24 14:29:44) Calum Traveler checks time and raises a finger, waiting for the moment...
(06/24 14:29:55) Calum Traveler: annny second...
(06/24 14:30:03) Calum Traveler: NOW
(06/24 14:30:07) NoMore: 3--2--1-
(06/24 14:30:13) Calum Traveler: welcome, all!
(06/24 14:30:16) NoMore: oops
(06/24 14:31:05) Calum Traveler: in previous town halls and AGMs i mentioned that we couldnt tell for certain when things might start rippling over from the main descent instance to other folks' hood instances,
(06/24 14:31:45) Calum Traveler: just yesterday i got word that some of the hood instances tied to our "Staging" network began shifting over to mirror the main descent instance,
(06/24 14:32:22) Calum Traveler: i believe it's only a matter of time before whatever strange process handles that bleeds over into the main cavern population.
(06/24 14:32:47) Calum Traveler: youll likely begin seeing that the doorway to the tomahn is blocked off, and may hear construction noises through it.
(06/24 14:32:55) Ereshkigal: Does that mean we'll be able to see Descent from here?
(06/24 14:33:11) Calum Traveler: a good question, Eresh,
(06/24 14:33:28) Calum Traveler: the main issue is that we're still expecting months of work to be done on the elevator rails after that last earthquake
(06/24 14:33:49) NoMore checks his drones camera
(06/24 14:33:58) Calum Traveler: nobody wants those things prying loose out of the walls during another quake, especially if someone's on an elevator.
(06/24 14:34:28) Calum Traveler: i believe we're still quite a ways off from a 'release ceremony' at any rate,
(06/24 14:34:55) Calum Traveler: but we're likely seeing the hood instances starting to catch up to what we've been doing.
(06/24 14:35:20) Calum Traveler: besides the barriers, youll probably notice a nexus book in the terminal,
(06/24 14:36:05) Calum Traveler: speaking of things reaching our 'staging' KI network, we've got things in the final throws of testing now.
(06/24 14:36:26) Calum Traveler: Chiso Preniv will be getting those long promised library updates I've mentioned,
(06/24 14:36:33) Calum Traveler: dictionaries, historical logs, explorer annecdotes, etc.
(06/24 14:36:40) Ereshkigal cheers
(06/24 14:36:59) ural: Including devokan journals????
(06/24 14:37:06) Calum Traveler: the East Wing of the Guild of Messengers Pub has finished all checks, and is slated to open in time for next month's Mysterium,
(06/24 14:37:14) Calum Traveler: sorry, ural, i've not seen any of those sent my way.
(06/24 14:37:23) ural: Hmmm
(06/24 14:37:23) ALotOf cheers
(06/24 14:37:45) ural: My copy stillstuck in kitely
(06/24 14:37:53) Calum Traveler: that said, i am still waiting on things like the DRC forum archives, and chatlogs from the DRC era
(06/24 14:38:10) Calum Traveler: i need to get those from Tweek, but he's been busy helping the crews working on Descent so I haven't bothered him yet.
(06/24 14:38:55) Calum Traveler: as i said, the east wing will be open in time for mysterium. i hope you guys enjoy the new space, and all the fancy decorations and stuff the Committee has provided,
(06/24 14:39:38) Calum Traveler: my gahreesen wall audios will be going up as well,
(06/24 14:40:19) Calum Traveler: these are meant to be temporary, seeing if my softer take is what people want out of the english announcer,
(06/24 14:40:48) Calum Traveler: if people are okay with them as is, theyll probably stay, but I don't mind re-recording them, or having someone else replace me as announcer in the future, if deemed necessary
(06/24 14:41:09) Calum Traveler: so play a few wall games and get back to me on that, once the updated audios are live, please :)
(06/24 14:41:51) Calum Traveler: finally, reaching the 'phase 4.5' that is 'waiting for release date to be finalized' is Semjay's "Pod 56" area, called "Jalargura"
(06/24 14:42:05) Calum Traveler: i had some documentation to read from the AGM i'll repeat here, for anyone that missed it.
(06/24 14:42:29) Calum Traveler: Pod 56 is located in a vast, sandy desert, surrounded by the ruined city "Jalargura"
(06/24 14:42:56) Calum Traveler: the pod is a stereotypical observation pod, labled with the number "56" on its floor and ceiling plates
(06/24 14:43:22) Calum Traveler: one of the main viewing windows on the ground floor was smashed open, allowing access outside.
(06/24 14:43:59) Calum Traveler: as per the usual history of these pods, however the D'ni made them and scattered them across the Ages theyve been found on, this one was placed in a desert and left to be.
(06/24 14:44:32) Calum Traveler: over time, it caught the attention of the local indiginous population. They likely saw the D'ni inside operating the pod, and visiting to look through.
(06/24 14:44:53) Ereshkigal: I wonder what happened to their city
(06/24 14:44:55) Calum Traveler: The pod, thus, became an object of worship and devotion, and a large temple was built around it.
(06/24 14:45:14) Calum Traveler: gradually, the city Jalargura was built around that, becoming a place for pilgrims and travelers.
(06/24 14:45:42) Calum Traveler: Eventually, the visitors to the pod stopped- either by the D'ni fearing intervetion, or because the Fall happened, we're not certain.
(06/24 14:45:49) Calum Traveler: alteast, not in the notes I have access to.
(06/24 14:46:19) Calum Traveler: the people there seem to have 'lost interest' and drifted away. The city was abandoned, and the desert reclaimed the city.
(06/24 14:46:52) Calum Traveler: in the present day, some point in 2025, Semjay bought the book from the Explorers' Emporium- no idea how they got their hands on it, my records here don't say...
(06/24 14:46:55) NoMore: it became deserted - literally ...
(06/24 14:47:22) Cpt.Jericho: Right now I would prefer desserted.
(06/24 14:47:40) NoMore: :D
(06/24 14:47:41) Calum Traveler: after carrying out a survey, Semjay found it viable for restoration and visitation. Once restoration efforts were completed, she donated the book to the Chiso Preniv library.
(06/24 14:47:48) Calum Traveler: release date yet to be scheduled,
(06/24 14:48:04) Calum Traveler: ive asked if she wants it before or after mysterium, but havent heard back yet- time zones, y'know?
(06/24 14:48:47) Calum Traveler: and that's the end of my notes
(06/24 14:49:03) Calum Traveler: alright, questions?
(06/24 14:49:06) ALotOf: typical for semjay - she always finds the pod ages where big things had been going on ... :)
(06/24 14:49:51) Kammi: How will we get to this Descent?
(06/24 14:50:05) Calum Traveler: i will assume that the existing methods will eventually shift over
(06/24 14:50:09) ALotOf: the mysterium shirts tables will move up to the east wing, but everything else mysterium related will stay in place in new messengers pub?
(06/24 14:50:19) Calum Traveler: so the bahro stone or the city book on the relto shelf.
(06/24 14:50:46) Calum Traveler: the shirt tables and the staff tables were moved up to the east wing to clear some space out- we didnt have much more space in the entry hallway for more tables or shirts,
(06/24 14:51:03) Thumbs up from ALotOf
(06/24 14:51:33) Calum Traveler: but beyond some tidying and removal of some ill-advised poster boards featuring some reckless real lie explorations of the Myst V ages, which we are not encouraging at this time,
(06/24 14:51:48) Calum Traveler: everything in the existing five display rooms should be unchanged.
(06/24 14:52:07) Calum Traveler: oh, i should clarify,
(06/24 14:52:32) Calum Traveler: we *do* have some limited access to those five age books, but we are not looking into any of them seriously at this time as restoration projects, except for maybe Direbo,
(06/24 14:52:49) Calum Traveler: Tweek has indicated hed like to look into that one when he has time.
(06/24 14:53:11) Calum Traveler: Tahgira and Noloben are hard "no"s from me, personally, given their environmental risks,
(06/24 14:53:25) Calum Traveler: Tahgira is a frozen wasteball, even worse than what the game depicted back in 05, and Noloben,
(06/24 14:53:26) Calum Traveler: well.
(06/24 14:53:38) Calum Traveler: it's a Bahro hotspot with signficiant historical meaning,
(06/24 14:54:01) Calum Traveler: not only was Esher's Lab there, but also, Sharper did shoot a Bahro there, only some 18-19 years ago,
(06/24 14:54:12) Calum Traveler: it's not a place I personally would like to revisit.
(06/24 14:54:19) uru348: ...and Laki'ahn and Todelmer?
(06/24 14:54:23) Calum Traveler: Todelmer and Laki'ahn might be visitable someday,
(06/24 14:54:33) Calum Traveler: i havent seen any issues with them culturally or environmentally speaking.
(06/24 14:54:44) Calum Traveler: but nobody is looking into restoring those places at the moment.
(06/24 14:55:19) Calum Traveler: the last guy looking into Todelmer has basically vanished on us, and no, im not talking about the other guy who vanished on us, or that other guy who vanished and came back then vanished again...
(06/24 14:55:21) Calum Traveler: different people.
(06/24 14:55:26) Calum Traveler: ...a lot of folks tend to come and go.
(06/24 14:55:43) Calum Traveler sighs
(06/24 14:55:46) uru348: Them books be vanishing acts
(06/24 14:55:47) Calum Traveler: anyways, yeah.
(06/24 14:56:07) Calum Traveler: uhhh lemme see, did i forget anything...
(06/24 14:56:11) Calum Traveler: OH! right.
(06/24 14:56:41) Calum Traveler: under the new management taking over the Messengers Pub, we've brought in some new recipies and a more robust off-site kitchen,
(06/24 14:56:59) Calum Traveler: youll be seeing some "The Messenger's Tavern" menus around the pub now. :)
(06/24 14:57:23) Calum Traveler: please try to keep them contained to the pub area itself? They were expensive to get printed.
(06/24 14:57:33) uru348: Eagerly expecting...
(06/24 14:57:46) ALotOf: BarbeQuabs :P
(06/24 14:57:55) Cpt.Jericho: Why is it a pub anyway? There's no booze; only coffee.
(06/24 14:58:05) Cpt.Jericho: Should be a cafe
(06/24 14:58:07) Calum Traveler: its called a Pub because the other Pubs were called Pubs by the DRC.
(06/24 14:58:17) Calum Traveler: we were just following existing nomenclature,
(06/24 14:58:28) Ereshkigal: Maybe the D'ni had booze there back in their day
(06/24 14:58:33) Calum Traveler: *that said* the pub under new management is really more of a Tavern with the expanded menu.
(06/24 14:58:49) Calum Traveler: think Old Chicago, if you're familiar with those,
(06/24 14:58:54) Ereshkigal: The Watcher's Pub, that one makes no sense. There's not even a table in that!
(06/24 14:58:54) NoMore: It's a Pub-lic space ... :D
(06/24 14:59:03) Calum Traveler: or, uh, any old-school pub-taverns
(06/24 14:59:24) uru348: "public house"
(06/24 14:59:32) Calum Traveler: lets go with that
(06/24 15:00:45) Calum Traveler: right then, any last questions?
(06/24 15:00:50) Calum Traveler: i gotta get going.
(06/24 15:01:15) Kammi: Thanks, Calum
(06/24 15:01:20) ALotOf: pod age will be accessible in the museum?
(06/24 15:01:25) Calum Traveler: pod age will be through chiso
(06/24 15:01:28) ALotOf: or in Chiso?
(06/24 15:01:34) ALotOf: ah okay.
(06/24 15:02:02) Calum Traveler: baring extreme circumstances, i would not expect any of our restoration effort's ages to wind up in ae'gura
(06/24 15:02:05) Calum Traveler: thanks for coming, kammi
(06/24 15:02:45) Calum Traveler: right then, i think ill call it here
(06/24 15:03:04) Calum Traveler: if your local descent instances start showing the barriers at the door, please keep your hands to yourselves and do not go beyond it
(06/24 15:03:05) Maggy claps her hands
(06/24 15:03:08) Ereshkigal: Thanks a lot, Calum!!!
(06/24 15:03:24) Cpt.Jericho claps her hands
(06/24 15:03:25) uru348 claps his hands
(06/24 15:03:39) Calum Traveler: alright, take care, all
(06/24 15:03:40) Ereshkigal claps her hands
(06/24 15:03:45) uru348 waves goodbye
(06/24 15:03:51) Ereshkigal: .wavebye
(06/24 15:03:54) Ereshkigal waves goodbye
(06/24 15:04:03) Calum Traveler waves goodbye
(06/24 15:04:06) ...Chat.log stopped.

Re: JUNE 24th, 2026 TOWN HALL

Posted: Thu Jul 02, 2026 5:34 am
by Ken Telinome
(06/24 14:40:48) Calum Traveler: if people are okay with them as is, theyll probably stay, but I don't mind re-recording them, or having someone else replace me as announcer in the future, if deemed necessary
If you need another voice for something, I did a little work with the Cavern Today way back in the day. Feels like forever ago...
06/24 14:46:52) Calum Traveler: in the present day, some point in 2025, Semjay bought the book from the Explorers' Emporium- no idea how they got their hands on it, my records here don't say...
There's still a book smuggling operation down here I'm not happy about. And selling linking books is just as bad. Maybe this is something I can ask around about.
(06/24 14:53:11) Calum Traveler: Tahgira and Noloben are hard "no"s from me, personally, given their environmental risks,
I think Tahgira can be managed with the proper precautions. If we can acquire a supply of heavy winter gear (a gracious benefactor?) and make it available, Tahgira would be a place I'd like to see.

Definitely agree on Noloben though. It's sacred ground with a painful history of D'ni and human misuse. Best to let it stay for the bahro.