No, I'm not moving out of the Cavern, just my neighborhood. I'm disinclined to trust my ongoing access to D'ni to the whims of the Nexus and the KI Lattice system given how flaky they can be. The neighborhoods are far enough removed from Ae'Gura that getting back there without linking is going to be a royal pain. I need a Linking Book...
Getting my hands on one will obviously be the tricky part. Once I've got a link back to a safe, open section of D'ni (like Ferry Terminal), putting it somewhere secure - like Relto - will be completely trivial. I think my best bet is to abscond with a Book from the Book Machine vendor in the Nexus while I still have guaranteed access to it. Failing that, I know the DRC has a stash of D'ni Books laying around somewhere, but their offices are no longer in the Tokotah Building, Kirel has been converted for use by the Guild Recruiters, and I don't have access to their private 'hood; never did, to be honest. Yes, I'm well aware that finding a working Linking Book back to D'ni in D'ni is going to be quite difficult, and I'm pretty sure the DRC have swept the rest of the Ages clean of any unapproved links back into the Cavern. I may have to pull some strings for this, or spend a great deal of time in Gahreesen with a pick-axe.
Back to the subject of moving out, though. Most of my gear and such has been relocated to Relto for the time being. I probably won't make it a point to live there - the roof still leaks despite my best efforts and the noise keeps me up at night - but it's the safest place I can think of for keeping my stuff until I can find a good place in the Cavern to set up camp. I don't want to keep it anywhere that people might be able to steal it (not that I think they would intentionally commit a theft, but the explorers seems to be more inclined than most to "borrow" things, thinking they're important), which means Ae'Gura is out, and I don't want to keep them anywhere accessible only by the Nexus, which means everywhere else I can get to in D'ni is out. Maybe I need a boat more than a Linking Book... the trouble is, once again, where to find one.
It may be a while before I have a chance to write again. I need to do some digging (perhaps literally; wish I still had my hardhat), and a whole lot of exploring.
Friday, February 29, 2008
Thursday, February 14, 2008
Endings and Beginnings...
I've never been good at starting at the beginning of something. My mind always tried to jump around in time, tracking bits and bobs that have already happened, or are about to. Still, the beginning is typically a good place to start, and I want to provide some context for this little blog of mine before it gets much farther along. My name is Gary Buddell, and I worked as a Restoration Engineer for the DRC from March to May of 2007. Like many of my co-workers, I was charged with keeping an eye on the explorers, helping them when they needed assistance, and running daily orientations in the Beginner's Bevin neighborhood. After leaving the DRC, I remained in the Cavern, and was understandably upset when I received word that the DRC had been unable to obtain further funding to continue their work of restoring D'ni.
I am very concerned about the state of affairs in the Cavern, and what may happen in the future should the DRC still be unable to return soon. In 2004, Victor Laxman took some rather extraordinary precautions to ensure that everything would keep working down here indefinitely; this time everyone left in a considerable hurry, and things seem to have been slowly degrading ever since. I need to start taking precautions in case something severe happens to the KI Lattice and nobody's around to fix it. Maybe move out of the neighborhoods to somewhere a bit more easily-accessible by traditional means. Will have to see what to do about this. Granted, Dr. Watson and Phil Henderson are supposed to still be around, but Phil's a complete flake, and I'm inclined to believe that Dr. Watson is more talk than action... should push come to shove, I don't know whether he'll do any shoving. Of course, I haven't even seen Dr. Watson since his big re-appearance last year, so who knows what he's up to.
All I do know is this: I'm not leaving. They'll have to drag me up the Descent in a bodybag before I abandon this place again. Everything I need to live on is here. I'm betting the DRC didn't empty their food stores before leaving, and there's plenty of other Ages I can start making use of once that runs out. If worst comes to worst I can return to the Surface and try to buy food there, but I have very little saved up from my time as a ResEng, so I doubt that it will last long. Plus, there's plenty of places in which to set up camp. Obviously some are more stable than others, and it'll take some work to find something that suits me, but there's plenty of places to be had should it come to that. I've got several changes of clothes, and access to fresh water in a few out-of-the-way spots for washing them (and for drinking, since that's important too).
I don't know what will come of this; I may go mad from the solitude, or die in a building collapse two weeks in, or link to a dead Age looking for food when the supplies from the DRC run out, or any number of other ugly things, but I'm hopeful that I can carve out a niche in this huge space to call my home, and perhaps some day, more will come to join me.
I am very concerned about the state of affairs in the Cavern, and what may happen in the future should the DRC still be unable to return soon. In 2004, Victor Laxman took some rather extraordinary precautions to ensure that everything would keep working down here indefinitely; this time everyone left in a considerable hurry, and things seem to have been slowly degrading ever since. I need to start taking precautions in case something severe happens to the KI Lattice and nobody's around to fix it. Maybe move out of the neighborhoods to somewhere a bit more easily-accessible by traditional means. Will have to see what to do about this. Granted, Dr. Watson and Phil Henderson are supposed to still be around, but Phil's a complete flake, and I'm inclined to believe that Dr. Watson is more talk than action... should push come to shove, I don't know whether he'll do any shoving. Of course, I haven't even seen Dr. Watson since his big re-appearance last year, so who knows what he's up to.
All I do know is this: I'm not leaving. They'll have to drag me up the Descent in a bodybag before I abandon this place again. Everything I need to live on is here. I'm betting the DRC didn't empty their food stores before leaving, and there's plenty of other Ages I can start making use of once that runs out. If worst comes to worst I can return to the Surface and try to buy food there, but I have very little saved up from my time as a ResEng, so I doubt that it will last long. Plus, there's plenty of places in which to set up camp. Obviously some are more stable than others, and it'll take some work to find something that suits me, but there's plenty of places to be had should it come to that. I've got several changes of clothes, and access to fresh water in a few out-of-the-way spots for washing them (and for drinking, since that's important too).
I don't know what will come of this; I may go mad from the solitude, or die in a building collapse two weeks in, or link to a dead Age looking for food when the supplies from the DRC run out, or any number of other ugly things, but I'm hopeful that I can carve out a niche in this huge space to call my home, and perhaps some day, more will come to join me.
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