Worlds of Wordcraft

I've been somewhat despondent recently. A lack of access to my Relto book (it's still in a box somewhere) and an inability to even find the energy to look for it after work makes for a dull and uninteresting evening.

I miss the rolling thunder and howling mists of Ahnonay; I want to sit out at the edge of the path in Gahreesen and watch the world go by; I want to have a picnic in Eder Kemo; I want to relax in the cool night of Minkata.

Mostly though, I want to take a slow walk through the forest of Kadish Tolesa and gaze out over the vast vista.

Perhaps followed simply by sitting or lying back in the quiet stillness of Relto.

I long for the return of Uru, the deep city, for a time when it is possible to go back down into the deep city and run around perhaps going where we haven't been and opening doors to see what other things can be found about the D'ni.

I long for the chance to once again run along the walkways and meet other people there.

It has been quiet for too long...

Gahreesen & the KI

Now that I have time once again to visit here, I noticed today that I haven't been to retrieve my KI so I decided to journey to Gahreesen.

Gahreesen is a favourite Age for me. I'm always awestruck by the size, complexity and beauty of the engineering there.

The low rumble in the linking chamber is a welcoming sound indeed. It is strange to hear after so long, and with the distant bird-song above too. Marvellous!

The KI machine is not far...

Strange, the KI has somehow restricted itself to two functions: an Imager and Great Zero coordinate tracking. The KI-mail and In-Cavern Network functions appear to have been disabled. Have the DRC been in to check the machine? Or have they done something to the Great Zero? Perhaps the KI dispenser has developed a fault or maybe the DRC have made this restriction to stop explorers communicating with one another? Who knows...

I can check that out later. Anyway, with the communication component disabled, it shouldn't be possible to track the KI's that are in use. That's a good thing as we explorers are really not meant to be here...

I linked to a balcony in Ae'gura from a Bahro stone in Gahreesen.

It is quiet.

Usually, other explorers can be seen going about their business but now, the place is empty. I didn't even see the blue, radar-like sweep of the Great Zero. This leads me to think that the DRC have shut it down while the cavern is closed.

Wary of being in a public area, I linked back to Relto to continue my explorations of Gahreesen.