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Since my recent house move, my Relto book seems to have disappeared. Again!

This is becoming a habit for me - losing access to the worlds of the D'ni. Still, it will turn up somewhere.

In the meantime, I have been watching the developing news over at www.mystonline.com about the DRC handing 'ownership' of the cavern over to the Explorers. I'd really like to help out in that regard but alas, all I'm actually able to do is spread the word.

I've also found myself exploring the land of Taborea. It's quite unlike the worlds of the D'ni but the inhabitants are friendly and quite generous in what they offer in return for help. The same cannot be said about the various creatures that roam the lands...

With a new year brings what? More days to do fun stuff like explore new ages in far of lands, in what time or universe no one knows and to have another birthday. I am going to start the New Year not by making a resolution but by continuing to grow and expand my mind. To ponder the possibilities of what this New Year might bring. Will we cope with the burden of responsibility of the restoration? Are we going to restore or just make new ages? Will some make a home in the cavern if so how will the Bahro feel about that? But most of all when do we get the keys?

I am so eager to get down there to set up my new desk. The one that the Guild promised me ages ago. They want to stick me in the GoMe Hood right in front of the link in point. This so they can show off their new mascot. What did Semp call me; yes that was it “The Tireless Messenger”. All I need it a snazzy outfit. How about a Yellow cloak with SK or TTM in big letters on my chest? I hope they don’t read this or they just might do it. The cloak I mean. I don’t mind sitting in the hood waiting for people to link in. It is a good way to help others and maybe to recruit some.

I feel we might have had a breakthrough in the Guild’s organisation. Hopefully we will be ready to help new and old explorers alike. I am feeling up about my guild work lately. I should hope so as I will put most of my time into the Guild, well I need time to play.For something totally different: As you may be aware I do a little photography and I purchased Photoshop a while back to aid me in this digital world of image manipulation. I have been practicing and with all its bells and whistles that this program has, the filters are much left to be desired. Don’t get me wrong there are good and you can get some really good results. Then a friend showed me Alien Skin Software. Well my mouth started to water, then after seeing the prices I had to have a drink. Not water either. - Choices always choices. - Then a lie down.
Nice filters though and I will just have to do some thinking on this.

Well, I’m back down in the cavern, alone, again.

Still planning, and still trying to set up the Sine Waves infrastructure..  Got the pub most way done, just waiting on my buddy DreadNaught from the surface to come down and give me a hand removing the Greeter Logo from this pub, and replacing it with the Sine Waves Logo.. Almost everything else is good to go, really.

Still need to figure out why the blasted arches in the pub are still cyan, and the floor on the second level too, I’ll sort it out, I guess, just not now, it seems.

Looking for a suitable ‘hood to set up in, still, I’ve found a few likely ‘hoods, nothing for certain, yet though.

In other news, I’ve had the Sine Waves ‘Hood shirt made, and I’ve been wearing it around a bit, even!

Greetings, Explorers!

It’s been an eventful few weeks and the crews at Subterranean Restorations have been working on a number of projects. The Restoration Projects page has been updated to make projects easier to find. We still have a number of open projects which require explorer submissions.

Professor Clarke has returned to the cavern after securing a new source of funding for the restoration! While we won’t have a public announcement for a while, we’re eager to get back to work on this great restoration.

Headed back to Lehns, didn’t get much searching done though, there was a storm front moving in and by the time I had finished searching the area around the Link in Point I could barely see a meter in front of me.

When the blizzard passes I’ll trek down to the village and see if there is any signs down there.

One little mistake, one lax moment of focus, if I’m not careful this age exploring will kill me. Tests came back which showed a mutant form of protozoa, luckily for me not lethal. Got the doctor looking at me funny, should have seen his face. I did tell him he wouldn’t believe me. I think he wanted me to wear one of those “one size fits all” jackets. He did go on to say that this protozoa was similar to the parasitical form of Cryptosporidium but strangely different. Nasty little blighters! I had the water form Fens tested privately. I have it on good authority that all dangerous samples are destroyed. Well there are other explorers out there looking for new medicines, new technology and new foods. I just want to make sure it goes to the right people so it is not misused. I wouldn’t like to be responsible for wiping out the human race. It doesn’t look good on the CV.

Yep it came from Fens. So please don’t drink the water. Boil for fifteen minutes or use a high quality travelling water filter. I think I picked mine up from hand to mouth. It could have been on my clothes, drinking vessel or the bamboo poles. From now on I am going to link back to Relto for refreshments. Plus I need some gloves.

I have missed a lot these passed weeks. I see more new ages have been released with some not finished yet. I did have to go in a take some pictures. Some explorers don’t realise I am only a messenger. I don’t mind really. It is a good excuse to get away for a few hours without exhausting myself.

I wonder what the D’ni survivors think about us writing ages. But do they know? If they are like Atrus then I would suspect they wouldn’t mind. Just cautious of the enormous responsibilities connected with writing ages, especially if the ages are inhabited. We don’t want to repeat the mistakes of the past. - Both D’ni and human alike: Paragon of animals indeed.

Wow! I went off track there. Don’t know where that came from. As soon as I am fit I will finish off my Fens project. I have lost a few pounds due to the illness and just before Christmas. - Time to fatten up again. Well that is my excuse and I’m sticking with it. I have a lot MORE ages and journals to catch up on.

I heard rumour that explorers found all of the DRC’s documentation on the lattice and the KI! This will surely lead to a solution for the instance split and give us our full KI functionality back. Furthermore, it will probably enable the community to improve the lattice and other D’ni technology, so that the Guilds will rise up to continue the restoration of D’ni like Dr. Watson told us.

I can’t wait to be able to gather with everyone in D’ni again!

I spent the morning stocking my library. I decided to move my books of commentary into the actual Ages they belong, it’ll free up some shelf space and it’ll give people who visit the Age something interesting to read.

I find it somewhat sad that I go through Books and forget we even had some of these Ages. One such Age was Lehns, which contains the Mahri, a small village of natives to the Age. We built up a friendship with them awhile back, traded some food items and some of their artwork which I was particularly fond of.

I’m surprised we never released the Lehns book, might have to do something about that.

Given that I had been collecting some artwork for my new office I though I might stop by and see how they are doing, see if I could take a look over any pieces they wished to trade.

I could tell something was wrong right away, the Great Watcher was no longer in the valley, I can’t see why they would ever move it, it is a sacred place to the Mahri. The entire place is empty, no Mahri, no village. The only signs that they had been there were their ancestry stones and prayer ties. It has been a long time since we stopped by, where everyone had been so busy, perhaps they moved, it seems unlikely unless something drastic forced them to (dwindling food supply perhaps?), but leaving their ancestors behind is highly unusual for them.

I think I’ll scout around tomorrow when the sun is back up and see if they had moved on.

I played around with the pillars and shapes in Jalak today. It was fun for a while but without any fellow explorers there, it’s not the same as it was.

I stopped by Tor’oolbah today and noticed some new things.  The Linking Book to Bimevi has been put on the shelf, and I found a draft of a story about King Kedri, similar to the story about him that can be found in Ae’gura’s Library. On the desk lay an open Book. As the Gateway Image showed a void, I think this is a new Age that Whilyam is writing. I wonder where it will lead to when it is done. I was about to link out when I suddenly noticed that the blue firemarble that was missing from Bimevi was lying under the desk, faintly glowing.

I gave the room a last look and linked back to Relto.

It's dawn, I'm still alive. It's been increasingly hostile in the cavern, the fear is growing as we hear less and less about the war.Had I not been a bit afraid myself I might be hiding within one of the ages in my library, somewhere alone and far from the fights and accusations. But that solves nothing, and the risk of being harmed when alone is even greater. My time is better spent in the

I’ve decided to add a new section to Beneath which will eventually house screensavers, wallpapers, iPod Touch/iPhone wallpapers and so forth.

The section is now up with a small selection of iPod Touch/iPhone wallpapers for downloading.

• Beneath Downloads

Well, Bob "The Jukebox" Dalek has seen many a party, many a people, and many a pellet. We even found a way to climb on top of him by getting on top of the dock railing. But Laxman felt the need to take him away just because he wanted to stop him from evolving into a human Dalek (Lamest plot turn EV_UR!).
And so, this post is in his honor, aswell to explain a few things about what's goin' on today, so..

Sharper's back, so Nick's said in TGT Bevin today, Cate made a visit to Guild of Greeters too, somebody made a KI Log post on UO Forums somewhere, too lazy to look, so, oh well. I'll check that put tomorrow. Also Reteltee was told something by Cate, too, dunno what, another thing I'll have to check into tomorrow. Heh.
Sharper also came about shortly before I linked to the surface and talked a bit about his expedition, how he can tell them apart and such.

And well, another short post, and that's it. Yeah, who knew. Just a new KI message called "Pellet Update."

"Because it's a giant conspiracy. A cover-up. We are all Bahro. And they are our fathers." - Nick White, in the Great Tree Bevin

Well, I decided to try out Tweek's nifty KI Serial Code, and it seems to have turned out pretty good as far as I can see, though this is something of a test post, it's not why I'm posting.

Someone seems to have decorated Sharper's office in the City, kind of curious as to who, considering the DRC have all up and left, whether or not they're coming back. The menorah, Christmas trees, and such. We've all resorted to Sardines, Survivor etc. just to survive the boredom, and I see a lot of people vanishing. Honestly, I'm pretty impartial either way, I was gone for a couple weeks nerding out too, so.
Tonight our little Christmas thing-a-majig's started up, starting with Under the Roots Christmas tonight, with Ktahdn playing Christmas tunes till the sun comes up (Or as close as it gets, anyway.). Not to mention scaring certain someones about not having Little Drummer Boy in the playlist, ahem.

Anyway, it's shaping up to look like a good Christmas this year, both above and below the surface, even though my roomates are going to round most of the Christmas money up for a second computer, I'm still setting my eyes on finally getting a bloody iPod..

"Please turn to your hymn book, page 37: 'Yes, we have no bananas.'" - Thend, being Thend

Okay, I know this is sort of a pointless post. But something interesting happened today down in the Cavern I felt that i had to post somewhere, so, all you critics out there, you might as well get over it.

I was down in the Cavern today, and in Uru Obsession's Neighborhood, and there was an arseload of people there. Like twelve or so, and I was weirding out because I didn't see a single one of them, like out of an old Twilight Zone episode. I could hear them, but they sure weren't there. I mean, I apparently walked right through DaytonaKit at one point up by the podium in the Community Room.
And Jacuru and her both sent me some pictures to which I showed them one of my own:

A lot of people are buzzing about the sudden loss of public instances in the Cavern, and I will readily admit that I'm surprised too. It's been a few months since the DRC left the Cavern, and now all of this is happening. The KI's are malfunctioning, the Lattice has downed all links to Public Hoods, and only the generic "Ferry Terminal" remains.
As I said, all of the books to Minkata, Jalak, etc. are all gone too, only the basic one's left behind. Whether it be Yeesha's will or otherwise, I can't do much about it, since the Museum and the Library are empty. For the moment, I'm stuck wandering around in what is now the silent city of Ae'Gura. I am glad I took sufficient photos of the Ages that are now gone.

I know many people are also leaving us, though I certainly have no intention of doing so. It's rather lonely being in an empty Cavern, and I've been asking some of the people who know enough about writing if it's possible to link independent instances back together, with little response. As it is, it sounds less and less plausible the more I think about it.
It is kind of peaceful to sit in the ramadas of Eder Kemo and write, but either way, I kind of miss company. I don't know much about the art of writing, so I'll leave the instances as they are. If we're lucky, maybe whatever happened will reverse itself. For now, I'm content linking where I can.

"I'll pass, I'm scary enough sober." - DaytonaKit, when offered a rum shot

yesterday i remembered that i went through alot of trouble for my relto to be "pimped up"as theyre starting to say in my neighborhood (yes,the real one not the URU one).so i remembered that i could Deactivate my Reltopages by touching them.i did that and i thought:how do i take pictures?sure,i have my KI,but how do i upload them?then my buddy Vivicus came and gave me a camera (a Printscreen as i call it :D). so now im starting to take pictures from the Cavern as much as possible,and ill start with Relto.so here are some pics!

heres the cliff on the left side of the hut.



heres the pillar in the front garden.



here are some little isles

and this spot was first empty but i needed a toilet and...well,it was pretty much in view and starting to smell.


well,im hoping to post alot of stuff to help with me messages,but if you dont know something:
Be safe......and dont ask question! *points at you as if he's in DRC Public Announcement System*

kevin van dijk,armed with a camera and dangerous!

well here i am again,unfortunatly with an empty Relto again....but the good news is that the DRC hasgiving me a new Explorerlicense!the last one expired because the Cavern reopened......but i took me first glimpse of Steve!i even took a picture of it :)

anyway,i have to restart the whole Journey again but im cool with that because now i can see all of the new ages with me buddy ViV :)when i wasnt an Explorer it was REAAAAALLY and i mean REAAAAAAAAALLY boring without him :( but another good thing is that MAYBE youll see his messages on me blog because im giving HIM and only HIM permission (except for Tel but i dont know if shes got a blog herself:( )

anyway,im saying bye for both of us so...bye! *waves*


greetings from ViV and Kev

i dont really want to post this.....but yesterday(when my vacation started)someone called me a noob and said:go do something dirty to your mom!i felt bad about that and in my anger i said:no!its my life so go to****!(that means the really hot spot where the devil is)he didnt take that and wanted to report me......but he crashed while it was doing that so Cyan got it atleast 10 times in that minute so they thought he was joking :) but it made me think of a movie...and i saw it on the Imager right after that!i dont know how......but it seems like our hearts are connected and that makes us strong.....we need to coöperate,but it can be like in that movie...here it is(together with that pic i forgot):