The Twilight Zone

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:

My KI Image

DaytonaKit's KI Image

They are, annoyingly, a bit small, but if I make them any bigger, just a bit, they get ridiculously fuzzy on Blogger. But, if you can't tell, the first one is me in my Indiana Claybourne get-up all alone. The second one, taken just moments after I sent the first picture to her, is from DaytonaKit's KI. I'm in the same spot, just turned around a bit, you should be able to spot me if you really look.
It's probably some sort of Neighborhood Instancing malfunction, two people linking to the same Age at once, who knows. But I thought it was pretty nifty. Adam_Reith, whitesparrow, and Fah linked in at their respective times after me, and I could see them, and they could see everybody else, which poses more questions.

But, as it is, I thought it was pretty cool.

In other news, it's also the anniversary of the current opening of the Cavern. Today, it's been exactly one year since it was reopened. But, ofcourse, the DRc were still around then. It's kind of hard to believe actually, and I still don't have all of the Calendar Sparks..

"So, what should we do since he can't see us?" - DaytonaKit, being devious

Under the Christmas Tree

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

A Lesson in Proper Bahro Names

Well, this is mostly an interesting-tidbit-that-I-want-to-post sort of post, but eh, why not inform the masses?

Well, basically, a few days ago, K'laamas sent an e-mail to RAWA about the names of the Bad Bahro, or if Yeesha had names for the different sides, or something similar. But the point is, recently, he responded back. Apparently, it was what Dr. Watson had heard Yeesha call them while he was away from the Cavern.
Nekisahl are apparently what the general Bahronoir (As they were formerly called!) are called, which means, basically "bent, twisted, or distorted." Which makes it into the Bahro Nekisahl.

And RAWA also sent "Nekisahloth" which, it seems, is apparently the name for the leader of the Nekisahl who Esher took his Bahro skin from the shoulder of. And it basically means "one who is bent, twisted, or distorted." WHich is creepy yet neat.

Plus, since this is somewhat more "serious" than what I generally do, Donahoo is back in the Cavern with the D'ni Cocktail Party every other week, the next of which is two weeks from now. And the Karaoke Party is happening tonight, which I am, ofcourse, going to attend. I swear, sil needs to, I dunno, make a "Best of Karaoke Night" thing or something, because, as I said in a previous post, we have an insane amount of insanely good singers in the Cavern.

"I swear, everytime I go into the Space one, I hear Kirk's 'These are the voyages...'" - Wulf, talking about the Space Sphere

Exodus

Wow, the DRC are all gone. Every single one of them. Plain and simple.

Sharper left too, atleast temporarily, it seems. I don't know where Nick, Engberg, and Watson are. but the only person that is still around for sure is Phil, as prophetic as always. I mean, what is going to happen now? Seriously. the Bahro are at war, and we're all alone down here. Again. But this time, there are hostile creatures flying around.

Yeesha is back too, assuming she was gone. Phil and Watson mentioned something about her being in Releeshahn, or just about. All I know is, she appeared in K'veer, announcing that the Bahro are at war, and some have chosen evil. Some have chosen revenge. She says she's going to distract them or something along those lines, it was so mystifying I found it hard to pay attention. All I know for sure is that she's here, again.

But what will become of the Cavern, I mean, we are completely ungoverned. I mean, if nothing else, the DRC have a whole stack of unreleased Ages, some of those containing Pento, and Kahlo, and many others I would certainly like to get into.
I mean, I was thinking about it today, maybe we could try to start a new system of Five Lords, I know that's a bit far-fetched and such, but it would be a neat idea. It's better than complete anarchy and knocking down DRC barriers and ignoring all previous restrictions.
But maybe Yeesha will finally take a step up, with the threat of the Bahro, and the disbanding of the DRC, and she will be our new leader. She, herself, can be a bit eccentric at times, but it would be good to have someone who truly knows the ways of the D'ni guiding us.

And, you know, what happened to those Maintainer suits?

"Destruction is coming. It is almost here. I will delay it as long as I can but, in the meantime, you must find a way. You must make a home. Destruction will be here soon." - Yeesha, near the conclusion of her speech

Night on Kerath's Arch

And yes, if you don't get the title, I'm making fun of "A Night on Bald Mountain," jeez..

Well, I hate myself for not posting in this blog more, but hey, since the PR Week started three days ago, I got something to talk about, eh? For starters, the DRC have finally re-released Ahnonay to the public, and, as a warning, this does contain spoilers.
Anywho, they've tweaked it a bit, and gotten rid of the lever in the Tower, so you need someone else to rotate the Spheres for you. And also, Yeesha seems to have moved some cloths around and installed a Shell Portal. But it was great being back on the "Outside," as I call it. It's basically an enormous waterfall, some blocky rocks, and the maze the Seat transport goes through, but it has its own brand of beauty.
And the new Great Tree jacket is very Renaissance Festival, and I've made up a costume to go with it, and the D'ni Mating Helm goes quite well with it. Kadish sure had a strange taste in clothes.

K'veer is also back, with a stained glass window that is absolutely gorgeous to look out of, so, basically, K'veer is still as great as ever, I'm anticipating the release of (What's left of) Myst, and I'll feel like a dork if I link down to the Cavern after this and it turns out that it's already out, but somehow I doubt it.
Both Kodama and Cate Alexander have left the DRC, which, even being Cate, is a BAD thing. I mean, Sutherlund and Laxman are still here. In fact, laxman linked to a private bevin earlier today and nobody could find him. Kodama left because without Cate, they officially have no funding.
Phil is still around, and they say Sharper, Nick, Watson, and Engberg are too. Though now instead of Him, Phil is chanting about Them, and we still don't know whether Watson was really Him, but Them is obviously the Bahro.

Actually, speaking of which, on the topic of the parodical title, the Bahro seem to have taken to flying around Kerath's Arch the past two days, yes, two days straight. I'm sure they're getting dizzy.
Earlier today, they started to land, and I must've seen six Bahro running around in ten minutes. Though, we don't really know whether they're good or bad Bahro, I think they're the good ones trying to warn us. The calm before the storm, so to speak. But, hey, you never know what's around the corner, and it may be time for a full-on Bahro War..

"Marie, is it true that the DRC are setting up giant speakers at the ferry to play the "flying monkey" music from the Wizard of Oz?" - DocOlana, asking Marie a weird question

Halloween Underground

Well, it' almost Halloween, eh? And it seems even the DRC are in the spirit, since they set up pumpkins (Try not to smash them, maybe?), squash on the windowsills, and a wreath behind the Book Room in all the neighborhoods. You would have to wonder how all those got there, and I personally think that that would prove that Cate is obviously a robot.

But that'd be my opinion.

I think the pumpkins are a greater force brought from the surface to plot with the Cones to dominate the Cavern! They lurk in the shadows, and watch from the windows! THEY PLOT.. But again, heh, my opinion.
I believe the next one of the DRC's nifty PR Weeks begins on Thursday, day after Halloween, I'll have been up watching Ghost Hunters. But, yeah.

"Dalken ate them!" - Andrew Legate, when I asked what happened to the pumpkins in the Hood

Ello Again!

Eh, sorry about my abscence and overly-mysterious last message, it was via KI and I was excited and didn't want to waste time, just trying to listen to the recently returned Mr. Watson. New Eagle Page, DRC Jacket (Did I mention that already?), and a whole bunch of other mysticism. But that's just to explain everything.

It was Firesign's birthday the other day, I actually meant to post this on that day, but its a little late, we threw the party the other day, and its been a couple days since the actual birthday. I think the situation was he was going somewhere on his birthday, I don't know deatils, don't even know if he's back yet, but Happy Birthday Firesign!
Plus there was the Karaoke Party's Bevin last night, and we really do have some mighty good singers out there, and I was thinking. Wouldn't it be funny if an explorer got on American Idol or something, just imagine:

AI Explorer:I want to give a shout out to Yeesha, Atrus, Cate Alexander, Dr. Watson.. Uhh.. Laxman, and Phil, the colors, man! Yeah! And uh, to my parents, but they're not that important.
Simon: You suck.

But yeah, I suppose that's it, so, harohs!

"Very carefully.." - Fax Paladin, responding to how you can fax a paladin