Delin and the Door

So on Friday I went to UO’s party to await the delivery of Eder Delin.  The DRC delivered the books and I linked through the UO book, but they had given us Eder Tsogal instead.  It’s a nice Age, and I would have stayed longer, but the DRC asked that we get out.  Later in the day they gave us the Eder Delin book.  There was quite a puzzle there where people had to do a combination lock in a time limit.  After the group crashed through the Journey Door we ended up in Rudenna.  Yeesha didn’t leave any speech, which I found puzzling.

There was to be a new area of Ae’Gura opened, but the DRC recinded that promise after the distribution misshap.

The Great Zero: The place and now the number of Liaisons

So yesterday we got the Great Zero book in our hoods.  Yeesha seems to have given the Book to the DRC as

a) They can’t Write

b) The book links to Ae’Gura, which is in D’ni

I’ve collected all the markers and stuff already.

But here’s the real news.

Just a few moments ago, The three remaining DRCLs resigned from their posts.  This leaves us with no Liaisons left, which means that we’ll either abolish the system, overhaul it and then declare elections, or just hold another election (which does not sound like a good idea from what the former Liaisons said).   Eleri, Gadren and Vort just thought the position was too much strain.  So far there doesn’t seem to be much fallout (although it happened only a few minutes ago), but I can almost garanutee that there will be fallout when we redraw the constitution.

http://www.drcsite.org/forums/viewtopic.php?p=29258#29258

Tweek Resigns

Ah, more fallout from the Wolfie resignation.  DRCL Tweek resigned yesterday.  Albiet, he left more gracefully then Wolfie, but it’s still sad to see him go.  At least he isn’t going to  be leaving.

I attended a rountable in Thend’s Bevin yesterday and we came to pretty much a consensus that the Liaisons might need to be put on hiatus for a while.  People have been saying that the Liaison job was needed when the Restoration was still sluggish, but that it isn’t needed now that the Restoration is in full swing.

On a lighter note, I will be attending the UO Blue party this afternoon.

More Wolfie Controversy

Well, I came across Wolfie’s leaving post and… well… it was flaming hotter than the Babylonian furnace.

There’s been alot of debate about whether Prof. Askew should be in this position at all.  Zardoz brought up the Liaison constitution and said that there is no provision for the apointment of Askew by the existing Liaisons.  Though it’s fine with me if Askew stays, he’s right.  It’s a firm legal statement, though there are some holes that should be covered up.

All this has made me think about if I should run for Liaison if there is an election.  I think I will, though I will have to toughen my skin and be on my guard.

CAGreyWolf stepping down and the Palace Alcove opened

Well there was a bit of a bombshell today when CAGreyWolf stepped down from his DRC Liaison position.  He said he was fed up with how people were treating him.  For now, the 6th place runner up from the last two elections (Proffesor Askew) has been apointed Temporary DRCL until we can get another election.

I think I may put my name forward for DRCL.  With the six month term my term will end before I leave for Africa, and this is a way I can help others.

Anyway, there is more news.  The Palace Alcove was opened today.  I had already been over there (the barriers were easy to jump), but now I can register at the Nexus because before the link was bugged.

Concert Hall Opened, and a little more from Cate

The Concert Hall Foyer opened today. When they get that bridge back up it will open up the courtyard of the Great Library to us.  I still haven’t been able to make it to the Cavern to see, but I’m planning on a Link tonight.  The City is reopening faster than I expected.  Yesterday the Docks and now the Concert Hall Foyer.

Also, some info was leaked by te Liasons that Cate told them not to log their meetings with her anymore.  She wants a “Cavern First” policy where the DRCLs go and distribute it to people in Ae’Gura itself first.  Then it eventually filters down to the forums.  I don’t like this because we’ll lose accuracy.  We have no absolute knowledge we’re getting everything, or that things aren’t being added in.  Renoah said it best when she said that she has no problem with this method of dispersal as long as the chatlogs are available for the people who want to read them.

I’ve been thinking, and next time I see Laxman I’ll ask if I can talk to him.  He has no love for Cate, and he controls the KI lattice.  He could probably implant some bug in Cate’s KI so that it would relay everything it picked up to his KI, or exploit the public/private bug problems the Lattice is having right now so that we can sneak in and listen.

Anyway, I’ll have to wait until later to get to Ae’Gura.  I won’t have to pack, but Mom and Dad insist I take some supplies with me.  What if I lose my Relto book?

Cate the Slavedriver

Ok, so we did hear something from the DRC yesterday.  Laxman linked in and asked people in Ae’Gura about how the Nexus terminals were working, and then Cate linked in.  And here’s where it gets interesting:

So Laxman inspects the terminals and such, and then Cate links in and Laxman makes a hurried exist, almost like he was running from Cate.  So Cate comes up to the same group of people (or so it seems from KIshots) and asks them how long Laxman was there and blah blah blah.  Then she says:

“Consider this a warning – I don’t expect us to open the Great Zero on time.”

She seemed quite annoyed with Laxman and said that she needed to talk to him about not meeting her deadline for the Great Zero opening.  Laxman seemed positively terrified of Cate.  Why else would he run away like that?  Whatever the reasons,  I feel sorry for the DRC.  If this is how she treats them infront of explorers, then I shiver to think how she treats them in the DRC’s meeting rooms.

Also, Thanakar took two chat logs, one from the DRCL Bevin and one from her opening speech to us.  In the DRCL chatlog she confirmed she was a member of the DRC, but in the meeting she said she was just a funder, not an actual member of Council.

So there’s a debate whether she is the prophesied Destroyer or if she is just a high matabolism personality and control freak.  I really don’t know yet.

Anyway, the DRC is making some progress after the silence.  They opened the “Private Rooms” (egg rooms).  Will the Bahro place their Linking Stones in there like before the Scream?

A Silent DRC

So we’ve had no word from the DRC in days.  Nothing.  Nada.  Zip.

I know it’s only been a few days, and that I should be worried if it happened for months.  I just hope their spending their time working on the new Age to be released and the Great Zero.  All I’ve had time to do is jump along the islands of my Relto.  I was able to get to the Spiral Island today.  Nothing there except a great view.

Yeesha’s been awefully quiet too.  I had expected to hear something from her after the Scream, but nothing has been coming from her.  Is she on Releeshahn?  Is she on Myst?  On her own little Relto planning our defenses?  If the Destroyer is coming, we need to be prepared, and I don’t see how we can do that if our leaders hole themselves away.

Land Ahoy! The Islands page

Yeesha gave us a late New Years present with the Islands page. I had thought the 5th was a slow day, but I checked back on UO this morning and found in the Cavern Today section that the Islands page was there. It wasn’t at my hood anymore (UO Hood), so I had to hood hop. Thankfully I only had to visit one hood. I love that page.

I wonder what else Yeesha has planned for us… what will the new Age the DRC is promising-which could come any time after today really- be? Will it be the beginning of a new Journey?

The Canyon and the Courtyard opened today.  It was quite something to see explorers hanging over the balcony as Ashelbane took a picture, which I must remember to ask him for.  Tay would love that for the ULYB.

Also, I managed to sneak away to Relto and into D’ni for the meeting with Mrs. Alexander.  It was quite interesting, though there were some things that unsettled me.  First off she said that she “has a lot of clout” with the DRC having invested alot of money in it.  Also, the DRCLs released a chatlog of a meeting with her.  It sounds like she is thinking of convinceing the DRC to do away with the DRC Liason position!

Happy New Year

Wow I need to get back here more often…

I rang in 2007 on the Surface.  Natalia’s mom was getting remarried, and I promised to help her out.  I heard that the neighbourhoods were chock full yesterday.  Maybe next year.

Oh yeah, no link next year.

*sigh* I keep getting depressed about no Cavern access for a whole year.  I shouldn’t be; I’m going on the trip of a lifetime, and I am not going to be doubling back between Tunis and Relto for a whole year.  But right now I should live in the moment a little more.  I have over 6 months of access to D’ni left, so I might as well make the most of it.  Then there are the countless websites I can stay in touch with; the school has computers (albeit they’re Macs) and I’ll have my own laptop (Windows thank goodness).

I think I’ll plan a little expedition in June or July.  I’ll go see the Ages again.  It’ll be nice to see them before I leave.

Also, I found out (in the most unpleasent fashion) that I might be allergic to Advil, at least, that cold and sinus stuff.  That means I can’t use it when I go to Teledahn to keep myself from sneezing myself to kingdom come because of all those spores.