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Ex Floor A Shun Ad Vent Tour!
It has been a while without word from Ga Re or anyone else. Weeks go by since the end of the strange situation in Billy’s city. In all that time, you have had time to rest. Maybe you went to the beach or off on an adventure. Whatever you did, the quiet is about to end as your communicator beeps with a message in the middle of the day. It is from Ga Re and is a rare video message, her pink face smiling as it takes up all of the screen. She hasn’t done a lot of these so the idea of holding it further away hasn’t occurred yet. As it is, she is cutting off her top eye but you get the idea.
Ga Re moves out of frame and returns a moment later, even closer. On your communication device, you see the new city marked and a map to go along with it. Not-Temba is far. Very far. But Ga Re is smiling as she continues on.
But if He Rows no go, more strange here in Temba too. Mines have secret. Agrii no find. Can not see. Bad Bugs go so He Rows can go and find. En-er-gy in mines strange. Some thing wrong in mines. Please go and see. Learn! If He Rows see, Agrii see and all learn! Impor-tant!
She leans back and finally is not on top of the camera. Ga Re smiles and gives them a short wave.
And the communication ends.
True to Ga Re’s words, as soon as she left the screen, the train on the eastern edge of the city buzzed into life once more. It waits there, ready for any passengers to climb on board. A few minutes after it has any number of them, it will speed off along the track and into an underground tunnel before emerging once more, an hour later, in a new town. A town that is different and yet oddly the same.
You’ve arrived in Not-Temba and It’s ready for you to explore.
In a lot of ways this new town looks very much like the capital of Temba. For one thing there's no denying that it hasn't been lived in for a very long time. Many structures are damaged or even fallen, the roads are broken up and ruined by the progress of time and tree roots, and even the atmosphere seems to speak of a place long since abandoned.
There are differences though, first and foremost of which is that while the air is humid, there is a lot less standing water throughout the whole of the city. The flooded areas that seem common in Temba are not found as easily here. Instead the dominant form of wear and tear over time seems to come from the preponderance of plant life, especially tall, durable trees with trunks that in some cases are so thick that it might take three or four people joining hands to encircle them. These trees not only grow all over the town, but even on the roofs of some structures, or in places where they might once have been meant as decorative elements, with these rooftop forests and decorative areas being more likely to be fruit or nut bearing trees.
There's also a general difference in the architecture itself, but that's just something that happens between different places, right? Where Temba is often structures of metal and glass and stone, this city is almost only stone. Stone that looks carved from a single piece, or stones that seem strangely fused together by melting rather than with mortar or careful cutting. Many of the structures, even those with windows, don't have glass in them but rather screens of stone or extremely hard wood that have miraculously survived over long years in some chunks.
The truly insightful explorer might even find that the scale of the city is different. The city doesn't cover nearly as much ground, and even what it does tends to be in smaller buildings. Not shorter, no not that at all, but smaller. More designed to account for the size and bulk of a large human, whereas Temba tends to have tall doorways and slightly wider halls. The buildings are all though, with more floors and often the lower ones dedicated to open spaces or not seeming nearly as in use as higher ones. Guess some people just like to build up. But again, architectural styles do change over the years and between different regions on other planets, so it isn't' all that shocking. Right?
But what if you decided not to go on the train? The mines were also identified as a place that the Agrii want investigated. When you head that way, you will see that the rage bugs down there seem to be gone. All the walls are now covered with this strange, pastel green goo that hums a little as you pass it. Written at the entrance near the first big glob is the classic Agrii pink font. It says: NO BUG GEL! with a smiley next to it. So it seems like you’ll be safe from them for now as you go in.
The trail leads deeper to a series of tunnels, each one dark and of indeterminate length. As you choose one and go down it, you will find that each one loops into the others. A maze of tunnels that all bring you back to the start. Except for one. One of the tunnels has a small crawl space halfway down it. Barely big enough for someone to get through. But if you do, you will find yourself in another space. A large, wide tunnel that brings you to a metal door. Rust has worn its hinges off and it lays open for you to go inside, if you wish.
Inside lies what strangely looks like the inside of the blinking tower’s building. Just less sophisticated, somehow. Less buttons and less things to touch. It also is completely powered down without even a single light on. In spots there almost seems to be places where energy crystals could go, but the connection between them and the larger apparatus are broken in many places. That may need to be repaired before power is restored.
Against one wall is a series of displays. Far more than the two at the building near the tower. None of them have anything displayed yet but they are connected to all the other machinery in the room so there is no reason to think they won’t turn on when/if you can get it working.
Against another wall is a bigger screen with buttons beneath it. It’s similar to the one on the Agrii ship in the records room. However, this one has almost no buttons that look as though they can be pressed and none of them are labelled. Who knows what it can be?
Of course, there is no need to do either if you do not wish. Temba itself has plenty left to explore. You could decide to stay behind and see if anything else has come to life or if anything still has secrets to uncover. The choice is yours and the information to gather will, as always, depend upon your choices.
Good luck, He Rows. And happy X-Floor-A-Shun!
FAQ
We have a new city?!
PLEASE NOTE: The comms will not work between Not-Temba and Temba right now. Comms folk can work on that but for now you're cut off.
And the mines?
And, for the love of God, will you tell me about XYZ in the city now?!
Please. Please, answer my question. I have been waiting so long….
Can I talk to Ga Re? Get some more information?
How long will this event be?
What Questions Have Been Answered So Far?
Do you at least happen to have a MAP for this new city??
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