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A morning, or what one might presume to call a morning, comes where once more all of the He Rows will find themselves gathered and herded before Yurebia. Upon arriving, they are bedecked in many fine things. Chains of precious metals and stones, garlands of sea, flowers and even fine stretches of cloth clearly cut for their specific forms are all hung about them. The whole while Yurebia smiles warmly and benevolently at them, her often shifting form always radiating pride.

Once all are arranged before her, she claps her hands, fins, tentacles together and out from the wings float a string of glowing... Well, jellyfish is a close enough term. There are so many different shifting colors and balanced atop each is a silvery white tray covered with a length of inky black cloth. Clearly something rests under these clothes as some show visual distortion to their folds.

( And So The Goddess Speaks )



( Wrap Up FAQ )

Into The Deep Blue Yonder
Waking up not entirely certain of where one was can hardly be considered new territory for most He Rows. Happenings like that were just another bump in the metaphorical road they had been placed upon. But waking up uncertain of where one happened to be while also feeling weightless, well that would be far less common, now wouldn't it?

Awoken by a voice that crashed and roared like waves on a beach and the number of He Rows who had gone through something like this before probably dwindled the low single digits. If even that many.

"Rouse thyselves! Her Majesty summons you!"

The command is punctuated by the sound of some sort of horn.

( Under Da Sea )

( FAQ )

All Alone In The Night

The reminder call comes from Venidelosia in the dark hours of the morning. What comes is no compulsion via music, no sudden waking up in a place you were not in previously, no lure in the form of seeing some ghostly form that you remember from home. Instead she had politely sent an alert out two days before regarding the pending departure time with a reminder to all He Rows to have their gear stowed and to be aboard. So it is with little fanfare that the final shuttles lift off of the surface–maybe she deliberately set the departure for when most planetside Agrii would be sleeping–and carry on to the ships.

It is a peaceful journey to start with, two days of transit out alongside the Agrii homeship, though at high speed given Venidelosia’s desire to be back to the rest of her crew quickly. Once far enough out to reach what she refers to as the proper ‘transit point’, she wishes the He Rows well and the glowing, churning portal into another part of space flickers open. Her last message is a reminder: they have thirty-one days before she returns to this point to activate the transit point to allow their return from the system of her former deployment. They will also need to account for the half day of travel to and from the planet of her distant records, and she wishes them well.

Then, at last, the time comes that a slight variation on Venidelosia’s voice echoes from the intercoms of the Peanut Party and the Glitter Food.

Hello, He Rows. This announcement is to inform you that we are approaching the coordinates provided by Venidelosia. I have requested that the pilots provide access to any who might so desire it to join them on the bridges to view our approach. The doors will be temporarily unlocked to all who desire. You have approximately one hour until visual contact will be reached.

Oh, and you may refer to me as Veda. Installation of the dual core system allowing me to function off of a portion of the computer systems of the Peanut Party and the Glitter Food has gone well. If you require any assistance during our deployment together, please just speak my name and I will endeavor to assist you. Note, all direct interactions I share with my crews will be uploaded to my sister system upon return. Thank you, and I hope you have enjoyed your transit.

So it looks like you’ve got a ship to talk to even here, and one you can talk to on either ship and still be recognized. Hopefully that’s good in the long term, but only time will tell.

Those who elect to join the pilots on the bridge at the appointed time will indeed be able to view their approach to the target coordinates. A planet begins to loom ever larger through the main viewport screen, one with a murky, gray-green surface occasionally visible through dense cloud cover. Dense, swirling cloud cover. Storms. Of course there would be bad weather. What other luck would be expected for the He Rows?

( And What Do They See )

( Where No One Can Hear You Scream )

( To Seek Out Strange New Worlds )

( Ship's Haunted. What. Ship's Haunted )


( FAQ )

As players may have noticed an momentous day has finally been reached in The Revival Project. For the first time in the tenure of the game, and for a long time before it, Agrii have set their feet upon the surface of Agra-10. He Rows will of course be invited to the arrival ceremony, and now have a chance to interact with a lot of different NPC characters, as well as help them settle in. But there's more going on than that, because very soon He Rows will be taking their own steps of adventure, and they'll want to prepare for that to. So let's talk about this month's event!


New Horizons FAQ

You know where we start. Event Dates?

The Agrii will be arriving the evening of April 9th, while Venidelosia’s message will arrive early in the day on April 10th. According to her message, He Rows returning to their Ships for departure will be May 1st and news about transit will be posted after that.

What about the ‘voting for destination’ thing? What are the choices?

That’s actually going to depend pretty heavily on you, the players. In the next few days another OOC post is going to go up serving as our first ‘pitch us planets’ post. In it we’re going to encourage you to share your general ideas of places you would like to see. Please don’t give us your characters’ canon planets, those aren’t on the table. Things closely adjacent, or planets of canons not represented in our game that also aren’t Earth, could be pitched. But we’re also ready to welcome some of the most off the wall things you can think of. Trust the mods to find ways to fold these into the way we’re going to keep you entertained. We just can only create so many different settings at a time.

If we find there are three good pitches we can work with, we’ll write up small summaries and leave them to players to vote on anonymously. If we are lucky enough to receive more than just three good pitches, we’ll hold some in reserve for further building and future use. If there are less than three we’ll handwave the winner being either a player suggested one where the player is happy to help us build and perhaps even shape some of your adventure, or to a mod one that we will prepare for you. So the destinations will be as up to player choice as we can manage.

What can we do this month?

Well, first thing first, that whole arrival post was made in the IC community for a reason. You may see that we’ve got comments in there for a few different NPC groups. He Rows will be able to talk to the Plantkin delegation, Mu Ly, Venidelosia, the Twins, random colonist NPCs and… gasp Ny Ak too! Use those comments to start up a situation and we’ll swoop in to make sure you get some fun interacting with them. Many of these characters are moving in (not Ny Ak) so they’ll have questions, need help, and be ready to start learning! Consider this your most personal connection with any Agrii yet most likely, because you’re helping them start to build a world.

In addition you can take Venidelosia up on her request for specific consultations. She is going to need some people to help her finalize her submissions to your journey. You don’t want the portal systems blowing up or to have the copied version of her that will be going on your ships undermining you with glitches, right? So for people with different datapoints, there’s still a lot of important stuff to do, like handling food, creating production facilities, preparing for medical needs, and maybe even making and stowing away weapons, food, clothes, and other resources. You don’t know what you’re going to need in space, right? And who knows if you’ll even find people to trade with. Actually, things to trade might be good too…

Beyond that players might wish to try and convince some NPCs to join them on their quest. Wouldn’t it be interesting to try? At the moment He Rows will only have Venidelosia herself on the journey with them. Whether others join them or not is entirely up to characters wooing Plantkin or Agrii to their cause. The only exceptions guaranteed not to go are the faction leaders, the Blue Twins, and the Wanderer. Anyone else, old or new NPC, is possibly up for adventure if you pitch it right. We will, though, require attempts to convince NPCs to be made in threads.

Are we really just leaving Agra-10 behind?

For a while. Players should expect a return to Agra-10 in June or July, depending on how well or poorly adventures go. There will be some time on the planet before the next round of space exploration. This will be our new format going forward: space time, return to the planet for some event, an off month for planet and shipside player plots, and then returning to space. How fast or slow that ends up being will vary.

My character was one of those not interested in leaving the Agrii here alone. What about them?

Sorry, but sometimes you have to let the chicks leave the nest, and it seems like they’ve come to a good agreement with the Plantkin for now. Consider this month a good way to start getting the Agrii used to what their lives are going to be like here, get to know them some and guide them, and then give them a chance to make their own mistakes. Have faith in them.

When we leave is the Agrii ship going with us?

Nope. The Agrii as a whole mostly want to stay here. They are tired of wandering when home might be so close, even if they don’t all know it’s not theirs. The Agrii ship will thus be staying for a few reasons. One: to provide shelter should storms come. Two: to provide supplies if the surface Agrii blow it. Three: to allow more Agrii to go down to the surface if they find things are going well. In fact, once the He Rows leave the hangar will be quite clear for the Agrii to use the old ships in their own Hangar Bay to shuttle to and from the planet at need.

Um, what was up with how Ny Ak spoke?

Now that might be a question worth asking him, wouldn’t it? c3)

Hey, I wanted to ask a specific question about all of this.

Awesome! We want to hear it! Please direct all of your questions to the appropriate comment below. Also, you want to talk to an NPC not noted specifically on the event post, please let us know there too. You can also feel free to use this post for plotting. Whatever works best for you.

Finally, and this is important. Please just give a round of applause to our new support staff. Some members of our wonderful community have stepped up to help the mods through a hard time and we really appreciate them. Without their time and efforts this event may not have been presented to you as smoothly as we might have wanted. This month was a little trial by fire for us all.

A Time of Parting
Like a relationship status with an on-again off-again significant other one could easily describe the situation with the Agrii in two words: ‘it’s complicated’. Which of course serves no one as well as it should. The Orange-Faction is still angry, Mu Ly still seems on a tightly held leash, the other leaders still seem at a loss for understanding, and Ny Ak remains in their comatose state. Even meeting with He Rows on the ‘neutral ground’ of one of the He Row ships only manages to reach one consistently agreed upon point with the Agrii.

It is time for the He Rows to leave.

( But Is It Really Goodbye? )

Of Stowaways And Strife
Well, looks like this year is rolling in for the Agrii and He Rows alike with a bang! As is seen in the special event part two Mingle Post, a lot happens starting on the 15th. The Wanderer has joined the party, upsetting the Agrii who don’t understand it. Violence has truly broken out on the ship, and the He Rows may be the only ones able to restore order.

The question is, have you the will, the skill, and perhaps even the knowledge to restore something resembling peace? Because there’s no way you can just leave the Agrii ship without getting things a bit more stable here. Why? Because the Ship’s AI has put a control lock down on the Glitter Food and the Peanut Party. No returning to atmosphere for you until some sort of peace has been reached.

So it’s up to the He Rows to step in, deal with emergencies as they crop up, and restore order. Or, you know, make it worse. We don’t doubt that some He Rows are more than capable of turning things in that direction if it really moves them to do so. And with just how many directions things are being pulled in, who knows what people can get away with right now.

What is clear is that the factions are alive and well, there is violence breaking out, someone’s releasing the perpetrators (because do we even know of Agrii who could override ship commands), and on top of it all, the Wanderer is walking merrily through it all of it taking notes. It’s learning so much about Speaking Animals right now.

But that’s the situation as it stands. Time for the He Rows to act. Well, it seems like reacting might be the first order of business, but they’ve clearly got to act as well if they ever want of this ship.

( Lets get to the FAQ )

Today is the final day to submit your New Tick Gift Lists.

This is hereby your final reminder to get requests submitted!

Mod Churby Note: My apologies for how late this is. Things got complicated.


An End to Storms?

Slowly but surely exploration teams filter back to the safe area of the Warrens where their companions await. They have been on their quests, they have seen systems shut down or destroyed. Their actions may provoke hope, or may have left destruction in their wake. In the hands of each successful party rests a small device. More information is the hope. Answers to the storms, or to the Agrii, or who knows what.

A bit after the exploration teams the first crew returns. They have seen things. Learned things. And hopefully they have achieved one of the core tasks that He Rows have had before them since the first day they set foot upon Agra-10. There is a chance that the storms might end now. Perhaps just as importantly, they return with a Smooolsher down a few charges, a large machine disabled, and a device that will enable them to read the smaller devices brought back by the other teams.

Now all that needs to happen is a decoding.

Good thing the He Rows have a lot of spare time while they wait for the Wanderkin and the other Plantkin to announce that travel back to the surface is safe. All it takes is time and the work of the Communications He Rows.

And oh, the information you learn.

So a new set of questions might arise in He Rows. A new realization that, quite possibly, the best way you can help the Agrii isn't by following their wills. But do you really wish to ignore their desires? What is the best path going forward? Surely the He Rows will need to work together to figure out just what their future goals in regards to the Agrii should be.

Then, at long last, almost a month after heading into the Warrens, the news comes. The Wanderer returns amid many dancing Funfronds with news. The storm at the surface has diminished. It flickers and fades, the creatures it woke melting back into the dirt and mud they seemed to awaken from. Already snow begins to fall upon the surface, and there is safety to be had there once more. The Wanderer offers to guide He Rows back to the surface, but conveys for the Funfronds that the Warrens will remain accessible to them from now on. They will always have shelter among the little ones. All that is asked is that He Rows avoid the Warrens during the autumn of every third year, as this is the sporing time, and the elder Funfronds and their new sprouts need the space then. Allowing them the space this year was a unique allowance and made the sporing Funfronds nervous.

As warned, upon returning to the mines and then the surface, Temba is colder now. There is a layer of dirt and dust and mud over many places that the prior zombies were around, so cleaning is going to be needed. But otherwise the city is once more the domain of the He Rows for the passage of the winter. The Wanderkin itself wanders off toward the greenhouse, no doubt seeking some place warm to pass its winter as it continues to study the culture of the He Rows.

Winter will be a slow and quiet thing, with nothing more than standard snow. It falls and builds up in mounds and banks. The snow clearing droids return from wherever they went into hiding at the end of last winter, and the city streets and paths are cleared. This might well be the most peaceful winter any He Row has seen in Temba. At least for now. After all, there should be no more storms, right?

Take the free time you have, snuggle up with some warmth, and prepare for what you know is coming next. New Tick approaches and the Agrii like to force festiveness upon you. Though maybe if you want your gifts you might not want to debate with the Agrii over the future until after you've gotten them.

Given the number of claimed versus unclaimed spots for Warrens Exploration, we are officially opening the exploration to allow up to three characters per player to head in.

Have fun in your explorations!


(At the moment, Routes 3 and 6 are still open. More routes can be opened if needed later on.)

Once More Into The Depths
The zombies have not even begun to let up when a voice comes in amid the clamor around and behind the barricade. It rattles like bare branches whipped around in a powerful storm. A voice that some may know from soft conversation, and others from a potentially awkward trip to the mines.

Of course it leaves the question of how the Wanderkin got back here. Last anyone remembered it had headed back out into Temba, and no one had seen it come back over the barricade. But there it was, calling out.

“Come, friends. The littlekin are ready for you. The storm grows more powerful above. There is no more time.”

( And So We Go Back In )

( FAQ )

( The Secrets of the Labyrinth )

( FAQ Part Two )