The Great Tree

[Cycreim]

I was chatting with him, it was his expedition to Negilahn today... he was outside the pod, said things were creepy out there...

Then Sharper's KI disconnected. Then Rils'. Then Nick's.

Without warning.

Apparently just before it happened, Rils fired off a PM to someone that said "What the..." or something like that, and then poof, vanished.

I have no idea what happened to them. I hope they're okay... keep an eye out, guys.
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[CuzinJohn]

um... WHAT!?!

/me links to Nagilahn, beats on the nearest window, screaming Rils' name.

RILLLLLLLLLSS!!?!?

We need a rescue mission! Anyone with me?
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[Cycreim]

Rils is back, he's ok... I'm sure he'll be able to fill you in himself...
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[Anna Catherine]

Rils? Report?

*is glad Rils is OK*
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[Gadren]

Pretty freaky stuff, from what I've read.
I hope we can get to the bottom of this...but make sure to rest, Rils -- you've seen a lot.

[Moiety Jean]

Holy crap, what did I miss?

Edit: Nevermind, I found the thread at DRC forums. :p
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[dcos]

I'm really glad all three are okay. I must say I got a bit affraid when I started reading, I was already nervous enough about something happening.

Hope Nick is alright and well done guys!


Take a little break if you need it Rils I know you have a lot on on the surface on top of tracking predators in an alien environment. But be sure to let us know what you find out (if anything ) from the samples.

I agree with what Jean said over at the DRCforums about intelligent creatures being the ones that kill just for laughs.

With every passing month I become more and more nervous about the Bahro and they made me uneasy to start with.

[Professor Askew]

I'm sure this has nothing to do with the Bahro. I feel very strongly about that. But, something is definitely going on in Negilahn.

Here's what I said over at the DRC Forums:

[dcos]

I do find it odd that the DRC released two Pod Ages with obvious damage to them (from what I hear the Dereno pod has a leak.) The pods are designed with the obvious intention of allowing the visitor to view interesting eco-systems safely and without any danger to the eco-system of the Pod Age or the one the linker is visiting from. Perhaps they have taken a stance of "arrested decay" due to their low budget and man power. All the same I would tend to assume the D'ni had a reason for enclosing the Ages completly.


Now Prof, I respect you greatly but I have never understood why people trust the Bahro so easily. I trust Yeesha's motives definatly but in the Bahro we are dealing with completly alien lifeforms who have been robbed of their free-will for millenia. How can anyone know how a Bahro thinks when we cannot communicate with them? We have no linguistic link to them and language is the basis of thought, in my opinion anyway. In fact the only way of communication I've heard refered to is a method of giving commands to them using symbols! Giving a command is hardly the same as setting up a dialogue and gaining an insight into how they think.

While there is a good chance that the disturbance is localised to Negilahn (although didn't Nick say they were seeing drops in the populations in all the Pod Ages) and the Bahro may have nothing to do with it, I am not going to rule them out as a cause. Perhaps the Bahro (assuming for a moment they have been freed) enjoyed a good hunt before their enslavement.

[tetters]

I find it hard to believe that the Bahro are aggresively attacking the natural wildlife of the age. I mean if they really wanted to, they could link into the pod and gut us instead. Unless the pod is shielded in some way from their natural ability to link. And if they are supposed to be then that crack is a huge chink in the armour...infact any breach for that matter. But from what I've seen, the Bahro seem to be pretty passive species...unless of course something has changed.

Actually...what if the the Pods are slave ages? Where the D'ni trapped Bahro and then domesticated them into subserviance? Like a wild dog for example? I dunno, I'm still catching up on my reading, however is this possible. That what they saw was a "wild" Bahro?

Sorry, I keep coming across new info. Trying to see "The Whole".

Here is another possibility...on the other forums and chat logs I'm reading they are maintaining that there were no animal tracks. As I understand it the big guy was torn to shreds. I also understand that they the "gorillas" live in the trees. Does anyone suspect that maybe those big nasty pink flowers that we are told (At least I was by a Greeter no less) are hidden microphones are not really that. Perhaps they are an invasive species that is starting to grow like mad everywhere. Perhaps, the flowers (if you want to keep calling them that) live off the bodily fluids of other animals which is why all of the organs were found apparently intact but the body was mangled. Kinda like a "juicer" or crusher...I know that sounds utterly gross and creates a horrible visual.

Think about it....Big guy comes climbing down the tree and is caught un-awares by nasty mean evil flower, perhaps it has vines or tenticales which it can use to snare or drag its prey into its maw...and then chop! When it is done...drop the carcass to the jungle floor like a bad habit. Makes sense to me at least.

Who to say that the enemy that Yeesha has reffered to insn't writing invasive species into these ages in an effort to destroy them?

My 2 cents...keep the change.
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[Tweek]

Whats the pod got to do with it, if the Bahro wanted to gut us then they would do so in the city and every other age in which they have a presence.
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[Eleri]

Blade had a thought the other day, while Rils was being interrogated by the masses.

What if it *is* the Bahro, but they're not being malicious? What if some of those animals on Neghilan aren't native species, they're D'ni imports, and the Bahro are doing a bit of housecleaning, now that they have their freedom?
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[Professor Askew]

It's very simple, Dan. Yeesha called me to the desert. Something drew me to D'ni at any rate. (I didn't find a brochure at the local travel agent *lol*). It was Yeesha, in conjunction with Jeff Zandi, that sent me on my Journey...a similar Journey undertaken by Phil Henderson, I might add. I never met Phil personally but I followed his progress as closely as I could. He was further along his Journey than me but we still shared a sense of wonder. I was fascinated by Yeesha's powerful ability in the Art. And her story of the Bahro enthralled me.

By the end of the first leg of my Journey I freed a Bahro from physical/mental/spiritual captivity. This act was encouraged by Yeesha. I trusted Yeesha then so therefore I trust the Bahro now. They have given me no reason otherwise in my comings and goings in the Cavern. I do hope to see one soon.

In the context of what is taking place in Negilahn...I am presuming the Bahro innocent until proven guilty. My feeble imagination cannot conjure a motivation for the Bahro to commit such a deed.
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[tetters]

[Cycreim]

It's not the Bahro.
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