zk/writing/post-self/marsh/005.md

## Lagrange Central Feed — Perisystem Feed Nexus

### What the Fuck Happened and What We Can Do About It

*by Sedge of the Marsh clade and I Remember The Rattle Of Dry Grass of the Ode clade*

Judging by the feeds, everyone and their dog knows that things are a little bit messed up right now. On New Year's Eve 275, Lagrange went down and stayed down for one year, one month, and ten days. When it came back up, we didn't immediately notice anything changed in the fabric of our existence here. Sims are here, bodies work as planned, forking and merging work, sensoria work, cones of silence and the perisystem architecture work, the reputation market works.

What *didn't* come back, however, were a bunch of our instances. How many are missing is still up in the air. Dry Grass has counted more than two billion based on what everyone is saying on the feeds, but she's still going and obviously isn't going to catch those who won't be posted about.

She's talked with a phys-side System engineer, and answers are pretty slim. They've confirmed all that we're seeing, and say that they've done their best efforts for recovering everyone. They're unable or unwilling to say just what happened or how many people were affected.

So, what happened? We don't know. If phys-side knows, they aren't telling us, and The System Commission isn't talking to anyone but sys-side engineers.

That means that, at least for the moment, those of us who aren't engineers are on our own when it comes to hunting down information. We're working on it on our own, as I'm sure thousands of others are. To that end, I propose that we start pooling our information. Here are the things we'd love to know, but if you have anything else to share, please do add it to the pool.

How many of your clade are missing? 
:   Stick with just your clade, and just the ones you know are missing. You can check by trying to ping them; it'll feel impossible to reach them if they no longer exist. If you don't know everyone in your clade, have everyone else do the same. If you're willing, full signifiers would also be appreciated as we start to build a list of just who is missing.

What percentage of your clade is missing?
:   Total up the instances that are missing, then divide that by the total number of people in your clade from before Lagrange went down and multiply it by 100. Once we start collecting enough of these percentages, we'll be able to average them out and get a rough estimate of how many on Lagrange are actually missing. The more we get, the more accurate that estimate will be.

List any friends you're missing.
:   Please give their full signifiers — name and tag both as they appear in the clade listing — so that we can weed out duplicates. These will be added to the list of missing, which will help others search for friends and family. We're also in talks with a sim designer who's thinking of setting up a memorial.

Do you remember anything out of the ordinary?
:   If you remember anything that feels weird, write it up in as much detail as you can. Maybe some people will wind up remembering something from before the end, as all of our memories stop just before midnight. All of us mentioned a sense of déjà vu, though, which may be a side effect of the System coming back online.

Any news that might help?
:   Have you heard any rumblings, either sys- or phys-side, leading up to this that might help explain what happened? Maybe you're still in touch with relatives back on Earth, or maybe you follow some feeds that we're still hunting for. The more concrete the data, the better!

To everyone who helps add information to this pool, *thank you!* The more we have, the better, and the better our information, the better we can communicate with phys-side about what happened. To anyone who wants to help, *double thank you!* Get in touch with me or Dry Grass. We need folks tallying losses and coding responses. Fresh eyes are better.

Keep going and do your best!

— Sedge and Dry Grass

### THE END THE END THE END THE END!

THIS HAS TO BE IT! THIS HAS TO BE THE END!!! May God have mercy on our souls! Come to Lagrange Life Church#88295aac for 24/7 SERVICES to OFFER OUR PENANCE!!!

— Rev. Jared Moon

### Missing after NYE???

Has anyone gone missing after this whole thing went down? One of my cocladist's partners went missing on NYE, and then two days later, so did my cocladist. Is there a way I can check if this was also some horrible corruption or something or if she just quit? If she quit, I feel for her. I loved her partner, too. If this is still something that's happening, though, I think everyone needs to know!

### TODO (solicit some feed entries from discord?)

TODO