Everyone notices a jump in systime of almost a year, no one phys-side will give them a straight answer. Turns out someone figured out how to make a self-replicating virus a la the syringes that wound up essentially shredding the system. It was recovered (another thing phys-side is cagey about), but there are some changes. Maybe a small percentage of people don't return
* Reed (he/him) --- Relationship fork, merges down to sync up once a year, discovers Marsh is missing, date has jumped, has to lean on partner and clade, tries to stay level-headed and organized, embroiled but tries to take leadership, though whether that's his idea or he's forced into that role is up for debate
* *Pierre* LaFontaine (he/him) --- *tasker* --- In a relationship with Marsh, has a bit of a hard time controlling his emotions, specifically grief
* Fenne *Vos* (she/her) --- *tasker* --- In a relationship with Marsh, singer, does her best to stay strong, but it comes with an edginess
* *Hanne* Marie (she/her)--- *tasker* --- In a relationship with Reed, a bit short-tempered, easily overwhelmed, which leads her to lash out
* I Remember The Rattle Of *Dry Grass* of the Ode clade (she/her)--- *dispersionista* --- In a relationship with Tule and Cress, tries to be helpful, kind of irks Reed and Hanne (more so than Reed), though they do their best to hide it
* [.] Part 1 --- Marsh has gone missing and the date has jumped forward --- whaaaa --- exploring the new System, what it looks like, contact from the LVs
* [ ] Part 2 --- Phys-side is being a little sketchy about what happened, turns out there was a reset and a lot of work behind the scenes after a coordinated attack between phys- and sys-side, taking the form of a generalized weapon that wiped out most of the System. Large chunks of it were restored after a lot of work and help from the Artemisians, but not total success --- virus loophole was fixed (incl. singular attacks), but no guarantee there won't be another work-around, plans to split the System into smaller pieces, move some of them to Earth/Sun Lagrange points
* [ ] Part 3 --- The ramifications, both global and personal (but mostly personal) --- a lot of talk among the Marshans, their partners, and a chill phys-side syseng --- looking into trying to reconstruct Marsh by cross-tree merging Reed, Lily, and Cress --- it doesn't work, so it turns into coming to terms with letting go of the past
