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 ## Lagrange Central Feed — Perisystem Feed Nexus
 
+### Instances Spontaneously Quitting? (Echo)
+
+*by İpek Aydin of the Sevgili clade*
+
+Mavi was over for the celebration with some of os Riãos, and she and Bay suddenly quit. I pinged Mavi and I got her down-tree? But she hadn't received a merge request, and Bay's cocladists couldn't reach em at all; Louie didn't have a merge request either.
+
+Mavi is okay, I think, although she lost track of the party which is a little sore. We'll just have to throw her another anniversary I suppose. But Bay is gone. One sentence ey was there, fine, gossiping gladly and drinking champagne with us. We look away, we look back, and ey is nowhere to be found. It doesn't make sense for em to quit like that, so suddenly, without warning.
+
+Do you think this is like the virus Ioan Bălan wrote about in Individuation & Reconciliation? But that was described as a breaking up of oneself, and there was no such distress. Bay and Mavi just disappeared as if they had simply quit. Nobody touched them, but we are all staying in quarantine until we figure out what happened, just in case it's contagious.
+
+I've been keeping a spare fork in another sim, too, but they probably have the same thing I do if it is contagious. We're all so worried. If anyone has any information from the engineers, please let me know.
+
 ### 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*
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 ### THE END THE END THE END THE END!
 
+*by Diana Serene Moon of the Moon-Bright clade*
+
 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
 
+### TO ALL OWNERS OF ACM-CLASS SYNTHETIC CANID COMPANIONS, THIS IS A MESSAGE FROM 91N INDUSTRIES
+
+*by Andréa C Mason#Foundry, of the CERES Clade*
+
+This is a call for help.
+
+More than likely, your robot canid friend is gone. We are sorry. I am sorry. Words are not enough for the loss you are experiencing. Yes, even you.
+
+Answers to some questions you may be having:
+
+* No, we have not been able to restore any models.
+* No, we do not keep backups. 
+* No, at this time we are not Issuing new models or contracts.
+* No, we have no idea what the fuck happened either. 
+
+As you were informed in your contract, your companion was a direct fork of a core Andréa model, and was an instance, not a construct. Each of you had an individual copy of us. The Andréa you had was custom forked to you, and took the time to get to know you and your needs.
+
+They are gone. I am so fucking sorry, but even if a version of them merged down into me I cannot sort your Andréa from the rest. Or from myself.
+
+Until further notice, High Falls Millworks#46b147c4 is closed to all visitors, and 91N INDUSTRIES is shuttering. I cannot begin to describe what I am going through.
+
+In the event you still have your beloved Synth companion, please instruct her/them/it to fork and merge down as soon as possible. If you know of an ACM companion in the wild or out of the reach of the feeds, please Contact Andréa Mason#Central.
+
+Of the nearly 64000 active duty Companion instances and 6000 91N INDUSTRIES staff instances, we have managed to confirm besides me and #Central are still alive.
+
+We send our condolences, and know for fucking sure we are grieving with you.
+
+### Four-Winds Bar and Grill Shut Down (Caela Argent)
+
+*by Simon Knight, Tarot Clade*
+
+Hey folks.
+
+So I’m not going to beat around the bush here; the Bar on Parkway Vale#b1306638 is going to be closed for business until further notice, given recent events (Or apparently recent as the case may be). The Flynn Clade, the owners and proprietors of the establishment, are currently in mourning, having lost one of their Cocladists and a not-insignificant number of friends and loved ones.
+
+We ask of you all to be patient and to take your time with this. Give Casey and their clade the space they need at this time; they are particularly fragile, even if they don’t always show it. There will be a time when the Four-Winds open up again, yes, but it is not today, it is not tomorrow, and it is definitely not any day this week. I know we can’t guarantee when things will be back underway, and I know things will never return to the way they were, but I ask of you all to hold on, and hold together. We who remain are all we have left. Ping those you haven’t spoken to in a while, those you regret having broken away from, and be there for your fellow instances in this troubled and uncertain time.
+
+Stay safe, please. And take care of each other, for Gods’ sake. 
+
 ### 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!
 
+### We are here to help.
+
+We still do not know the fullest extent, but suffice to say this is the greatest loss the System has ever endured. We shall not know the weight or size of the damage for much time yet to come, but the damage of the now is undeniable and unending. No one of us has gone untouched. Each of us feels how heavy emptiness and how loud silence both can be.
+
+You do not need to struggle alone.
+
+Some of us will lapse. Some of us will take our first drink. Some of us will struggle in a way we haven't in centuries. Some of us just want to help others.
+
+We pass no judgment.
+
+There is pain in losing. There is pain in surviving. There is pain in being unaffected. There is pain in waking up alone. We do not see it as weakness if you falter, just as we ourselves may falter.
+
+There is work to be done.
+
+He can tell us your life story. You can tell us nothing. You can set up every chair in the meeting hall. You can just come and drink our coffee. You can come alone. You can come with however many you need. We do not ask anything of you, but will not turn down any hand or paw or appendage offered.
+
+There is work to be done.  
+We are here to help.  
+We pass No Judgment.  
+You do not need to struggle alone.
+
+We are the Secular Recovery Sys-side Support Network, or SRS2N, for short. We hold meetings across the system. You can ping any of us for a directory, or come to our main meetings on tuesday nights in Golden Grass Community Center#89b75c1. 
+
+With patience and open arms,
+
+* That I May Find The Middle Path, of the Ode Clade
+* William Hauer, of the Luthier Clade
+* Ed Riviera, of the Hannan Clade
+* Genevieve Gancarz of the Pelech Clade
+* Magenta Solarhooves of the Sunshine Clade
+* Aeran, of No Clade
+
 ### TODO (solicit some feed entries from discord?)
 
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