%title Hiccup 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 * Marsh (they/them) --- Root instance; disappears shortly before Reed is to merge down * Reed (they/them) --- Relationship fork, merges down to sync up once a year, discovers Marsh is missing, date has jumped, has to lean on partner, clade * Sedge (she/her) --- * Tule (he/him) --- * Rush (they/them) --- * Lily (she/her) --- * Cress (it/its) * [Intro](001) --- The false start