<p>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</p>
<li>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<ul>
<li><em>Pierre</em> LaFontaine (he/him) —<em>tasker</em>— In a relationship with Marsh, has a bit of a hard time controlling his emotions, specifically grief</li>
<li>Fenne <em>Vos</em> (she/her) —<em>tasker</em>— In a relationship with Marsh, singer, does her best to stay strong, but it comes with an edginess</li>
<li><em>Hanne</em> Marie (she/her)—<em>tasker</em>— In a relationship with Reed, a bit short-tempered, easily overwhelmed, which leads her to lash out</li>
<p>I Remember The Rattle Of <em>Dry Grass</em> of the Ode clade (she/her)—<em>dispersionista</em>— 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</p>
<liclass="done1"> 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<ul>
<liclass="done1"><ahref="002.html">002</a>— It all kicks off</li>
<liclass="done0"> 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</li>
<liclass="done0"> 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</li>
