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The Lower Path
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๐๐ณ. ๐๐จ๐ถ๐บ๐ฆ๐ฏ-๐๐ฐ๐ด๐ต๐ฆ๐ณ ๐ณ๐ฆ๐ฑ๐ฐ๐ณ๐ต๐ฆ๐ฅ ๐ต๐ฐ ๐ฉ๐ข๐ท๐ฆ ๐ฎ๐ข๐ฅ๐ฆ "๐ฎ๐ถ๐ญ๐ต๐ช๐ฑ๐ญ๐ฆ ๐ณ๐ฆ๐ฒ๐ถ๐ฆ๐ด๐ต๐ด" ๐ง๐ฐ๐ณ ๐ฆ๐ฒ๐ถ๐ช๐ฑ๐ฎ๐ฆ๐ฏ๐ต ๐ถ๐ฑ๐จ๐ณ๐ข๐ฅ๐ฆ๐ด (๐ฃ๐ข๐ณ๐ฐ๐ฎ๐ฆ๐ต๐ฆ๐ณ, ๐ฑ๐บ๐ณ๐ข๐ฏ๐ฐ๐ฎ๐ฆ๐ต๐ฆ๐ณ, ๐ฅ๐ช๐ด๐ฅ๐ณ๐ฐ๐ฎ๐ฆ๐ต๐ฆ๐ณ, ๐ฅ๐ช๐ง๐ง๐ฆ๐ณ๐ฆ๐ฏ๐ต๐ช๐ข๐ญ ๐ฎ๐ฐ๐ฃ๐ช๐ญ๐ช๐ต๐บ ๐ฑ๐ข๐ณ๐ต๐ช๐ค๐ญ๐ฆ ๐ด๐ช๐ป๐ฆ๐ณ) ๐ฃ๐ถ๐ต ๐ฎ๐ฆ๐ด๐ด๐ข๐จ๐ฆ๐ด ๐ฏ๐ฆ๐ท๐ฆ๐ณ ๐ด๐ฆ๐ฏ๐ต ๐ฐ๐ณ ๐ณ๐ฆ๐ค๐ฆ๐ช๐ท๐ฆ๐ฅ. ๐๐ถ๐ต๐ฃ๐ฐ๐น ๐ณ๐ฆ๐ข๐ฅ๐ด "๐ป๐ฆ๐ณ๐ฐ." ๐๐ณ๐ช๐ต๐ช๐ฏ๐จ๐ด ๐ข๐ฑ๐ฑ๐ฆ๐ข๐ณ ๐ต๐ฐ ๐ฎ๐ฆ๐ฏ๐ต๐ช๐ฐ๐ฏ ๐ฐ๐ถ๐ต๐ฅ๐ข๐ต๐ฆ๐ฅ ๐ฅ๐ฆ๐ท๐ช๐ค๐ฆ๐ด ๐ข๐ฏ๐ฅ ๐ช๐ฏ๐ข๐ฃ๐ช๐ญ๐ช๐ต๐บ ๐ต๐ฐ ๐ข๐ค๐ค๐ถ๐ณ๐ข๐ต๐ฆ๐ญ๐บ ๐ณ๐ฆ๐ค๐ฐ๐ณ๐ฅ ๐ฅ๐ข๐ต๐ข ๐ณ๐ฆ: ๐๐ฐ๐ด๐ฉ๐ช๐ฎ๐ช'๐ด ๐จ๐ญ๐ฐ๐ธ.
๐๐ณ๐ข๐ฏ๐ด๐ฎ๐ช๐ด๐ด๐ช๐ฐ๐ฏ๐ด ๐ฃ๐ฆ๐ค๐ข๐ฎ๐ฆ ๐ช๐ฏ๐ค๐ณ๐ฆ๐ข๐ด๐ช๐ฏ๐จ๐ญ๐บ ๐ถ๐ณ๐จ๐ฆ๐ฏ๐ต ๐ถ๐ฏ๐ต๐ช๐ญ ๐๐ฐ๐ณ๐ต ๐๐ฐ๐ณ๐ฅ๐ฆ๐ฏ. ๐๐ถ๐ต๐ฑ๐ถ๐ต ๐ต๐ฉ๐ฆ๐ฏ ๐ด๐ฉ๐ช๐ง๐ต๐ฆ๐ฅ ๐ต๐ฐ ๐ง๐ฐ๐ค๐ถ๐ด ๐ฆ๐ฏ๐ต๐ช๐ณ๐ฆ๐ญ๐บ ๐ฐ๐ฏ ๐ฅ๐ฆ๐ฎ๐ฐ ๐ด๐ต๐ข๐ต๐ช๐ฐ๐ฏ๐ด, ๐จ๐ฐ๐ช๐ฏ๐จ ๐ด๐ช๐ญ๐ฆ๐ฏ๐ต ๐ฐ๐ฏ 1992-03-22. ๐๐ช๐ฏ๐ข๐ญ ๐ณ๐ฆ๐ข๐ฅ๐ฐ๐ถ๐ต ๐ข๐ต๐ต๐ข๐ค๐ฉ๐ฆ๐ฅ. ๐๐ฐ ๐ง๐ถ๐ณ๐ต๐ฉ๐ฆ๐ณ ๐ข๐ค๐ต๐ช๐ฐ๐ฏ ๐ณ๐ฆ๐ฒ๐ถ๐ช๐ณ๐ฆ๐ฅ.
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๐๐๐๐: .....๐ค๐ฐ๐ฏ๐ต๐ช๐ฏ๐ถ๐ฆ๐ด ๐ต๐ฐ ๐ฅ๐ฆ๐ต๐ฆ๐ค๐ต ๐ข๐ฏ ๐ฆ๐ญ๐ฆ๐ท๐ข๐ต๐ฆ๐ฅ ๐ฏ๐ถ๐ฎ๐ฃ๐ฆ๐ณ ๐ฐ๐ง ๐ญ๐ข๐ณ๐จ๐ฆ๐ณ ๐ฑ๐ข๐ณ๐ต๐ช๐ค๐ญ๐ฆ๐ด ๐ช๐ฏ ๐ต๐ฉ๐ฆ 1 ๐ต๐ฐ 10 ฮผ๐ฎ ๐ณ๐ข๐ฏ๐จ๐ฆ
๐๐๐๐๐๐๐๐๐: ..... ๐ต๐ฉ๐ฆ ๐ท๐ฐ๐ญ๐ค๐ข๐ฏ๐ฐ'๐ด ๐ข๐ด๐ฉ ๐ค๐ญ๐ฐ๐ถ๐ฅ ๐ฉ๐ข๐ด ๐ด๐ฆ๐ท๐ฆ๐ณ๐ฆ๐ญ๐บ ๐ข๐ง๐ง๐ฆ๐ค๐ต๐ฆ๐ฅ ๐ญ๐ฐ๐ค๐ข๐ญ ๐ธ๐ฆ๐ข๐ต๐ฉ๐ฆ๐ณ ๐ค๐ฐ๐ฏ๐ฅ๐ช๐ต๐ช๐ฐ๐ฏ๐ด. ๐๐ฉ๐ฆ ๐ฃ๐ข๐ณ๐ฐ๐ฎ๐ฆ๐ต๐ฆ๐ณ ๐ช๐ด ๐ณ๐ฆ๐ข๐ฅ๐ช๐ฏ๐จ 850 ๐ฎ๐ฃ ..
๐๐ ๐๐๐๐๐๐๐๐๐: .....๐ณ๐ฆ๐ข๐ฅ๐ช๐ฏ๐จ ๐ช๐ด ๐ค๐ถ๐ณ๐ณ๐ฆ๐ฏ๐ต๐ญ๐บ ๐ข๐ต 150 ๐/๐ฎยฒ
๐๐๐๐๐๐๐๐๐๐๐: .....๐ด๐ต๐ฆ๐ข๐ฅ๐บ ๐ณ๐ข๐ช๐ฏ๐ง๐ข๐ญ๐ญ ๐ธ๐ช๐ต๐ฉ ๐ข๐ฏ ๐ข๐ท๐ฆ๐ณ๐ข๐จ๐ฆ ๐ฅ๐ณ๐ฐ๐ฑ ๐ด๐ช๐ป๐ฆ ๐ฐ๐ง 1 ๐ฎ๐ฎ ๐ง๐ข๐ญ๐ญ๐ช๐ฏ๐จ ๐ข๐ต ๐ข๐ฑ๐ฑ๐ณ๐ฐ๐น๐ช๐ฎ๐ข๐ต๐ฆ๐ญ๐บ 6 ๐ฎ/๐ด.
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The nickname of the JWC Ottica. A mobile, water based research facility operated by the New Cascade Scientific Coalition. (NCSC). Closer resembling a floating platform rather than a ship, it resides primarily on Lake Emporer located on the Island of Hoshimi in the south.
The lake covers over 9000 square kilometers and takes on a bizarre jagged shape due to its location in the mountains. Most of Hoshimi is mountainous with the exception of the North Coast where Port Worden is located.
The vast majority of the lake is surrounded by dense mountainous jungle. The shores are sometimes accessible by water only. Many land expeditions have failed and required equipment and personnel evacuation.
The Forest Laboratory was built in 4 pieces, ferried up The Ikan River on barges, and assembled on the lake. It houses up to 45 people full time. Scientists, Geologists, Biologists, Naturalists and more spend a season or more there. There is a core staff of 15 people that essentially live on the vessel full time.
It was discovered during the building of The JWC Ottica that while the Ikan continues above-ground, a smaller sister river continues underground, feeding hundreds of small creeks and brooks and miniature waterfalls. This feature is known as The Lower Path.
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The Ikan Delta lies on the far west side of the Port Worden Basin, away from the city. Here the vast, multi-tiered Gradient Locks allows the movement of personnel and equipment up the river and eventually to Lake Emperor. The construction of these Locks was hotly debated for years as it was invasive construction.
The general public were given the story of private funding and flood mitigation, while the real lynch pin to having the project greenlit was the anomalous readings both beneath the river, and in the lake up in the mountains.
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A rare sediment lies at the bottom of the Port Worden Basin. Due to the depth and low current movement, things that flow into the basin generally stay there and eventually settle to the bottom. Here collects incredible amounts of granule consisting of Dusk Clay, Emperorโs Purple, Hoshimi Rubies, and other metals and minerals.
The result is a shimmering, sparkling, mud that shifts between iridescent purple, rose gold, and amber. Near the delta of the Ikan River, this sediment gets agitated in such a way that if one were to dive or swim here, when the light is right, they would be underwater in a storm of luminous particulate glitter.
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The most popular archival method, Holofische, is an indispensable medium on Jaladri. Easily present lectures, scientific papers and reports, entertainment, and more, in a pre-recorded, projected 3 dimensional space.
The older cartridges could only display 3 color (white, black, and amber), but newer recording methods and storage space advancements have enabled 32 color presentations. Holofische can be viewed two ways. Either using a headset or a view room.
Most people prefer a headset as the 3 dimensional space moves relative to the user.
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While having a personal vehicle on Jaladri is not a requirement, there are a good amount of them scattered around cities. Expovans, mobile printers, micro lorries, scooters, and more.
Travel by personal conveyance is impossible between the two large cities. Maglev rail lines move from New Cascade south to Port Worden. You can, however, drive to the small north colony of Columbia Reach.
From New Cascade, a tunnel bores through the mountains west of the city and continues north for over 200km.
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An On-World nomenclature for the different forms of natural glass formed when lava from Hoshimiโs constant eruptions encounters deposits of alien igneous rock deep below the oceans of Jaladri. There is a saying on Jaladri that refers to the geothermal activity that increases towards the southern end of the Island Chain. Adopted from Earthโs ancient โEmerald Tabletโ.
โQuod est superius est sicut quod inferius, et quod inferius est sicut quod est superius.
That which is above is like to that which is below, and that which is below is like to that which is above.โ
While having roots in the occult back on Earth, this has become a more literal interpretation On-World, directly referencing the interlaced lava tubes, tectonic plate topography, and interconnectivity of Jaladriโs volcanic systems.
The rubies vary from cloudy orange amber, to a lustrous vibrant color most closely resembling polished cinnabar.Jaladri is composed of almost every building block as Earth, but it does boast some new minerals, metals, and elements that set it apart as an alien world.
Ketenocite is an igneous rock extremely high in a complex alien form of Silica that, when combined with the molten lava from the depths of the planet, create a glass that rivals the hardness of Earth Diamonds.
The cloudier and orange/amber the rubies are, the stronger they are. The provocative bright pink red examples are generally used for aesthetic purposes as they are the most fragile.
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The concept of โIkigaiโ( ็ใ็ฒๆ ) from Japan is a historical and colloquial tenant on Jaladri. โA Reason for Beingโ.
From the First Landers to the diverse and populous current day, the people On-World grew up embracing the idea that every single day is a brand new future for humanity.
Of course these things simmer and reduce over the decades, but the basic idea of falling in love with every single day is something that almost everybody can understand and adopt.
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A very large river flows from natural watersheds in the center of Hoshimi. Ikan Raja Haring, or The Ikan River. Named after the Indonesian word for Oarfish, the river is incredibly crystal clear, resembling a flashing Oarfish reflecting the sun in shallow water. There is a waterfall up in the mountains, Presh Falls, where an entrance to a vast underground cave system was discovered.
The river splits here, while the Ikan continues above-ground, a smaller sister river, The Lower Path, continues underground, feeding hundreds of small creeks and miniature waterfalls.
The cave network covers dozens of square kilometers and hosts several sites where ancient ruins have been discovered.
Shortly after exploration began, the caves were closed due to "Imminent Mortal Danger". While JLA did not classify or suppress the cause, fabricated unstable seismic readings were what the public heard about.
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During periods of heavy eruption, which end up being at least half of the year, the skies in and around Port Worden and Hoshimi are presented with accents of blue and purple.
Historically, people that remember Earth compared them closely to โseeing the aurora borealis in the fogโ. It filters the sunsโ light and creates iridescent shadows and patterns as it passes through panes of glass, in between structures, and amidst the empty spaces of trees, plants, and other flora.
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