Crossposted from the Greenflower thread:
I’m very pleased to report that I have successfully Written a Linking Book to the Greenflower meadow.
I should explain why I felt the need to do this. I have developed a sort of paranoia about losing access to the Cavern. This may even be not entirely unfounded: I’ve briefly lost access on occasion since I heard the Call, and there have been longer periods of Cavern closure — months or years, in some cases — before my time.
The only known Greenflower Book accessible outside of Nexus was Horatio’s, and I didn’t know where he was keeping it. I didn’t want to take the risk that he would leave it in Relto or Ae’gura, or that it would be somehow lost or damaged. If there’s anything I’ve learned from the history of D’ni and the Restoration, it’s not to keep all the eggs in one basket.
So I found a way.
This is my first serious foray into the Art, and the results are imperfect. Using the Linking Book is profoundly unpleasant; there’s a not entirely physical wrenching sensation as I travel through. There is also a slight static discharge, so I wouldn’t recommend carrying electronics through the Link (though my KI appears undamaged).
Still, the Link is functional, and appears to be safe. I’ll try to figure out what I did wrong so that I can correct it in future attempts at Writing.
I don’t know where I should put the Linking Book. At the moment, it’s in a safety deposit box in Eddy County, but I hope to find it a proper home soon: somewhere it will be available to the public, and where it will still be accessible if the Cavern is closed. Suggestions on this point are more than welcome.
