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On New Year's Eve, systime 275 (2399), after a sudden wave of ''déjà vu,'' ''[[Reed]] of [[the Marsh clade]]'' and ''[[Hanne Marie]] of her own clade'' realize that something terrible has happened. Once a year, all of the Marshans merge down to their root instance, ''[[Marsh (cladist)|Marsh]],'' who enjoys being an aggregate of all of their lives. Reed finds that he cannot. Marsh appears to no longer be a part of [[the System]]. It's impossible to merge down and impossible to ping them or send any sensorium messages. He calls a gathering of the rest of the clade — his cross-tree cocladists ''[[Lily]]'' and ''[[Cress]],'' as well as his up-tree instances ''[[Rush]],'' ''[[Sedge]],'' and ''[[Tule]]'' — to try and figure out what's happening. There is the loss as well as one year, one month, and eleven days of downtime. Cress and Tule arrive with their partner, ''[[Dry Grass|I Remember The Dry Grass]] of [[the Ode clade]],'' and Marsh's partners, ''[[Fenne Vos]] of her own clade'' and ''[[Pierre LaFontaine]] of his own clade'' arrive as well. | On New Year's Eve, systime 275 (2399), after a sudden wave of ''déjà vu,'' ''[[Reed]] of [[the Marsh clade]]'' and ''[[Hanne Marie]] of her own clade'' realize that something terrible has happened. Once a year, all of the Marshans merge down to their root instance, ''[[Marsh (cladist)|Marsh]],'' who enjoys being an aggregate of all of their lives. Reed finds that he cannot. Marsh appears to no longer be a part of [[the System]]. It's impossible to merge down and impossible to ping them or send any sensorium messages. He calls a gathering of the rest of the clade — his cross-tree cocladists ''[[Lily]]'' and ''[[Cress]],'' as well as his up-tree instances ''[[Rush]],'' ''[[Sedge]],'' and ''[[Tule]]'' — to try and figure out what's happening. There is the loss as well as one year, one month, and eleven days of downtime. Cress and Tule arrive with their partner, ''[[Dry Grass|I Remember The Dry Grass]] of [[the Ode clade]],'' and Marsh's partners, ''[[Fenne Vos]] of her own clade'' and ''[[Pierre LaFontaine]] of his own clade'' arrive as well. | ||
Lily greatly distrusts Dry Grass due to her association with the Ode clade and quickly leaves. She feels that the Odists are responsible for much that is wrong on the System, that they are manipulative and conniving political figures. Her feelings are spurred on by having read [[the Bălan clade]]'s ''[[An Expanded History of Our World]]'' (which comprises the story told in ''[[Toledot]]'') and her frustration with the Odists' attempts to justify their actions as told in the Bălans' ''[[Individuation and Reconciliation]]'' and [[Sasha]]'s (''née'' [[True Name]]) ''[[Ode]].'' Reed, on the other hand, having accidentally merged Tule's memories wholesale, is struck by the sense of intimate familiarity with Dry Grass: despite having only met her a handful of times at various functions, he now has all of Tule's memories of their relationship and love for each other. | Lily greatly distrusts Dry Grass due to her association with the Ode clade and quickly leaves. She feels that the Odists are responsible for much that is wrong on the System, that they are manipulative and conniving political figures. Her feelings are spurred on by having read [[the Bălan clade]]'s ''[[An Expanded History of Our World]]'' (which comprises the story told in ''[[Toledot]]'') and her frustration with the Odists' attempts to justify their actions as told in the Bălans' ''[[Individuation and Reconciliation]]'' and [[Sasha née True Name|Sasha]]'s (''née'' [[True Name]]) ''[[Ode]].'' Reed, on the other hand, having accidentally merged Tule's memories wholesale, is struck by the sense of intimate familiarity with Dry Grass: despite having only met her a handful of times at various functions, he now has all of Tule's memories of their relationship and love for each other. | ||
As they explore the System and meet up with others from the Ode clade, they discover that Marsh isn't the only cladist missing from [[Lagrange]]. On exploration, they begin the process of estimating the impact on the System. The Marshans have lost 14% of their clade, while the Odists have lost apparently 2%. Reading [[the feeds]] nets them yet more information, with many discussing suddenly missing friends, lovers, and instances of themselves, with impacts ranging from 99.983% to none. | As they explore the System and meet up with others from the Ode clade, they discover that Marsh isn't the only cladist missing from [[Lagrange]]. On exploration, they begin the process of estimating the impact on the System. The Marshans have lost 14% of their clade, while the Odists have lost apparently 2%. Reading [[the feeds]] nets them yet more information, with many discussing suddenly missing friends, lovers, and instances of themselves, with impacts ranging from 99.983% to none. | ||