It's been a while, Haven! First off -- apologies! I took a hiatus, and then I only realized that I hadn't announced my hiatus anywhere publicly until halfway through it. At that point, I decided it would be better to just announce coming off hiatus instead. I have missed this game a lot and am very happy to be back with you all!

However, I know that a lot has happened in the month that Kon and I have been absent. Jumping back into the game is a little overwhelming, so I am hoping you can help me out! If there is anything you'd like to have happen with Kon, please let me know here! This is open to everyone, whether you're existing CR or a new friend! (for those unfamiliar, Kon (aka. comics Superboy) is an opinionated teenage superhero. His heart is in mostly the right place, but he's usually so busy talking random nonsense or flirting horribly that you might not notice) I'd like to use this post as a one-person CR-meme to get back in the swing of things as fast as possible. I am travelling for the next couple of days so responses might be a little sporadic. However, from mid-next week I should be back on my regular schedule. Cannot wait!

Hello Havenites!

It's event time, and this one is starting off with a bang, quite literally! As you can see from this IC post, something has gone wrong with the remnants of the garden and the ruins of the apartment building. The weight of the ever-growing plants and the ruins, combined with a new spiral twisting of the vines and roots in the earth, has weakened it sufficiently that is has fallen.

Underneath is a pocket of emptiness rather like a sinkhole, although it does not seem to have occurred naturally. The walls are lined with metal and there are huge metal supports which have stopped further ground from falling away, the area is roughly three times the size of the garden and now rests thirty feet down. Due to the fall, and because of the lack of direct natural light, most plants (of the normal and dangerous variety) will not survive long down here.

The power dampening effect has fallen with the garden, but seems to have been negated slightly by the area itself - this means that all powers will now operate at around 10% of their capacity within the small garden section or the rest of the underground area. The floor is made of metal and is currently several inches below water, as the moat water has flooded it, but this will seep slowly through the cracks and into the earth below.

Leading off from the main underground room, there are four short corridors, one in each compass direction:

-> To the West side (which is where the garden has fallen), the corridor leads to a metal door, which can be forced with effort. Printed in white stencil letters on the front of the door are the words STORAGE UNIT C5. Inside the room is a single wooden crate with a piece of paper attached to the top. Inside the crate is a small faceless and genderless statue of a person, seemingly made of stone and only two feet high. Both paper and statue can be removed from the area, but the paper will go blank if brought up to Haven West.

-> To the South side, the corridor leads to a cave in of rubble and earth. This cave in can be cleared - however, due to the 10% power limit, it will take three days to clear as long as people pitch in to help.

-> To the East side, the corridor leads to a metal door, which can be forced with effort. Printed in white stencil letters on the front of the door are the words CENTRAL ATMOSPHERE CONTROL UNIT C5. Inside the room is a set of computer banks which are humming with power. The three lit screens are all showing Chinese characters and asking for a password. It is possible for these machines to be hacked with enough expertise and an understanding of Chinese. If they are hacked, the computers can be used to alter the atmosphere within Haven West only. This ranges from changing and controlling the weather, to making the air a hydrogen blend instead of an oxygen one, so be careful making tweaks!

-> To the North side, the corridor leads to a door marked with a large white stencilled spiral. It is highly reinforced and is made from a variety of materials, including iron, wood, gold, and human bone. It cannot be forced currently.

A second OOC and IC post to detail further effects of the new area will be made on Monday 5th May, 7pm EST, when the tunnel has been cleared, and a final OOC post will be made on Wednesday 7th May, 7pm EST.

This post can be used as an OOC plotting post in order to coordinate clearing the tunnels, hacking the computers, and that mysterious wooden crate. The locations post, and nitpicker's guide have been updated with the new area information accordingly. If you have any questions or comments, please ask them here, thank you!