Editor's Note: ArQive contains names and words from the language of Juun. Vowel sounds follow the phonology of standard-dialect Japanese. Double vowels are extended, double consonants are preceded by a brief pause. The "oh" digraph is purely aesthetic and is pronounced the same as "o".
Log init_0:
This is the research log of ████ ██████, Overseer for Riverine Central ArQive, ██████████. This log is provisionally classified O1 Access Restricted.
Begin introduction.
The Riverine Central ArQive was first alerted to a potential Type-24 Manifestation Event in June River Reach several anno before receipt of anomalous transmissions and the leaking of various records originating from the ██████████████. Of most note is an interview transcript (exhibit 1), which was leaked to ████████████████ News Media by Duluun Biiba to ████████████ News Network.
Duluun, motivated by a desire to have his wife—Nilo Biiba (PoI #001)—returned home, ultimately alerted RCA-01 to the existence of a potential Type-9 Gaia incident. An investigation was ordered, and, after an audit of local and regional personnel, a shortlist of qualified candidates was compiled. I—████ ██████—of the Council of Overseers, Riverine Central ArQive, of my own free will, and with full knowledge of the risks inherent thereto, volunteered to investigate.
End introduction.
Log 6.3.2910:
Research log of ████ ██████ into ████████████ 9-G, recorded sixth of three, twenty-nine ten, A10 e6, en route to Ulooj, ████████████, June River Reach. Beginning oral notation.
Immediately upon arrival in orbit over ████████████, evidence of a Gaian Well was readily apparent. Within the mountainous region of Loh Appiiri, roughly two hundred kilometres from the city of Ulooj, a large "scar" formed by the encroachment of Phoenix Wildlands had formed. With the assistance of the Starliner's crew, I had several topographical scans made and sent to the ████████████ for comparison.
The results (exhibit 2) have revealed disparities of non-insignificant scale. Though strongly indicative of a Gaian Well forming in Loh Appiiri, other factors could be at play. ████████████ has long been suspected to have a small population of Elder Anthousai, though that does little to explain the spontaneous manifestation of a Gaian Well—and I strongly believe that is what is forming in Loh Appiiri.
I arranged immediately upon landfall a chartered flight to Ulooj for the earliest possible departure from ███ Central Starport. The local constabulary has been informed of my imminent arrival, and an Audit Warrant has been drafted, filed, and is currently being reviewed by the Central Judicial Magistrate Authority (CJMA).
Log 9.3.2910:
The flight to Ulooj took roughly nine hours. Weather conditions as well as GQF interference forced a low-altitude subsonic flight. These delays were serendipitous as the extra time allowed me to review media coverage sent to me from █████████.
Two conclusions could be drawn from what was sent, the first being that ██████████████ news media is too heavily consolidated. Though significantly improved from the single State Media Corporation of Walloch, twelve media conglomerates proved to be only slightly less useless for this investigation. The importance of local, independent news media cannot be overstated.
The second is that the ████████████ is not appropriately monitoring social media platforms—a problem I do possess the power to rectify. Fortuitously, I also happened to bring a standardised template I put together during my audit of Wallochi SubArqs. As OSI █████ likes to say, "hope for the best, but always expect a complete shitshow."
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