Tweek wrote:GPNMilano wrote:As far as Direbo, the age was meant purely for rest. Until now we've been under the assumption that the rest houses in Descent were simply that, rest stops on the way to the surface. However, other than the beds, there's no seating of any kind there. Just beds. However Direbo would make sense being that while people would sleep in the beds in Descent, if they were just taking a break from the walk, they'd then be able to use the Direbo book, lounge out underneath the tree in Direbo, soak in the sights and sounds of the age, relax their feet for awhile and then head back to Descent to continue the walk. It was clearly meant as a contemplative rest stop for traveling D'ni. While the Eder Tomahn's were meant for sleeping.
Again we run into somewhat of an issue with Direbo. I agree that a rest house would make sense to not only have beds and what-not but to also have a rest Age. I see 2 problems with this however.
1. If we follow your above example where the D'ni installed Nexus terminals in preparation for the Council's decision they would be planning on adding a Linking Book to a rest Age (which may or may not have been Direbo originally but that is besides the point). However with everything being powered down and Nexus Books being taken with the advent of Ti'ana finding D'ni then they would take Direbo with them too.
2. As mentioned above, the D'ni are very secretive with their stuff when it comes to outsiders. Had a connection to the surface been made then the tunnels and Great Shaft would have become a busy "road" from D'ni to the surface. I'm not convinced the D'ni would leave Linking Books lying around for any Tom, Dick, or Harry to use. Especially given the fit they pitched when they discovered Ti'ana had used one of their Books.
Oh I agree completely. I don't think Direbo was in place in the Shaft at the time of the fall. Direbo was in place during Myst V because it was the age intended for placement in the Shaft during DIRT/MUDPIE and eventually URU. I think Cyan added it to the Shaft cause thats where its intended place was meant to be. Lore wise however I don't think it was in place during the fall. Neither were the Nexus books and or other KI related equipment in the Shaft. The D'ni would not want outsiders using them, on this I agree completely. One could probably make the argument that the books were placed along the shaft after the initial cavern closure by someone I'd guess Esher. They were then removed by the DRC when they returned in 2007. This would adequately both explain why the books are at first not present, then present during Myst V then taken down. I myself would lean towards Esher placing the Direbo books in the Great Shaft considering his rantings of the marvel of the Shaft and Direbo during Myst V. Plus we know it would more than likely not be Yeesha that placed the books in the Shaft because of the futile efforts of the DRC removing Yeesha and Bahro related objects in the past. But I don't believe the books were ever present during Tiana's traveling to D'ni, nor before the D'ni fell. They were only there during Myst V cause of outside actions. However the age, as recounted by Esher, was meant as an age for resting while traveling down the path to D'ni. It was written by the D'ni for this goal, as the D'ni often would only write links that had an express purpose in mind.