NESLife VI

[Lord_Iggy]

I'm starting on the update now.

 

[Lord_Iggy]

Geography Time!

In the spirit of letting players provide the direction for this NES, I'm giving all of you the opportunity to name some relevant geography. Thus, I am requesting proposals to be put forward for the names of two oceans. I'll take the two most popular names and use them.

 

[JohannaK]

Zeppu Sea for one of 'em.

 

[Thlayli]

Sorry for lateness.

Organism: Polypu
Ancestor: Zeppu
Selective Pressure: Nutrient access and energy usage.
Mutation: Disappearance of lower 'body' concurrent with gas sac photosynthetic adaptations. Previously, Tonu-family creatures were forced to expend most of their energy supporting a lower photosynthetic body with a gaseous sac. Continuing trends that began with the Zeppu, the lower body atrophied further until nothing remained but a few translucent ammonia-absorption tendrils. Concurrently, a diploblastic differentiation within the gaseous sac itself occurred; ectodermic cells specialized for photosynthesis over the increased surface-area of the sac, and endodermic cells specialized for gas production. Polypus have grown in overall volume while decreasing in mass compared to the Zeppu, now looking much more like true 'bubbles'. They generally range between 0-20 meters above the ammonia sea, and some isolates are beginning to float over smaller bodies of liquid as well. They do not particularly care about predation, preferring to out-reproduce through massive spore-seeding of the sea as with previous generations. While most Polypus float alone, some members of the family have several distinct linked bubbles with internal membranes between them dissolved.

 

[momo1000]

Okianus Sea

 

[talonschild]

Lurker's suggestions: Saharan and Haskone

 

[Lord_Iggy]

I like most of the suggestions so far, but calling one 'The Zeppu Sea' is a bit problematic. First, it's an Ocean, second, as Zeppus are ubiquitous, it's a bit akin to calling the Indian Ocean 'The Fish Sea'.

 

[filli_noctus]

Eddorian Sea and Arisian Sea (or ocean).

 

[Patchy]

Personally I like the Arisian and Okianus Oceans

 

[Lord_Herobrine]

How about the Lambridian Ocean and the Graderian Ocean?

 

[Daftpanzer]

Plassidian and Sejessian Oceans, to throw another couple of names forward.

 

[talonschild]

Sejessian... I like.

 

[Quisani]

I'm throwing my monies down on Arisian and Okianus.

 

[The Farow]

I like Plassidian and Sejessian Oceans.

 

[Daedwartin]

I'm throwing my monies down on Arisian and Okianus.

And my ax. Third that

 

[Lord_Iggy]

I'm now finished the writeup and well into the drawings. I'll continue to accept votes until the moment I post the update.

 

[North King]

Well, I'm joining after this update. But if it counts: Lambridian and Sejessian are my votes.

 

[Terrance888]

Arisian and Lambridian.

 

[Nintz]

Arisian and ... Sejessian I think.

 

[Thlayli]

Lambridian and Plassidian.