explored approximately 21 km of mostly walking passage, first climbing down a wet flowstone cascade dropping to a pool

veins of crystal are visible in the walls, pulses of light moving through them in a definite direction, which i continue to follow. nodes of squat crystalline formations appear with greater frequency -- islands of green and red and white light fill the tunnels, slowly throbbing to a beat of their own

the fish are larger here, and fling their blind, eyeless bodies from stream to stream

the water is cool, and tastes sweet

During a particularly intense all-night jam session, my clone brother, Caleb IV66, was so deeply absorbed in the flashing rhythms of the crystals that he wandered off into the depths of the cave and now we can’t find him!

Is there some kind of map, @Cameron Vyzesillus? Who knows how far down this cave goes?

idk how to play drums or anything about music but I do like colourful rocks

Mo Lester

Something wierd happened in the cave. While we were drumming, a large crystal started pulsing with the rythm. This by itself isn't out of the ordinary. The strange part is that I swear it started producing a beat! This should be interesting.

The new drum circle is going really well! We have some clones with us. Plus, our little fish friend seems to like everybody!

My clone brother @Caleb IV808 is on tour with the original Drum Circle. It's not as glamorous as it sounds. They're living out of Caleb's truck, and Jack Rip is barely holding it together. He doesn't even come out for encores any more. But you know what they say about those that burn the brightest, amirite?

Anyway, I got @Caleb IV3 and @Caleb IV41 to join Cam's new drum circle, and it's a lot of fun. And because it's in a cave, it's less about fame and being popular and more about really understanding the lights and rhythms of the cave. Know what I mean? It's like music is a language, and we're talking to the earth, opening up new passageways and ways of being. Each practice we go deeper and deeper. Sometimes we're in there all night and when we come out it's dawn already and it's like a whole new reality, man.

The crystal drum is great! The sound echoes around the cave to sound like there are at least 10 drums playing rather than one!

I finally figured out how to turn one of the cave crystals into a drum! It emits a dim red light and produces a deep, almost earth-shaking, bass boom. The sound fills the whole cave, and seems to have made the other crystals glow brighter! I think our fish friend likes the new drum too. He swam in figure-eights while I was playing.

I hope more people will join us soon. The cave might have more to it than I've found.

As the first drum circle was, this one was lonely. The fish in that cave seemed to like the drums though! The light from his scales started pulsing with the rythm! I named him James. Same time tonight, same place.