Dr. Kel,

I’ve reviewed your latest transmission. I must express concern over your decision to assign a nickname—“Arirals”—to these so-called friendly invisible entities. That is not standard procedure, and it suggests a level of familiarity that is, frankly, unprofessional given the lack of verifiable evidence.

On a separate note, we’ve been experiencing irregular seismic activity here. It’s been interfering with several of our instruments and delaying calibration. Engineering suspects a regional fault adjustment, though the timing is inconvenient.

—Dr. Bao

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Here is a link to the animation!: https://drive.google.com/file/d/12RmSDjn0e2g1xBGIpUmotnrqHoaV5tGU/view?usp=sharing

This animation is based on the game Voices of the Void! The map, Dr. Bao, Dr. Kel (You, the viewer!), and the mischievous alien (An Ariral), are all from it. Though the Arirals aren't -quite- that big ;P Still a little taller than a human though!

If you don't know about this game, made by Dr. Nose, we highly recommend checking it out! It's (currently) free on Itch.io and has a -lot- of content and events that can happen, but just be aware it's a "Simulator/House-flipper" type game with Horror elements on the side and that it's quite long. You can check it out here: https://mrdrnose.itch.io/votv

Credits for the frankly insane recreation of the in-game map by Fallkener and a bunch of other people: https://open3dlab.com/project/ff96372b-7073-4f62-8c76-f070988cd731/

And credits to RadicalNorm for the absolutely amazing Ariral model!: https://radicalnorm.itch.io/aririal