Exploration

Exploration (formerly known as Exploring The Abandoned Town in its initial drafts, abbreviated as ETAT) is one of the few stories in the Thornverse. Its plot, along with Kaimuh Recycle's and possibly many others center around the worldbuilding of said universe.

Along with most of the Thornverse stories, its concept was developed in the mid-2010s, specifically around 2015-16, but considerations of rewriting were thought of by Al in the 2020s.

About
The story centers itself around the fictional country of Byevod. A tragedy had struck the country, and a higher group of people had feared exposing such tragedy would taint the reputation of Byevod, considering its always been seen as this very save haven, especially to the Kitsalan immigrants. So for years, they've been trying to hide any record and evidence of this tragedy into one safe place.

One of the most well known schools of Byevod, Clementine University, recently had a field trip for their high school students, but the bus had suddenly struck down in a sketchy road. While the bus was being fixed, the students had decided to at least take a walk and admire their surroundings, only to then find a wrecked up town. Curiosity then leads them to finding out things that should be known, but everyone else doesn't want them to know.

Clementine University's Class of Grade 7

 * Ivan
 * Simon
 * Bart
 * Ulyses
 * Riley
 * Toby
 * Ferdinand
 * Tiffany
 * Solomon
 * Sally

Clementine University's Class of Grade 6, Section A

 * Quenton Markwardt 
 * Alejandro Sciacca
 * Bo Xylander
 * Boaz Spooner
 * Cherice Riese
 * Chetwin Seegers
 * Douglas Houben
 * Fain Nanni
 * Haruma Nishimura 
 * Helmut Hirsch
 * Mickaila Pherigo
 * Porfirio Eikenboom 
 * Rowen Chancellor 
 * Sceapleigh Piraino 
 * Seth Vamos 
 * Solaina Porra
 * Sue Casale 
 * Tempest Tuft 
 * Tiassale Suchy 
 * Tilde Arntz
 * Triton Georgeson 
 * Troilus Pinho 
 * Uja Mag Raith 
 * Yingjie Yuen

Clementine University's Class of Grade 6, Section B

 * Annabelle Markwardt 
 * Apala Plesec 
 * Arriane Engel 
 * Balmoral Longstaff 
 * Basile Balan 
 * Boniface McDermott 
 * Bonnie Wouters 
 * Ethan Musil 
 * Joy Heath 
 * Keene Ferro 
 * Lisbet Bullock 
 * Mari Valeriev 
 * Mariella Malloye 
 * Mark Mathers 
 * Nikolos Le 
 * Oren Jusic 
 * Pal Pender 
 * Paris Bruno 
 * Peony Perry 
 * Pierce Kozlow 
 * Salome Teel 
 * Tacincala Como

Clementine University's Class of Grade 5

 * Bentley De Haven
 * Borg Wolanski
 * Alia De Haven
 * Tatiana Tailler 
 * Cyrus Headrick
 * Muni Headrick

Miscellaneous Students

 * Pim Peak 
 * Andy Crocetti
 * Mamie Tatum
 * Candy Suess
 * Cocoa Suess
 * Terence Timberlake 
 * Linda Fylan
 * Freddy
 * Golnaz Bălan
 * Robert Punainen

The University's Teachers

 * Sir Allen Kingston
 * Ms. Melanie Queen
 * Mr. Willis Wellington
 * Mr. Mehran Phelps
 * Sir Stratford Emmet
 * Prof. Nombre Falsificador

Trivia

 * Al had initially added themselves as a self-insert in this story, but such a thing was scrapped.
 * The characters Ethan, Joy, Mari, and Mark were the main inspirations of the Pjorim's Ell, Molly, Valerie, and Garett respectively.
 * The whole story was planned to be part of the Spiritverse, as Al once thought of Quenton appearing in Present Order. However, since Present Order's concept change to Pages and the whole of Exploration being moved the Thornverse, this was obviously scrapped.
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