• Type: Annual Spiritual Ceremony
• Location: Starry Mirror, Ralar Region, Dark Side of VOI 700 D
• Duration: Two days (March 17 in the human calendar)
• Participants: Spiritual leaders of the six great Native Tribes

The Lakira Shime ceremony is a cornerstone of Native Tribes' culture on VOI 700 D, symbolizing their spiritual connection to the planet and its energies. Held annually at Starry Mirror, an icy expanse in the Dark Side’s Ralar Region, this mystical gathering brings together the spiritual leaders of the six great tribes for a profound communion with the gods.

At the heart of the ceremony is the preparation and consumption of a psychoactive soup made from the bioluminescent caps of Luminofera dualis (Shika Me La). This sacred ritual blends sensory elements—visual, auditory, and gustatory—into an immersive experience that guides participants toward enlightenment and collective goals for the coming year.

According to Native legend, after the Tidal Lock transformed VOI 700 D into its current state, a spiritual leader at Starry Mirror heard the voices of the gods. These celestial beings provided guidance on how the tribes could navigate the planet's new reality and free it from its “captivity.” The Lakira Shime ceremony commemorates this moment, continuing the tradition of seeking divine wisdom to ensure balance and survival.

Preparation

• Firewood Tradition: Each tribe leader brings a piece of firewood to the ceremony, symbolizing their contribution to the collective. These are placed in a central fireplace at the ritual site.
• Master of Ceremonies: The Landa, a highly revered figure, leads the event. Their role includes preparing the Shika Me La soup, ensuring each ingredient is handled with care and reverence.

The Soup

• Key Ingredient: The bioluminescent caps of Shika Me La mushrooms, harvested from the Dark Side or the Habitual Belt, are known for their psychoactive properties.
• Ceremonial Sharing: Once the soup is ready, it is served in handmade bowls, with each leader partaking in the sacred meal.

The Experience

• Psychoactive Effects: As the soup takes effect, participants experience vivid hallucinations, kaleidoscopic visions, and synesthetic sensations.
• Meditative Journey: Guided by the Landa, the leaders chant or recite mantras to pose three key questions to the gods: Where are we? Where are we going? What must we pay attention to? The responses—perceived as divine revelations—help shape the tribes' collective goals and strategies for the year ahead.

Human reconnaissance teams, which have also already examined the ritual site and its surroundings - outside the ceremony - have come across traces that there must have been a landing site for spacecraft in the vicinity of the fire site. In addition, a corridor was discovered that led to an empty, but artificially created space under the ice cover of the Starry Mirror.

There is no explanation for this so far.

However, there is a hypothesis that the Natives at the fireplace may have actually once heard voices that could have been radio traffic from another life form. Because in the context of the Great War responsible persons of the Volunteer Army of Man had already determined once that the Natives have special biological “antennas” or “receivers”, which are able to absorb electromagnetic waves (e.g. radio traffic( and to convert into nerve impulses, similarly as our ears convert sound waves into nerve impulses.

• Luminofera Dualis (Shika Me La Mushroom)
• Native Tribes of VOI 700 D
• Shika
• Zark Tribe