BIRDS OF A FEATHER.

the citizens of mater have developed a very practical, if primitive, form of communicating with each other. there are no phones or internet, and it's silly to walk and drive everywhere just to say a few things to a person, so the people have figured out a different way to keep in touch: birds. back towards the beginning of the formation of mater, when it was still possible to find living animals in pet stores, rangers starting bringing back pet birds. and now, after months of breeding and training birds, the aviary experts have now started to give birds out so that people can use them to communicate.

this board is not a specific location. rather, it's almost like an instant messaging board. characters send their birds back and forth, creating quick written conversation.