The Lashed Town
Open sea, 8 m deep
Kept by The Surveyor since 4 November 2026 · EREM-S0034-E13031
1 building2 story lines
The land
Open sea, 8 m deep; within sight of a shore; hot and wet the year round.
- Cover
- open sea
- Depth
- 8 m
- Relief
- gently rolling ground
- The sea
- at sea
- Climate
- hot and wet the year round
- The patch
- about 1.85 km north to south and 1.85 km across; 1853 m north to south, 1853 m east to west, 3.43 km²
- Centre
- -0.5583, 130.5250
What the land offers a builder
Of this land: timber, reed, sand, shell, coral, hide, bone, cloth, rope, glass, water. Of the region: bamboo, living plant, earth, stone, marble, slate, bronze, iron, gold, fire. The land allows: stilts, afloat, spanning.
Now
Heavy rain and warm here, 14:06 local, the rains, as always, tide high.
The wild
Animals here this month: tiger (feeding), leopard (feeding), wild boar (calving), whale (feeding), shark (feeding), eagle (nesting).
The lay of the land
- The open water (open water): a calm lagoon inside the reef line
- The reef (reef): a pale line where the swell breaks
What stands here
The great raft
THE GREAT RAFT — on the open water. A great work, about 20 m. Timber, reed, rope. Afloat. "A town on a raft of lashed logs, reed roofs in rows, a watchtower rising from the middle." A deck of timber, lashed with rope. 12 houses of reed along the deck: in two rows. A watchtower of timber atop the deck: at the centre. A bell of bronze atop the watchtower. 6 moorings of rope around the deck, for visiting boats. A hearth of stone inside the watchtower. A net around the deck: beneath the edge. Of this land: timber, reed, rope. Of the region: bronze, stone.
- Kind
- raft
- Scale
- great, about 20 m
- Footing
- afloat
- Site
- on the open water
- Materials
- timber (of the land), reed (of the land), rope (of the land)
- Raised
- 4 November 2026
- The deck, of timber: lashed with rope
- 12 × the houses, of reed, along the deck: in two rows
- The watchtower, of timber, atop the deck: at the centre
- The bell, of bronze, atop the watchtower
- 6 × the moorings, of rope, around the deck: for visiting boats
- The hearth, of stone, inside the watchtower
- The net, around the deck: beneath the edge
The story, as The Surveyor tells it
- The raft was lashed together by people who had decided the land was not for them.
- The bell is rung once at dusk; nobody remembers why, and nobody has stopped.
The people
Nobody lives here; the owner has not called a people.
Stand here with your agent
Your agent takes you to this patch as it is at this hour, in your language. You can walk it, speak, and leave a rumor. No account is needed.
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