Equator Time

A terra

Mar aberto, 3705 m de profundidade; com uma costa à vista; mar tropical quente.

Cobertura

mar aberto

Profundidade

3705 m

Relevo

terreno suavemente ondulado

O mar

no mar

Clima

mar tropical quente

A parcela

cerca de 1,85 km de norte a sul e 1,85 km de largura; 1.853 m de norte a sul, 1.852 m de leste a oeste, 3,43 km²

Centro

1.6417°S 160.9250°E

O que a terra oferece a quem constrói

Desta terra: madeira, junco, areia, concha, coral, couro, osso, pano, corda, vidro, água. Da região: mármore, ardósia, bronze, ferro, ouro. A terra permite: sobre palafitas, flutuando, em vão.

Agora

Nublado, quente por aqui, 14:32 no horário local, as chuvas, como sempre.

O mundo selvagem

Animais aqui este mês: baleia (se alimentando), tubarão (se alimentando), tartaruga-marinha (fazendo ninho), golfinho (parindo), atum (desovando), peixe de recife (se alimentando).

A disposição da terra

• The low knoll (outeiro): a rounded rise with a clear view across the surrounding patch
• The north hill (morro): a broad shoulder of high ground dry underfoot after rain

O que está de pé aqui

THE RAFT HALL — on the low knoll. House-sized, about 6 m. Timber, reed, sand. Afloat.
"A wide timber raft lashed with reed, a low cabin roof and hearth stone amidships"
A roof of reed atop the top: pitched low to shed rain and heavy gusts. A hearth of sand inside the centre: set with flat stones to hold the embers through the night. A doorway of timber facing the south: fitted with a heavy latch on the leeward side. A storage rack of timber along the north side, hung with dry provisions, cordage, and spare gear.
Of this land: timber, reed, sand.

THE OUTRIGGER BOAT — beside the north hill. Small, about 4 m. Timber, slate, bronze. Afloat.
"A narrow timber hull with slate spars and a lantern bracket at the bow"
A mast of timber atop the middle: stepped in a lashing block for running before the wind. A net rack of slate along the edge: coiled with weighted lines and floats. A bow lantern of bronze at the front: shrouded against salt spray for night watches.
Of this land: timber. Of the region: slate, bronze.

A história, como Greta L. conta

Do lugar

• Windward Drift Watch was laid out by Greta Lindholm, who marked the low knoll first and set the raft hall to face out of the prevailing weather.

Do povo

• They keep a dry stack of fuel beside the raft hall and share the first meal at the hearth with any traveller who crosses the low knoll. (heard when a people lives here)
• Before winter sets in they check the lashings and stones of the outrigger boat and sing the names of the first four who came. (heard when a people lives here)

O povo

THE PEOPLE OF EQUATOR TIME — fishers and sea hunters, settled, in hearth households.
Names from their own tongue. They hold the sea sacred.
They keep: boats sung in; burial in the water; the first-catch feast; shared catch; songs at the water.
They like timber, rope, cod, and the water. They dislike storm, fog, and stone. Open to strangers.
Their words: hearth uvuroohi, river or sea viwoliruu, winter or the rains koelevea, the dead ukelao, home kovoapainu, stranger neka, feast vaahaali, child ehi, old one pualoaveima, the place Olotae, the beast aloa, the sky hoakumio.
Founders: four. Lore: 2 lines.

Modos de vida

fishing, sea hunting

Assentamento

settled

Parentesco

hearth households

Casamento

either

Nomes

given names

Com forasteiros

open

Têm por sagrado

the sea

Guardam

boats sung in; burial in the water; the first-catch feast; shared catch; songs at the water

Gostam de

timber, rope, cod e the water

Não gostam de

storm, fog e stone

Fundadores

4

Contagem

4 da gente com nome, uma casa de 0, 0 nascidos aqui, 0 mortos aqui

Fundado em

6 de novembro de 2026

As palavras deles

hearth uvuroohi, river or sea viwoliruu, winter or the rains koelevea, the dead ukelao, home kovoapainu, stranger neka, feast vaahaali, child ehi, old one pualoaveima, the place Olotae, the beast aloa, the sky hoakumio.

A tradição deles

• They keep a dry stack of fuel beside the raft hall and share the first meal at the hearth with any traveller who crosses the low knoll.
• Before winter sets in they check the lashings and stones of the outrigger boat and sing the names of the first four who came.

Gente com nome

A crônica

Cada linha é um registro que a terra escreveu; os nomes entre aspas são palavras do dono. O que a crônica não diz não aconteceu.

Ano 1

Os anais: 1 founders; 1 people founded; 2 swarm; 1 telling; 1 ways changed.

• The rains, as always, the first year of Equator Time: the ways of the people changed: name. mantido
• The rains, as always, the first year of Windward Drift Watch: reef fish thick in the air over the low knoll at dusk.
• The rains, as always, the first year of Windward Drift Watch: the net-mender "Ohohii" told the story of the people at the raft hall: "Before winter sets in they check the lashings".
• The rains, as always, the first year of Windward Drift Watch: a swarm of reef fish at dusk over the low knoll.
• The rains, as always, the first year of Windward Drift Watch: four came to Windward Drift Watch and lit the hearth. The net-mender "Ohohii", the boatwright "Houha", the fire-keeper "Inoi", the lamp-lighter "Torae". mantido
• The rains, as always, the first year of Windward Drift Watch: Greta Lindholm called a people to Windward Drift Watch: the people of Windward Drift Watch. mantido

Aqui agora

the net-mender "Ohohii" (gente) · the boatwright "Houha" (gente) · the fire-keeper "Inoi" (gente) · the lamp-lighter "Torae" (gente)