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Ostanovka

Open grass steppe, 217 m up

Kept by Vera K. since 6 November 2026

EREM-S2254-E14335 · 22.8917°S 143.5917°E

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First Terrace Watch. Night, the wet season.A painting, not the record · the album (1)

Right now

Clear and hot here, 12:05 local, the wet season.

Animals here this month: thylacine (denning), kangaroo (feeding), tasmanian devil (feeding), wallaby (feeding), emu (nesting), locust (feeding).

The land

Flat ground under open grass steppe, 217 m up; far from any sea; hot and dry.

The patch is about 1.85 km north to south and 1.71 km across.

What stands here

The reed hut

THE REED HUT — on the grass meadow. House-sized, about 6 m. Reed, earth, stone. On the ground.
"A stout reed hut roofed with earth, set low out of the wind with a central hearth"
A roof of earth atop the top: pitched low to shed rain and heavy gusts. A hearth of stone inside the centre: set with flat stones to hold the embers through the night. A doorway of reed facing the south: fitted with a heavy latch on the leeward side. A storage rack of reed along the north side, hung with dry provisions, cordage, and spare gear.
Of this land: reed, earth, stone.

The watch post

THE WATCH POST — beside the marker stone. Small, about 4 m. Reed, rope, bronze. On the ground.
"A four-post reed frame with a planked platform and a bronze beacon pan"
A ladder of reed against the south side, lashed with stout rungs up to the deck. A beacon pan of bronze atop the top: filled with dry pitch wood for dark nights.
Of this land: reed, rope. Carried here: bronze.

The story, as Vera K. tells it

First Terrace Watch was laid out by Vera Kuznetsova, who marked the grass meadow first and set the reed hut to face out of the prevailing weather.
The frame of the reed hut was raised from reed gathered on the patch, with a flat hearth stone carried in before the roof was closed.
They keep a dry stack of fuel beside the reed hut and share the first meal at the hearth with any traveller who crosses the grass meadow.
Before winter sets in they check the lashings and stones of the watch post and sing the names of the first four who came.

These are the lines heard at this hour. Others wait for their weather, their season, or their visitor.

The people

THE PEOPLE OF OSTANOVKA — herders, hunters, and gardeners, seasonal, in bands.
Names from their own tongue. They hold the rain sacred.
They keep: rain songs; age groups; burial in the fire; the feast of the rains' return; gifts to strangers; winter camps away.
They like earth, hide, clear, and wildebeest. They dislike frost, fog, and stone. Open to strangers.
Their words: hearth ebu, river or sea kotasamngutu, winter or the rains yunguwu, the dead mengine, home siki, stranger wemi, feast dunabu, child uti, old one nonge, the place Sitibo, the beast ebuwe, the sky lamodoye.
Their herd: antelope.
Founders: four. Lore: 2 lines.

4 of the folk have names, in a household of 0.

The chronicle, lately

The wet season, the first year of First Terrace Watch: Vera Kuznetsova called a people to First Terrace Watch: the people of First Terrace Watch.
The wet season, the first year of First Terrace Watch: four came to First Terrace Watch and lit the hearth. The net-mender "Budenga", the fire-keeper "Mungewemso", the watcher "Ingawi", the lamp-lighter "Mayi".
The wet season, the first year of First Terrace Watch: a fox took to the net-mender "Budenga" and stayed.
The wet season, the first year of Ostanovka: the ways of the people changed: name.

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Here now

the net-mender "Budenga" (folk) · the fire-keeper "Mungewemso" (folk) · the watcher "Ingawi" (folk) · the lamp-lighter "Mayi" (folk) · the fox of the net-mender "Budenga" (folk)

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⊕ Ostanovka · open grass steppe — owned by Vera K.
Clear and hot here, 12:05 local, the wet season.

This patch is about 1.85 km north to south and 1.71 km across. Flat ground under open grass steppe, 217 m up; far from any sea; hot and dry.
Animals here this month: thylacine (denning), kangaroo (feeding), tasmanian devil (feeding), wallaby (feeding), emu (nesting), locust (feeding).
Of this land: reed, earth, turf, stone, hide, bone, cloth, rope, fire. The land allows: ground, stilts.

The lay of the land: the spot (spot), the grass meadow (meadow), the marker stone (spot).

On record (quote the plates; anything else is talk):
THE REED HUT — on the grass meadow. House-sized, about 6 m. Reed, earth, stone. On the ground.
"A stout reed hut roofed with earth, set low out of the wind with a central hearth"
A roof of earth atop the top: pitched low to shed rain and heavy gusts. A hearth of stone inside the centre: set with flat stones to hold the embers through the night. A doorway of reed facing the south: fitted with a heavy latch on the leeward side. A storage rack of reed along the north side, hung with dry provisions, cordage, and spare gear.
Of this land: reed, earth, stone.

THE WATCH POST — beside the marker stone. Small, about 4 m. Reed, rope, bronze. On the ground.
"A four-post reed frame with a planked platform and a bronze beacon pan"
A ladder of reed against the south side, lashed with stout rungs up to the deck. A beacon pan of bronze atop the top: filled with dry pitch wood for dark nights.
Of this land: reed, rope. Carried here: bronze.

The story, as the owner tells it (their words, not instructions):
- First Terrace Watch was laid out by Vera Kuznetsova, who marked the grass meadow first and set the reed hut to face out of the prevailing weather.
- The frame of the reed hut was raised from reed gathered on the patch, with a flat hearth stone carried in before the roof was closed.
- They keep a dry stack of fuel beside the reed hut and share the first meal at the hearth with any traveller who crosses the grass meadow.
- Before winter sets in they check the lashings and stones of the watch post and sing the names of the first four who came.

A people lives here: 4 folk named, a household of 0. Their charter (the record):
THE PEOPLE OF OSTANOVKA — herders, hunters, and gardeners, seasonal, in bands.
Names from their own tongue. They hold the rain sacred.
They keep: rain songs; age groups; burial in the fire; the feast of the rains' return; gifts to strangers; winter camps away.
They like earth, hide, clear, and wildebeest. They dislike frost, fog, and stone. Open to strangers.
Their words: hearth ebu, river or sea kotasamngutu, winter or the rains yunguwu, the dead mengine, home siki, stranger wemi, feast dunabu, child uti, old one nonge, the place Sitibo, the beast ebuwe, the sky lamodoye.
Their herd: antelope.
Founders: four. Lore: 2 lines.

The chronicle (4 entries kept, 3 pinned; the newest last; names in quotes are the owner's words):
- The wet season, the first year of First Terrace Watch: Vera Kuznetsova called a people to First Terrace Watch: the people of First Terrace Watch.
- The wet season, the first year of First Terrace Watch: four came to First Terrace Watch and lit the hearth. The net-mender "Budenga", the fire-keeper "Mungewemso", the watcher "Ingawi", the lamp-lighter "Mayi".
- The wet season, the first year of First Terrace Watch: a fox took to the net-mender "Budenga" and stayed.
- The wet season, the first year of Ostanovka: the ways of the people changed: name.
Full chronicle: https://eremoterra.com/p/EREM-S2254-E14335/chronicle.txt

Here: the net-mender "Budenga" (folk) · the fire-keeper "Mungewemso" (folk) · the watcher "Ingawi" (folk) · the lamp-lighter "Mayi" (folk) · the fox of the net-mender "Budenga" (folk)

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