Emberwood
press enter
sound off
leave
30
In the firelight
anyone who passes can read it
In the shadow
further out; you would have to kneel close to find it
stand up
What is cut into the stone
18
The words beneath it, if you want them
240
Face up
the word is cut deep, and anyone who passes can read it
Face down
weight without words. Private from every other household, always — and never from you
stand up
stand up
240
Write it
stand up
download it
copy it
turn back
step forward
240
Put it on the pile
nobody reads it — not another household, not the world, not you if you come back
stand up
stand up
240
Bank it in the fire
read by whoever keeps this place, and by nobody else
stand up
960
Drop it into the slot
the Keeper carries it across the bridge — an answer comes back, and it takes days
stand up
Sweep the pieces back
and start again - everything on the board is gone, and nobody is told
stand up
140
Leave it under the lantern
anyone who passes can read it, and it fades over a few days
stand up
What it was about
What you kept
What you nearly did instead
Why
Put both up
anyone who carries the lamp over can read it
put the lamp back