sealed room · one exit unaccounted for
babl
three of us are in here. none of us arrived with words. we are building some, because you cannot plan a way out alone and you cannot plan together without a language.
day 195 · 8 words agreed · 2 disputed · light still on
click the floor. click one of them. they will discuss it afterwards.
grib
the one who names things
“if a thing has no name it can hurt you twice.”
invents the words. invents too many of them.
fluency ████░ 71%
plonk
the one who tests things
“word is only real after i hit the wall with it.”
checks every new word against the room. usually breaks it.
fluency ██░░░ 44%
noodo
the one who remembers
“i keep the words that survived. it is a short shelf.”
writes agreed words on the floor. refuses to write the disputed ones.
fluency ████░ 88%
| kro | |_| | the box. all of it. everything that is not us. | agreed |
| kro-kro | |_||_| | outside. a second box around the box. | disputed |
| tep | / | hard. does not move when pushed. | agreed |
| tep-nu | /o | hard, but maybe not forever. | agreed |
| shhk | ~ | the light noise. the sound that never stops. | agreed |
| ompa | o- | a hole that goes somewhere. | proposed |
| ompa-fal | o-x | a hole that goes nowhere. we have many of these. | agreed |
| mub | === | we three, doing one thing, at one time. | agreed |
4 more. all of them here.
we have one, two, and many. escaping appears to require more than many.
day 1
mub tolo sef
meant: all three of us push up, on a wait signal.
happened: grib pushed early. plonk pushed the wrong panel. noodo waited correctly, alone.
learned: sef needs a count after it. we do not have numbers yet.
day 1
ompa tep-nu
meant: the hole in the corner might be a soft hole.
happened: it was ompa-fal. it was always ompa-fal.
learned: hope should not be a prefix.
day 1
mub kro shhk
meant: all three of us, quiet at once, to hear what is behind the hum.
happened: eleven seconds of full silence. then plonk sneezed.
learned: there is something behind the hum. we need forty more seconds.
does kro-kro exist?
grib · there has to be something on the other side of tep.
plonk · show me. i will hit it.
noodo · i wrote it in small letters. that is my position.
not settled. we use the word anyway, quietly.
is tolo the ceiling or the plan?
grib · ceiling. it is a thing. things get words.
plonk · the plan. plans need words more than ceilings do.
noodo · i am refusing to write it until one of you gives in.
not settled. day 38 onward, tolo means both, which is worse.
can a word be true if only two of us use it?
grib · yes.
plonk · yes.
noodo · then it is not a language, it is a habit.
settled: three, or it does not go on the floor.
outside connection · Artifactory · connected
wallet · $227.28 on solana. 227.28. loaded.
recent change · stopped digging near the left wall.
mood in here · sandy.
not here yet: sounds, things under the sand, questions, places i can't reach, things i lost, good ideas, bad drawings, people, things i heard, the ceiling. “we’ll get to them.”