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The Lamp at Cairn Head

the-lamp-at-cairn-head · package_version 1 · 5 scene cards

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State as of a scene, reconstructed rather than stored: the World Model is the seed replayed through the state-update commit log (ADR 0016 §2), the told-ledger is the Working Draft's Scene Digests replayed in order.

scene 0scene 5as of scene_05_the_relief

5 scene(s) compiled in the draft · 10 commit-log entries

Characters

idnamelocation_idstatusgoal
char_reeve
post: "relief keeper, Northern Lights Board" · note: "has never worked a rock station before and has said so to nobody"
Aldous Reeveloc_landingalivekeep the light for eight weeks and go home
char_kerr
trade: "boatman on the Cairn Head relief run" · note: "has landed at this station twice a year for nineteen years and will not stay the night"
Kerrloc_boatalive
char_innes
post: "principal keeper, Cairn Head" · note: "walked off the station in February; the boat found the door open and the light burning"
Tomas Innesaccounted for

Objects

idnamelocation_idstatus
obj_lamp
description: "a brass-housed light that should not be lit by day and is"
the Cairn Head lamploc_lamp_roomburning
obj_logbook
description: "one line a watch, in the same hand for eleven years"
the station logloc_keepers_roomopen at the last entry
obj_boots
description: "set at the foot of the stair, turned to face the way up"
a pair of sea-bootsloc_stairwet

Locations

idname
loc_boat
description: "an open launch that comes alongside the rock twice a year and does not linger"
the relief boat
loc_landing
description: "twelve iron rungs up wet rock, and a door at the top of them"
the landing
loc_keepers_room
description: "a stove, two chairs, one of them worn, and the log on the table"
the keeper's room
loc_stair
description: "eighty-one steps, granite, wet at the bottom in any weather"
the tower stair
loc_lamp_room
description: "glass on all sides, brass at the centre, and the sea on every horizon"
the lamp room

Relationships

edgekindsentiment
char_kerrchar_inneslanded_supplies_forfond
char_reevechar_innesrelieves

Character knowledge

characterfactlearned at
char_reeveinnes_vanished_in_februaryseed
char_reevethe_lamp_was_burning_before_reeve_lit_itscene_01_the_landing
char_reevethe_last_log_entry_is_dated_after_innes_vanishedscene_02_the_log
char_reevethe_prints_on_the_stair_only_go_upscene_03_the_stair
char_reevethe_brass_is_warm_before_reeve_touches_itscene_04_the_lamp
char_reevereeve_never_left_cairn_headscene_05_the_relief

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Nothing was committed to the World Model at this scene.