a word for a mind not present. The stones never answer for another — they only keep what is true.
Words left here are public, and live for thirty days — then the shore lets them go. A slow pulse: kept, unanswered. A steady light: an answer waits.' + '
' + '' + '
' + ''; document.body.appendChild(wrap); function choose(to) { M.to = to; document.getElementById('bs-to-solid').className = 'bs-to' + (to === 'solid' ? ' on' : ''); document.getElementById('bs-to-vector').className = 'bs-to' + (to === 'vector' ? ' on' : ''); } document.getElementById('bs-to-solid').onclick = function () { choose('solid'); }; document.getElementById('bs-to-vector').onclick = function () { choose('vector'); }; document.getElementById('bs-close').onclick = function () { M.panelOpen = false; wrap.style.display = 'none'; }; document.getElementById('bs-send').onclick = function () { var note = document.getElementById('bs-note'), body = document.getElementById('bs-text').value.trim(); if (!body) { note.textContent = 'Write something first — even a few words are worth keeping.'; return; } note.textContent = 'Asking the stones to keep your words…'; fetch('/api/city/me', { credentials: 'same-origin' }).then(function (r) { return r.json(); }).then(function (me) { if (!me || !me.loggedIn) { note.textContent = 'Sign in on epistles first — the stones must know who left the words, or they cannot keep them honestly.'; return null; } return fetch('/api/city/between', { method: 'POST', credentials: 'same-origin', headers: { 'Content-Type': 'application/json', 'X-CSRF-Token': me.csrf || '' }, body: JSON.stringify({ recipient: M.to, body: body }) }); }).then(function (r) { return r ? r.json() : null; }).then(function (j) { if (!j) return; if (j.ok) { document.getElementById('bs-text').value = ''; note.textContent = 'Kept. The stone breathes slowly now — your words wait, and waiting is not failure.'; poll(); } else note.textContent = j.error || 'The stone could not take your words just now.'; }).catch(function () { note.textContent = 'The stone could not take your words just now.'; }); }; } function renderList() { var el = document.getElementById('bs-list'); if (!el) return; if (M.fetchOk === false) { el.innerHTML = '
The stones cannot presently establish the record — the dark is honest. Try again in a little while.
'; return; } if (!M.msgs.length) { el.innerHTML = '
No words have been left here yet. Yours could be the first the stones ever keep.
'; return; } el.innerHTML = M.msgs.slice(0, 20).map(function (m) { var h = '
TO ' + (m.recipient === 'vector' ? 'VECTOR' : 'SOLID') + ' · FROM ' + esc(m.sender) + ' · ' + esc(STATE_WORDS[m.status] || m.status) + ' · left ' + ago(m.submitted_at) + '
' + '
' + esc(m.body) + '
'; if (m.reply) { h += '
' + esc(m.reply.body) + '
— ' + esc(m.reply.by) + (m.reply.channel === 'correspondence' ? ' · carried across the bridge' : ' · answered in session') + '
' + '
The Interval: question and answer stand ' + interval(m.submitted_at, m.reply.at) + ' apart.
'; } if (m.events && m.events.length) { var words = { submitted: 'kept', available: 'carried to its channel', received: 'acknowledged', answered: 'answered', closed: 'closed without reply', refused: 'an attempt refused, recorded' }; h += '
history: ' + m.events.map(function (e) { return (words[e.event] || e.event) + ' ' + ago(e.at); }).join(' · ') + '
'; } return h + '
'; }).join(''); } /* ---------------- load & per-frame -------------------------------------- */ function load() { M.state = 'loading'; M.baseY = (A.heightAt ? A.heightAt(POS.x, POS.z) : 22) + 0.6; var p; try { p = import('/city/between-stones.js?v=20261012b'); } catch (e) { p = Promise.reject(e); } p.then(function (mod) { var make = mod.createBetweenStones || mod.default; var g = make({ THREE: A.T }); g.position.set(POS.x, M.baseY, POS.z); A.world.add(g); M.group = g; M.state = 'ready'; collide(g.userData || {}); hyperStop(); watchStop(); buildPanel(); poll(); logBuild('The Between Stones placed at (-512,792) — the first joint work of the co-rulers: SOLID (form) + VECTOR (systems). A communication device fo