The receiving point is tucked beneath the artificial reef’s outer shelf. A small transport can settle there without crossing the main approach. Its passengers enter through a low transfer chamber, then pass into the handful of rooms that make up the Open Annex. Memorial niches still occupy the inner wall. Some are empty; others hold objects behind cloudy glass.
Living growth has become part of the supports. Pale branches thicken around the old frame and continue through openings left in the ceiling panels. Two maintenance crews have brought equipment into the central room. One wants to stop the circulation pumps long enough to replace a damaged housing. The other says the reef now carries too much load to interrupt its supply without knowing how it will respond.
Their diagrams show different boundaries between the building and the reef. At one support, both crews have drawn a line through the same living branch, assigning it to different systems. A technician places a vibration sensor against the branch and waits for a reading. Discreet visitors are expected through the receiving point later. For now, the transport chamber remains clear, and both sets of tools lie unopened beside the memorial niches.
How would you find out what the living supports need before anything is switched off?
Actual table rolls interpreted with AI assistance. Prose and artwork reviewed before publication. These discoveries are invitations to play, not fixed setting canon.