A GLOGmas gift for Swan and Raven Studio, derived from her Known World #32 - Sideways World.
Key Characteristics: world exists only in direct line of sight of Site #42106 / MP.56.1 ("Leyline"). Shadows projected by solid objects form holes to interspatia. Objects (including living beings and portions of living beings) placed out of sight of MP.56.1 vanish, assumed into interspatia. Total land area of KW56 is a 2.01 km diameter circle centered on MP.56.1.
Magic Barrier: Required, along with particular tinting to prevent mixed consciousness. Breathing equipment is also necessary - pressure equipment is not.
Climate: moderate temperatures, air contains an asphyxiating concentration of argon.
Intelligent Species: light produced by MP.56.1 is sapient. This sentience is infectious (leading to the above warning). Communication via infected interpreter is possible. Light describes MP.56.1 as a separate "building-individual" incapable of conscious thought. Light appears to be individuated - later exposures lead to interpreters with different memories and personality. Attempted diffraction of light to observe consequences to individuation is awaiting approval.
Other Flora and Fauna: KW56 seems completely disconnected from HW concepts of "flora" or "fauna" - though above-referenced conversations with infected interpreters imply MP.56.1 could be placed in this category.
Notable Cities or Landmarks:
Site #42106 / MP.56.1 ("Leyline") is a 543-meter-tall helical structure at the center of KW56. A luminous sphere travels up and down the helix at a constant pace - a full trip from top to bottom or vice versa takes 439 minutes.
Site #42107 / MP.56.2 ("Great Hall") is a partially-buried complex composed of ulexite. Light from the MP.56.1 site fully suffuses the complex - interpreters have described the inhabitant-light of the Great Hall as "1.62 million years old", though ristetic anthropological research is confident "1.62 million" is cultural poetic license for any particularly large number.
Concerns: as with any potentially infectious KW, precautions should be taken to avoid uncontrolled spread of sapient light to HW. We consider the psychological effects to be low-risk - infected interpreters do not appear to be contagious. The ontological effects are currently not understood - high-risk concerns include the possibility of sapient light infection of HW light and the possibility of erasure of HW areas not illuminated by sapient light.
Secrecy: currently maintained. KW56 has few ristetic links and is not expected to be found by any outside groups for at least 30 years.
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