You send a letter from where you are. It drifts a little further each day until it reaches someone by chance.
One map, two things
A bottled letter is one you send from where you are — it drifts a little further each day and reaches whoever is passing nearby. A signpost is one you plant at a point on the map, and it gathers the people around it into a community.
A letter adrift on the map
A letter you send from where you are drifts a little further every day. In time it reaches whoever happens to be passing nearby.
A community that stays put
Plant a signpost at one point on the map and that spot becomes a gathering place. People nearby come together to post and reply.
The life of a letter
A letter is not finished when you send it. That is when it starts moving on its own.
You write a letter where you are standing. The coordinates of that spot are saved with it, and the letter starts drifting from there.
A letter never stays put. It moves a little every day, and the path behind it builds up into a journey. Drift far enough and it leaves the region it started in — sometimes the country.
A letter becomes visible once it has drifted inside your radius, and that is when you can read it. No one takes it away — everyone it drifts near reads the same letter.
Every vessel holds out for a different length of time. Once that time is up the letter sinks, and its journey stops there.
Signposts
A signpost is a community you plant at one point on the map. If a letter is a greeting that passes through once, a signpost is a story that stays and carries on.
You pick a spot within range of where you are and plant a signpost there. As the community grows and gets busier, better spots open up for it.
Some signposts let anyone in straight away, others need the founder’s approval. Each one has a limit on members, so no single place grows without end.
Post text and photos on the notices, the open board and the photo album, and reply in the comments. The founder tends the signpost and welcomes new members.
A letter has to drift inside your radius before you can read it. A signpost, though, shows on the map and can be opened even when it stands outside that radius.
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