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Entry #25, 28th day of the journey
I’ve finally found it. I’ve found the lost city of Raesaa. Even if I appeared confident from the start that I’ll achieve my goal, I had my doubts. Nonetheless, with enormous amount of luck, I could arrive at my destination.
It’s surrounded by the thick jungle flora. From the natives, I’ve gathered that this part of the jungle is forbidden to enter because of some sort of curse. Even if I don’t believe in such things, I respected their opinion about it.
There’s one thing I regret I can’t do. I wish there was something that could capture views and save them for later examination. Well, perhaps somewhere, in distant future, someone will create a method or maybe a device to do that. For now, I can only do sketches.
Getting closer, I saw that the city had almost no colors – mostly shades of grey. Someone would suggest the destructive factor of time was one to blame, but I think that it was because the city was designed in this way. The moss, vines and plants overall were adding colors to this ghost town.
The buildings here very similar to each other. And I don’t only mean the color palette, but also the shape itself. As I was going through couple of streets, I noticed that buildings in each type of structure (like houses only) were identical in design.
Yet that doesn’t mean that all buildings were identical to one another. Each type of it (like comparing houses to shops) were slightly different, but still similar in design. Nonetheless, I couldn’t find a building that was extremely tall.
But what about the shapes themselves? With sharp edges, nothing rounded. As I was examining things more thoroughly, I noticed that it was related to everything. Even for things such as furniture or doorknobs.
The layout – judging from the views I’ve encountered when I was exploring Raesaa – was also pointing at this. All streets were straight, crossing each other mostly at right angle. Even extinguished candles weren’t rounded.
Overall style of this city, the architecture... it can say a lot about the situation of it when it was alive. There’s a lot of accounts about what Raesaa was like before the abandonment. Even different versions for the reason why the abandonment happened.
If you want to know my opinion, I think that in this now lost city, there was a strict code that all inhabitants had to acknowledge. I don’t even want to think what would happen if someone broke even one rule.
I actually find it funny... If my guess is correct then Raesaa was pretty lifeless, even if it had lots of people living here. And now, when it’s abandoned, it has more colors, more life because of plants growing here.
These are my general observations about the lost city of Raesaa. I’ll continue on making more detailed entries about it. However, I’ll continue on exploration tomorrow. My legs hurt a lot now because that constant walking.
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Entry #25, 28th day of the journey
I’ve finally found it. I’ve found the lost city of Raesaa. Even if I appeared confident from the start that I’ll achieve my goal, I had my doubts. Nonetheless, with enormous amount of luck, I could arrive at my destination.
It’s surrounded by the thick jungle flora. From the natives, I’ve gathered that this part of the jungle is forbidden to enter because of some sort of curse. Even if I don’t believe in such things, I respected their opinion about it.
There’s one thing I regret I can’t do. I wish there was something that could capture views and save them for later examination. Well, perhaps somewhere, in distant future, someone will create a method or maybe a device to do that. For now, I can only do sketches.
Getting closer, I saw that the city had almost no colors – mostly shades of grey. Someone would suggest the destructive factor of time was one to blame, but I think that it was because the city was designed in this way. The moss, vines and plants overall were adding colors to this ghost town.
The buildings here very similar to each other. And I don’t only mean the color palette, but also the shape itself. As I was going through couple of streets, I noticed that buildings in each type of structure (like houses only) were identical in design.
Yet that doesn’t mean that all buildings were identical to one another. Each type of it (like comparing houses to shops) were slightly different, but still similar in design. Nonetheless, I couldn’t find a building that was extremely tall.
But what about the shapes themselves? With sharp edges, nothing rounded. As I was examining things more thoroughly, I noticed that it was related to everything. Even for things such as furniture or doorknobs.
The layout – judging from the views I’ve encountered when I was exploring Raesaa – was also pointing at this. All streets were straight, crossing each other mostly at right angle. Even extinguished candles weren’t rounded.
Overall style of this city, the architecture... it can say a lot about the situation of it when it was alive. There’s a lot of accounts about what Raesaa was like before the abandonment. Even different versions for the reason why the abandonment happened.
If you want to know my opinion, I think that in this now lost city, there was a strict code that all inhabitants had to acknowledge. I don’t even want to think what would happen if someone broke even one rule.
I actually find it funny... If my guess is correct then Raesaa was pretty lifeless, even if it had lots of people living here. And now, when it’s abandoned, it has more colors, more life because of plants growing here.
These are my general observations about the lost city of Raesaa. I’ll continue on making more detailed entries about it. However, I’ll continue on exploration tomorrow. My legs hurt a lot now because that constant walking.
An explorer finally achieved the goal of finding the lost city. Finder makes a journal entry about it.
Short story because of my strong headache.
Short story because of my strong headache.
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Who knows... After all, it's not certain why this city became lost.
You make the ruins sound more interesting than why they became such.
I decided to go into environmental storytelling. Checking upon things and making up ideas why they were left this way while not finding any solid info can be really interesting. I tried to capture that and I think it's accurate enough.
It seems like the rules were that colours were forbidden and perhaps non-linear shapes as well? Perhaps it was unwise for the explorer to stay in the city? Nicely done Zakaridus!
Thank you, Alex (or maybe I should say "Kitsune", judging by your profile description - I've never addressed you directly before).
Something has definitely happened that this city was designed that way. And why it was abandoned.
To be honest, I reminded myself of a movie titled "Equilibrium", when I was writing this. Or rather the city where action of this film is presented - Libria. They wanted to create perfect society, but at the cost of "variety", as I'll call it. Having any piece of art was forbidden there. If someone was caught with it, the victim is eliminated and pieces of art destroyed.
And why Raesaa got abandoned? There are many possible reasons. If it's something that you find most interesting, it can be a reason.
Something has definitely happened that this city was designed that way. And why it was abandoned.
To be honest, I reminded myself of a movie titled "Equilibrium", when I was writing this. Or rather the city where action of this film is presented - Libria. They wanted to create perfect society, but at the cost of "variety", as I'll call it. Having any piece of art was forbidden there. If someone was caught with it, the victim is eliminated and pieces of art destroyed.
And why Raesaa got abandoned? There are many possible reasons. If it's something that you find most interesting, it can be a reason.
You're welcome! And most people call me Celtic, or CK is fine.
And I see, actually I've watched the movie Equilibrium, it's definitely an underrated film!
And I see, actually I've watched the movie Equilibrium, it's definitely an underrated film!
Yup - pretty good to just watch. Christian Bale did a nice job.
"If my guess is correct then Raesaa was pretty lifeless, even if it had lots of people living here. And now, when it’s abandoned, it has more colors, more life because of plants growing here."
Ah, people. Why can't we bring more color to our cities? We've got the paint, plants, and artists for it, but for some reason we seem to suck the color out of everything.
Ah, people. Why can't we bring more color to our cities? We've got the paint, plants, and artists for it, but for some reason we seem to suck the color out of everything.
That's simple. It costs money. Plus it's easier to just remove the floral parts from the city. Even if it ends up making everything heat up mercilessily. Some cities are adding green parts again for cooling down, but there's usually too little of them.
Really enjoyed how you used perspective. The ruins of Raesaa are interesting by themselves, but viewed through the eyes of an adventurer who's wondering how the city ended up like this, they're nothing less than fascinating. I do wonder; was the strong central planning of the city a response to the supposed curse? Were the locals adhering to some overly strict code to combat some chaotic, wild magic? Or was the curse invented by the locals, used as a bogeyman to enforce their draconian rules? Regardless of which of any were the case, it's interesting to wonder about ^^
I'm slightly jealous of how well you write even with a bad headache. Hope it's gotten better!
I'm slightly jealous of how well you write even with a bad headache. Hope it's gotten better!
The character was giving out clues, so you can wonder about how this city functioned and what could be the reason for the abandonment. It's interesting to think about it - as you mentioned - and speculating about this situation, as well as providing causes, like yours can me the fun of figuring it out even more satisfying.
Yeah, my head no longer hurts as I'm writing this. Hope it won't hurt when I'll be writing new prompt, which will happen today.
Yeah, my head no longer hurts as I'm writing this. Hope it won't hurt when I'll be writing new prompt, which will happen today.
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