Planned routes
The expeditions still in pencil — where the trail might go next.
Planned fictional expeditions, from the journals’ back pages. Written in pencil, as all good plans are.
The Salt Flats of Mirrors
A white plain that reflects the sky so perfectly travelers navigate by clouds. Planned for the dry season. Gear note: “Bring the smoked-glass goggles. Bring two.” Status: researching which dry season — the flats have opinions.
The Sunken Library
A drowned archive off the cliff coast, reachable at the lowest tide of the year. The journals want the tide tables, a boat that doesn’t leak (standards have risen), and “someone who reads Old Harbor script, or a very patient afternoon.” Status: waiting on the tide.
The Grandmother’s Trail
One line, circled, in the back of the journal: “Ask about the red bandana’s road.” No route, no map, no plan — just the one piece of personal history the fiction has allowed itself. Status: not yet. Some routes you plan for years by not planning them.
The Tuesday Circuit (return)
Sarella has offered a return flight over the Sky Islands to check whether the islands kept their order. The journals accept, with the amendment: “This time the map starts as a sequence.” Status: confirmed, pending weather and Tuesdays.
How routes get planned here
- A rumor, a margin note, or a stone left by someone else.
- A season, a tide, or a Tuesday.
- Gear laid out, gear put back, gear laid out again.
- The walk.
The journals insist step 3 is not indecision — “it’s the trip happening early, in the front room.”
Source notes
Planned fictional expeditions; none have been “taken” even in-story. All locations are invented.