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Tidepool Street Oracle

Sketch a street. Raise the tide. Watch the ghost-walkers reroute live.

scroll ↓ — the tide obeys your descent

I. The Sketching Table

Drag on the chart to lay streets. Raise banks, dredge channels, then drown it all.

street dry block shallows drowned walker
–streets dry
–blocks drowned
–walkers abroad
–stranded
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the wellorov — scroll depth 0% → tide 38

II. The Drowning Prophecy

Three readings. As you descend, the sea rises — if the tide is scroll-bound.

☽ low water

First reading — the cobbles remember

At low tide every alley holds. Ghosts walk the long way round, past lantern-blocks and sleeping courts. Sketch generously; the town rewards the bold.

☾ half tide

Second reading — the shallows bargain

Half-drowned crossings flicker. Watch the pale ones hesitate, then swerve — a live reroute, mid-step. Raise a causeway with the ▲ raise brush to save a drowning lane.

● high water

Third reading — the oracle keeps what it kisses

At full flood only the high roads survive. Stranded walkers gutter like candles. Export a postcard of the ruin — proof you were warned.

III. Postcards from the Drowned Town

Seal the current chart — map, tide-mark and date — into a keepsake PNG.

Postcard preview (appears after export)

Tip: uncheck “tide follows scroll”, set a cruel tide, then export the wreck.