As long as I had been there, the mist went never away. Ribbons of it floated between the thethers, blending into a monochromous, grey blanket in the distance. Looking up, I was never able to see where the thethers ended - I knew they grew by floating rocks pushing through the ground which were being used by giant lianas as support, but did they ever reach some sort of ceiling? Trying to find this out, I climbed one of the thethers, an arduous trip that took days, but as the ground vanished in the haze, the sky never became clearer. With my water reserves dwindling and the mist catcher never collecting enough to fully replenish them, I had to climb down again, letting the mystery of the thethers' top remain a mystery.
Third bit of the landscape drawings done in a stream.
Third bit of the landscape drawings done in a stream.
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An awesome piece of worldbuilding. I guess the smaller, "rooted" hills indicate that they indeed grow up from the ground and not, for example, grow down from some mysterious structure above. Given, that the rocks kinda pull the plants up and let them grow across them, I'd assume that there is no structure at the top, only floating rocks entangled by the plants. Then again, they might bloom above the mist blanket or connect with each other in some sort of weird, exotic weblike pattern like neurons, or something else, all speculation and unknown to the narrator who found themself unable to figure it out. I guess the only hint might be passing shadows from the daylight sun, but if the mist just ends up in a thick, permanent cloud layer, there would be no precise shadow on the ground which might reveal what's beyond the clouds.
A neat little story, the mystery is quite tangible and with the mist coverage being permanent and the narrator not being able to reach the top, the mystery just deepens. I adore this kind of worldbuilding. Keep it coming! :)
A neat little story, the mystery is quite tangible and with the mist coverage being permanent and the narrator not being able to reach the top, the mystery just deepens. I adore this kind of worldbuilding. Keep it coming! :)
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