PPUZZL.party — A Convocation of Tidal Flora

a convocation of tidal flora

PP-CONV-MMXXVI-Ξ · salon held at low water

The Program

programmae conviviae · PP-PRG-014-Θ

A dance-card recovered from the long oak table. The envelopes drift left as if pulled by tide. Linger, and the current slows.

iv. Maius

Procession of the Sea-Lavender

Guests gather at the tideline. No music; only the wind through eelgrass.

PP-D-001

xi. Maius

Reading of the Convocation Minutes

Library hour. The curator unfolds the dance-card.

PP-D-002

xviii. Maius

Salt-Pressing of the Hibiscus

In the back parlour. Bring soft paper and a pocket knife.

PP-D-003

xxv. Maius

Mangrove-Root Catalogue

An open notebook session. Pencils provided. No ink, lest it run.

PP-D-004

ii. Iunius

Lecture on the Bryozoan Lace

Three slides. One specimen. A pot of tea kept warm by the radiator.

PP-D-005

ix. Iunius

Dispersal of the Sea-Pen

The convocation closes. Guests leave their seashell place-cards.

PP-D-006

iv. Maius

Procession of the Sea-Lavender

Guests gather at the tideline. No music; only the wind through eelgrass.

PP-D-001

xi. Maius

Reading of the Convocation Minutes

Library hour. The curator unfolds the dance-card.

PP-D-002

xviii. Maius

Salt-Pressing of the Hibiscus

In the back parlour. Bring soft paper and a pocket knife.

PP-D-003

The Glossary

glossarium tidale · PP-GLS-029-Π

Index-card slips pinned to felt. Each defines a small word for a small wet thing. Hover to lift; the rotation snaps to true.

Medusa partium

Jellyfish-bell

The phosphor lantern of a vanished party. Pulses in jars at 4.5 seconds per breath.

PP-G-001 · MED

Algae conferens

Kelp-blade

A leaf without a tree. Listens to the current; obeys nothing else.

PP-G-002 · KLP

Anemone tabularis

Table-anemone

Eighteen fingers around a quiet mouth. Sits at the centre of every tidal salon.

PP-G-003 · ANE

Pennatula septima

Sea-pen

Seven pinnae from one stem. Inks the minutes of the convocation.

PP-G-004 · SPN

Discus arenarius

Sand-dollar

Coin of the tideline. Stamped with a five-petalled star; spends only on driftwood.

PP-G-005 · SDL

Uva marina

Sea-grape

A cluster of small green moons. Tastes of salt and of patience.

PP-G-006 · UVA

Mangrovia radicalis

Mangrove-root

A staircase for water. Climbs nothing, holds everything.

PP-G-007 · MRT

Fucus bullatus

Bladderwrack

Paired air-bladders. Buoyant gossip carried at low tide.

PP-G-008 · BLW

Limonium aequoris

Sea-lavender

A purple spike that does not flinch in the surf. Marginalia of the upper shore.

PP-G-009 · SLV

Bryozoa textilis

Bryozoan lace

A doily made by a thousand small mouths. Pinned to the felt for safe keeping.

PP-G-010 · BRY

Until the tide returns

The convocation closes; the menu remains. Guests left their place-cards on the long oak table and walked into the surf. What follows is silence, the radiator's slow octave, and the jellyfish — kept in a jar of brackish water, pulsing for no audience but itself.

curated by the keeper of tidal flora

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