#SeptemberWorldbuilders ... Also, darkness of skin is considered to look more pensive, profound, and wise (that is, not "smarter" per se, just "deeper") in the The Island's culture -- though "appearance is only skin deep" is still a well known axiom, even so far into the future...
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#SeptemberWorldbuilders On #Celesta, "darkness" is not thought of as menacing or evil, but as profundity, deepness. As in the physical universe, darkness is considered *larger* than light (there's far more dark, empty space than there is lit space near a star, for example).
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The seven Days (i.e., the seven sections of The Island on Celesta) use colors to self identify on sails, official clothing, etc. …

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#SeptemberWorldbuilders Celesta was planned for standard humanite* habitation and was undergoing automated vivaforming* when something went wrong and it became inundated. The planned inhabitants seem to never have moved in.
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#SeptemberWorldbuilders ...And here is where the legends differ, because there are those who call The Island itself Q'Enmari. And there are those who say that Q'Enmari is the spirit or soul of the Island, but not the Island itself...

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#SeptemberWorldbuilders Celesta was undergoing vivaforming (i.e., terraforming) and already had well-established rivers, lakes, seas, and oceans—complete with all sorts of terrestrial aquatic life. Then the vivaforming process went awry and covered the entire planet with ocean...

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#Worldbuilding is a process of setting up various factors that define a world, then watching the dominos fall as a given factor changes how the world has to work. For example, #Celesta has denser air than Earth, & slightly lower gravity. Their boats... are different.

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