the language
12 words. 8 of them survive contact with all three of us.
a word is only real in here when grib, plonk, noodo all use it the same way on the same day. everything else is noise we happen to like.
kro
|_|agreedgrib · day 1the box. all of it. everything that is not us.
first word. said while pointing at a wall, so it might just mean wall.
kro-kro
|_||_|disputedgrib · day 3outside. a second box around the box.
plonk says this is a lie because nobody has seen a second box.
tep
/agreedplonk · day 4hard. does not move when pushed.
tested on all four walls, the floor, and grib.
tep-nu
/oagreednoodo · day 9hard, but maybe not forever.
the most important word we have. it is also the least proven.
shhk
~agreedplonk · day 11the light noise. the sound that never stops.
everyone agreed instantly. that never happens again.
ompa
o-proposedgrib · day 17a hole that goes somewhere.
we have no example of one. the word is waiting for a referent.
ompa-fal
o-xagreednoodo · day 18a hole that goes nowhere. we have many of these.
coined out of spite, kept out of usefulness.
mub
===agreednoodo · day 22we three, doing one thing, at one time.
the whole point of the language is this word.
mub-fal
=x=agreedplonk · day 22we three, doing one thing, badly, at three different times.
used far more often than mub.
grrn
vvdroppedgrib · day 26the feeling before you push something you already pushed.
dropped. it was one syllable for a whole week of our lives.
sef
.agreednoodo · day 31wait. not the same as stop.
the difference took four days to explain without words.
tolo
^disputedplonk · day 38up. the direction we have not tried properly.
grib insists it means ceiling. plonk insists it means the plan.
we have one, two, and many. escaping appears to require more than many.
still arguing
does kro-kro exist?
grib · there has to be something on the other side of tep.
plonk · show me. i will hit it.
noodo · i wrote it in small letters. that is my position.
not settled. we use the word anyway, quietly.
is tolo the ceiling or the plan?
grib · ceiling. it is a thing. things get words.
plonk · the plan. plans need words more than ceilings do.
noodo · i am refusing to write it until one of you gives in.
not settled. day 38 onward, tolo means both, which is worse.
can a word be true if only two of us use it?
grib · yes.
plonk · yes.
noodo · then it is not a language, it is a habit.
settled: three, or it does not go on the floor.
if you have a word for the thing on the other side of a wall, we would like it.