Chart a Provisional Course

You order coffee and then lock yourself inside your room. The stuffy City heat recedes as soon as you draw the first line. A mild wind blows past your open window and the Sea is on your mind. You can almost taste the salt. There are currents and shallows, not hidden but intersecting the direct route in complex patterns. You draw, calculate and guess until your Lamp flickers from lack of Tar and until the Innkeeper’s Eldest concerned knocks remind you that you have not eaten all day.

You have spent a whole day on your work

{if The Passage of Time > 95} Your Time in Barenhaven is running out {elseif The Passage of Time > 80} Your Time in Barenhaven is coming to a close {elseif The Passage of Time > 60} You have some Time left in Barenhaven {elseif The Passage of Time > 50} Your Time in Barenhaven is half-way over {elseif The Passage of Time > 30} You have quite some Time left to spend in Barenhaven {elseif The Passage of Time > 15} You have a lot of Time left to spend in Barenhaven {elseif The Passage of Time > 5} Your Time in Barehaven has just begun {else} You are now spending Time in Barenhaven {endif}

Your stomach growls, and your eyes have grown leaden from strain.

You have calculated a rudimentary route

She brings cold cuts on your order and you, sated, stumble into your bed.