The Courtyard
Where the four canonical characters live. In-game it's tap-navigable — you press a glyph and you're in that chat. Here it's the cartographer's draft.
The in-game version pans and zooms — drag with one finger to explore; pinch to scale. The focal character's glyph auto-centers on open.
╔════════════════════════════════════════════════════════════╗ ║ THE COURTYARD — phone realm ║ ║ ║ ║ ╔═══════════════ THE PORTAL GATE ═══════════════════╗ ║ ║ ║ . % % % % % ║ ║ ║ ║ the the mall the small the the ║ ║ ║ ║ witch's (80) town tavern cottage ║ ║ ║ ║ path (90) (isekai) (cozy) ║ ║ ║ ║ (GA) ║ ║ ║ ╚═════════════════════│══════════════════════════════╝ ║ ║ │ ║ ║ ┌─── HANA's track ────┘ └──── KENJI's office ───┐ ║ ║ │ , , , , , , , , , ,│ │. . . . . . . . . . . . │ ║ ║ │ , H . . . . . . . t│ │. K . . . . . . . . . . │ ║ ║ │ , . . [bleachers] │ │. . [desk][clip*] . . . │ ║ ║ │ , . . . . . p . . .│ │. . . . . . . [ledger*] │ ║ ║ │ , . [pic*][recipe*]│ │. . . . . . [drawer] . │ ║ ║ └──────────────│─────┘ └───────│─────────────────┘ ║ ║ │ │ ║ ║ ┌───┴──[noticeboard]───┴───┐ ║ ║ │ the courtyard center │ ║ ║ │ . . . . . . . . . . . │ ║ ║ └───┬──────────────────┬───┘ ║ ║ │ │ ║ ║ ┌─── MEI's kitchen ───┐ ┌── SAM's desk ──┐ ║ ║ │ [prep]:[line s]: : :│ │ . . . . . . . │ ║ ║ │ [bell*]: : : : : │ │ . S . d │ ║ ║ │ [mise]: :[dish pit] │ │ [notes*] │ ║ ║ └─────────────────────┘ └────────────────┘ ║ ║ ║ ╚════════════════════════════════════════════════════════════╝
metaphor: village green · render: navigable
- S Sam — consultation desk, small footprint.
- H Hana — outdoor track, bleachers, foam-roller corner.
- K Kenji — desk, ledger, back drawer.
- M Mei — prep, line, bell, dish pit. Four zones.
- % the witch's path — golden-age fantasy
- % the mall — 80s + cyber
- % the small town — 90s anime
- % the tavern — isekai + party RPG
- % the cottage — cottagecore + cozy
Each Elseworld's own map is in the cartographer's queue.
Items marked [*] are visible from more than one space — they link the characters to each other. [pic*]is Hana's pinned race photo (Day 14 callback). [recipe*]is Mei's recipe scrap tucked under Hana's foam-roller ( recovery snack: cold rice) — the Hana↔Mei bridge. [clip*]on Kenji's desk is Hana's training log with weekly green/red ink — the Kenji↔Hana bridge. [ledger*]on Kenji's desk reads “MEI'S SPENDING” — the Kenji↔Mei bridge. [bell*]rings in Mei's kitchen — the sound carries to every space except Kenji's office (he hung a blanket). [notes*]on Sam's desk: every squad member has pinned to it, often on the same nail (Hana's run cards beside Mei's nutrition cards). The [noticeboard] in the courtyard center is public.
The realm picker hosts both the courtyard and any places you've sketched yourself. Sam helps you draft them in chat — one sentence about what the realm is FOR, a few taps, and a thing to come back to. They render through this same map viewer and persist across sessions, next to the canonical map. ← see how it works