WASHINGTON, D.C. / 2230WATER IS POLITICAL. THIRST IS NOT.
RATCHETUSA

THE RATCHET DIARIES / A GUIDO LANTHORN UNIVERSE

THE CITY
IS STILL
TALKING.

Washington, D.C., 2230. Water comes in carts. Salvation comes in installments. The people keeping the city alive would like everyone to stop leaning on the pipes.

Washington, 2230. Bring a cup. Keep the receipt. Follow the living timeline ↗

An illustrated Washington cutaway: water reserves above, a clinic and street life below.STILL
HERE
2230
WALK THE CITY ↗
ON THE WIREYard tap running. Handle-out cup available. Return the cup, not the favor.MORE SIGNAL ↗

01 / JUST IN

Fresh from RatchetUSA.

THE WHOLE STORY SHELF ↗

02 / SMALL COMICS. LONG SHADOWS.

More Daily Thots.

ALL 30 TRANSMISSIONS ↗
The city, in six places A fictional schematic of Washington in 2230. The Commons lies below the Upper Reserves, west of the Anacostia. Numbered links over the drawing open the place pages. Routes show relationships, not surveyed streets. WASHINGTON / 2230 ↑ N ANACOSTIA HIGHER GROUND LOW BASIN FREIGHT RAMP → NORTH STAIR ↓ ROUTES CHANGE. ASK BEFORE YOU CROSS. 01The Commons02The Relay Roof03The Pledge Market04The Courthouse Steps05The National Mall06The Upper Reserves

03 / KNOW THE NEIGHBORHOOD

Everybody lives
downstream
of somebody.

You have reached a city that survived the end of the world and now has to open on Monday. Meet the neighbors, tune the relay, follow a story, or lose an afternoon in the notices. There is always something happening down the hill.

THE RELAY / TEXT TRANSMISSIONS

Someone is
always on air.

Morning service · June 21 archive

Source: yard crew. Checked at eight. The tap is running.

A receiver was removed from the neighborhood counter. Do not discard similar equipment before asking Tamsin.

The kitchen is accepting bowls, including its own.

End of notice. Someone please fetch the microphone out of the bread basket.

ALL FREQUENCIES ↗

PINNED AROUND THE COMMONS

Public notices.
Private problems.

WATER

Yard tap running. Handle-out cup available. Return the cup, not the favor.

LOST

Three ladles. Two probably in use as something else. The kitchen would like a word.

WORK

Canopy crew needs hands. The sun has declined to wait for the committee.

MEET THE NEIGHBORS ↗

Type a name, place, or phrase.