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Threshold Location and Landmarks
“The Lake Vessels” is the most commonly used term for the threshold located within the waters of Martison Lake. The exact location of Martison Lake as well as the threshold is many miles north of Hearst, Canada, near the center of Ontario. The lake is a considerable distance from any nearby settlement that does not include the gated community based around it. For security precautions, a permanent zone with a radius of 4 miles centered on the following coordinates will be under constant surveillance to avoid unpermitted entry: 50.403540, -83.144391.
The Martison Gated Community, as well as archivists are located in a town to the northwest of Martison Lake. These connect to multiple docks on the north side of the lake, as well as one on the south side.
Scattered Cavities in Reality
Spaced throughout the waters of the lake are boats of many types and sizes. Each boat acts as a window into a unique liminal space, allowing one to view outside of baseline reality without physically leaving baseline reality. Exiting the boat does not allow a person to enter a liminal space; this only exits the threshold and returns the person to Lake Martison.
All liminal spaces visible through the threshold have a body of water which is usually as big as Lake Martison in baseline reality, allowing one to cast a fishing line into the liminal space and fish for foreign fish and objects. From an external view, fishing lines vanish as they are thrown from the edge of any vessel. This does not apply to any living being, as they will stay in baseline regardless.
In order to board a boat positioned away from the edge of the lake, people often take rafts in order to reach particular boats without needing to swim. Rafts are usually taken onto the boats so that they can be used again when leaving the boat to return back to shore.
List of Boats
Description of Boat | Description of Liminal Space |
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A wooden rowboat, splintery and unpainted1 | Codename: S.S. Cove Dweller The rowboat is located in a luminescent cave within the Moorich Woods of the Middengrounds. From the rowboat, an exit to the large cove is visible, which leads to a lake located near the Gwyllithmire Dominion. Flora and fauna from the glowing caves can be collected via fishing methods, but it is generally limited. If another vessel led to a large lake within the Middenground, there would be much more opportunity. That is not the case here, although this space has its limited uses. Members of the Martison community who have only lived life in baseline see the S.S. Cove Dweller as a nice place to relax and take a limited glimpse at the scenery. |
A red-colored wooden canoe | Codename: Carmine Canoe This smaller vessel sits anchored within the center of Lotus Lake, surrounded on all sides by the serene Crimson Forest. The community of Bleakshore is located here, signified by the passing by their boats for both fishing and travel as the days pass. Not only can sustenance be found, the view and calm surroundings make this a favorite for many experienced fishermen within the Martison Community. |
A yellow motorboat with an orange-painted interior | Codename: The Lonely Dinghy Despite the brightly-colored outward appearance of the vessel, the setting of the limspace couldn’t be more desolate. The motorboat is located 200 meters off the coast of the highly saliferous waters of Level 21. This is the only threshold out of the vessels that is connected to The Backrooms. Items floating on the water have been rarely collected, but no actual life exists within the ocean on the edge of the spiteful coastline. |
A black gondola2 | Codename: Slice of Venice This limspace strongly resembles the Italian city of Venice, which is permanently flooded and requires one to travel using boats known as gondolas. The gondola within this limspace appears at the center of an intersection between two waterway streets. The setting is calm and uneventful aside from the silhouette of pedestrians which sometimes travel along walkways at the sides of the waterways. Other boats never appear within the water. |
A blue inflatable plastic boat3 | Codename: Solo Cruise This limspace seems to be the swimming pool within a large, desolate cruise ship. The ship is in good condition, clean and fit with working lights, but there are never any people to be seen. |
A pink flamingo boat with two sitting positions | Codename: The Flamingo This boat is rather flashy and visible among the other vessels spaced throughout Martison Lake, The Flamingo ironically creates a viewpoint to a very inhospitable place. When aboard the vessel, in all directions is a ceaseless void. The swirling of hot and cold air around the boat keeps it in a relatively stable position, and can additionally be felt by those aboard. From the view of the vessel, figures could sometimes be spotted in the void, but details are too vague and distant to make out. Not much can be seen, let alone retrieved. |
A white sailboat with red stripes painted on the side | Codename: Watery Greed This limspace resembles a flooded casino with an intense aura of greed and pride. Most people cannot stand to be within this location for very long. The casino is home to a remarkably dense ecosystem of fish and practically any type of fish can be caught here. |
A model ship within a sealed bottle | Codename: Limspace in a Bottle Although too small to enter, glimpses of a limspace can be seen through the bottle's opening. This limspace appears to be a large pond within a meadow. Previous tests have shown that when a boat is removed from Martison Lake, the threshold is closed until the boat is returned to the lake from whence it came. One of the biggest features that differentiates this object from other vessels is the defiance of the previously stated rule. The floating bottle has been retrieved from the lake, and the limspace within is still visible through the opening of the bottle. The bottle is currently on display in the town hall of the Martison Gated Community. |
An old gray-and-white pontoon boat showing signs of wear and tear | Codename: The Rusty Gallivant When aboard The Rusty Gallivant, the interconnecting web of bridges found in the Bridgespace can be seen looming above. The noxious “sea” of Bridgespace is visible on all sides. Fishing isn’t suggested unless you want to lose your hook and your line. |
List of Notable Acquired Items
Location Codename | Description of Item |
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The Lonely Dinghy | A small box containing blue seeds. This was placed in the community storage for items found a long time ago, unfortunately before a fire which destroyed numerous items within the building. |
Slice of Venice | A flat cap known as a coppola. |
Watery Greed | A matchbook with the face of Abraham Lincoln printed on the front in fluorescent blue ink. |
The Gated Community And its Vague Origin
The latest census, taken around the time of this document’s creation, states a population of 112 permanent residents in the Martison Gated Community. Most of the existing buildings are dated to be created around the early 1900s, but almost all buildings are renovated to modern standards, apart from a couple monuments. Overhead maps of the community are not to be distributed digitally, and can only be obtained physically if you are a member of the Martison Community.
No records of liminality have been documented before 1909. Mentions of the boats had slowly started appearing in texts written in the mid-1900s before the UNCB began to administer the area around Martison Lake. News and mysterious stories were purged to avoid spreading to nearby Canadian towns and settlements. Today, not even the oldest of the fisherman population in Martison know of any origin of The Vessels. It’s always the same story: “They were already there when I got here.”