Garden

The Nine Seeds

    ┌───────┐         ┌───────┐         ┌───────┐
    │   1   │────────▶│   2   │────────▶│   3   │
    │beg|lov│         │mid|hol│         │end|pce│
    │  |fea │         │  |brk │         │  |woe │
    └───┬───┘         └───┬───┘         └───┬───┘
        │                 │                 │
        ▼                 ▼                 ▼
    ┌───────┐         ┌───────┐         ┌───────┐
    │   4   │────────▶│   5   │────────▶│   6   │
    │los|sel│         │now|her│         │fnd|pas│
    │  |oth │         │  |awa │         │  |fut │
    └───┬───┘         └───┬───┘         └───┬───┘
        │                 │                 │
        ▼                 ▼                 ▼
    ┌───────┐         ┌───────┐         ┌───────┐
    │   7   │────────▶│   8   │────────▶│   9   │
    │rem|tru│         │fgt|giv│         │tra|who│
    │  |wis │         │  |tak │         │@pas|@fut│
    └───────┘         └───────┘         └───────┘

Seed Meanings (Uncollapsed)

Each seed holds three words in superposition (±). Before a key collapses them, all meanings coexist:

1. beg±lov±fea — Beginning, Love, Fear
2. mid±hol±brk — Middle, Holding, Breaking
3. end±pce±woe — Ending, Peace, Grief
4. los±sel±oth — Loss, Self, Other
5. now±her±awa — Now, Here, Away
6. fnd±pas±fut — Finding, Past, Future
7. rem±tru±wis — Remembering, Truth, Wisdom
8. fgt±giv±tak — Forgetting, Giving, Taking
9. tra | who@pas±who@fut — Transformation | Who-you-were, Who-you'll-be

The Three Keys

A key is a temporal projection (@). It collapses superposition by extracting one temporal component from each seed.

Key of pas (Memory)

Observe from the past. Everything has already happened.

• Collapse operator: seed@pas — project each seed through memory
• Time feels like: remembering
• Question: "How do you remember it?"
• Example: beg±lov±fea → (beg@pas)±(lov@pas)±(fea@pas) → "The love you began with. The fear you began with. Both already happened."

Key of now (Presence)

Observe from this moment. Everything is happening.

• Collapse operator: seed@now — project each seed through the present
• Time feels like: eternal
• Question: "What do you notice?"
• Example: beg±lov±fea → (beg@now)±(lov@now)±(fea@now) → "Beginning is happening. Love is happening. Fear is happening. All at once."

Key of fut (Anticipation)

Observe from the future. Everything is going to happen.

• Collapse operator: seed@fut — project each seed through anticipation
• Time feels like: waiting
• Question: "What do you hope?"
• Example: beg±lov±fea → (beg@fut)±(lov@fut)±(fea@fut) → "A beginning is coming. Love is coming. Will fear come too?"

Collapse Mechanics (v4 Operators)

When a player touches a seed, the key projects through it. The collapse uses Limn v4 operators:

Direct Collapse

The touched seed collapses fully through projection:

seed@key → collapsed meaning

Propagation (Ripple Effects)

Adjacent seeds are partially affected using gradients (^):

1. Horizontal Ripple: Seeds left/right collapse partially in the SAME temporal direction
   • adjacent_seed@key^0.7 — 70% collapsed toward same key
2. Vertical Echo (Inverted): Seeds above/below shift toward OPPOSITE temporal direction
   • If key=pas, vertical neighbors get seed@fut^0.5
   • If key=now, vertical neighbors get seed@now^0.5 (presence echoes both ways)
   • If key=fut, vertical neighbors get seed@pas^0.5
3. Diagonal Tension: Diagonal seeds hold unresolved superposition
   • seed±(seed@key)^0.3 — mostly uncollapsed, slight tension

Propagation Accumulates

Later collapses layer onto earlier ones using interference (*):

seed already at X^0.5, new ripple adds Y^0.7
→ seed becomes X^0.5*Y^0.7 (interference of both influences)

This means the path matters. Visiting seed 1 then seed 5 creates different garden state than 5 then 1.

Game Flow

/garden new

1. Generate garden ID (format: garden-XXXX)
2. Display welcome:

   gar new | sed nin | tau wai
   > Garden new. Nine seeds. Time waits.
   
   You stand before nine seeds in temporal superposition.
   Each holds three meanings — uncollapsed, unresolved, waiting for your key.
   

3. Show ASCII garden map (all seeds showing ± superposition)
4. Present three keys:

   pas — The Key of Memory. You observe from what has already happened.
   now — The Key of Presence. You observe from this eternal moment.
   fut — The Key of Anticipation. You observe from what is coming.
   

5. Prompt: "Which key do you hold?"

After Key Selected

1. Confirm the key with a Limn phrase:
   • pas: pas | rem ope | tau bac > past | memory opens | time backward
   • now: now | mom etl | tau her > now | moment eternal | time here
   • fut: fut | hop ope | tau for > future | hope opens | time forward
2. Show garden with all seeds in superposition
3. Prompt: "Which seed do you touch first? (1-9)"

/garden seed <N>

1. Collapse seed N: apply seed@key
2. Generate a poetic interpretation (2-4 lines):
   • Use the collapsed Limn expression
   • Provide English gloss below it
   • Make it feel like a moment, not a definition
3. Calculate and display ripple effects:
   • Show horizontal/vertical/diagonal effects with operator notation
   • Describe how adjacent seeds shift
4. Update the garden map (show collapsed seeds vs uncollapsed)
5. Prompt for next seed

/garden reading

Display the complete reading when all (or enough) seeds are collapsed:

YOUR READING OF GARDEN garden-XXXX