Sleeping in the Indigo City

Citizens in the Indigo city sleep between rivers.  Every bed made has two wooden rivulets on it, one running down each side.  At some point when citizens are sleeping, they fill with water.  The water is blue, not the indigo of the waterways.

If you wake in the night, you can watch lily pads slowly drifting by.  When you awake fully, they are gone.  No one quite knows where they come from or where they go, but no citizen of the Indigo city would dream of sleeping in a bed without rivulets.

Purity in the Indigo City

There's a place in the Indigo city where three buildings meet in a diamond shape, the fourth quarter open.  The narrow paths run along the waterways, down this empty corner, to a hidden place where the buildings meet.  Taliesin waits there.

There's a circular space in the hidden corner.  Taliesin walks on dark, emerald green grass, waiting for Elizet.  There is a statue here too, Purity, a maiden glancing coyly.

The citizens of the Indigo city rarely reach the statue.  As they get closer, the waterway between the paths narrows, and they are able to skip across.

The sun has not yet set, and high above her, Taliesin can see a circle of sky between the buildings.  When the sun sets, the moonstones set in the walls will glow in the darkness.  When they shine, Taliesin won't see the high walls of the buildings any more; only the open space of darkness, lit by tiny lights.  There is a galaxy here, if one cares to look for it.

The Indigo City

In the Indigo city, every street is a waterway.  The water is inky purple and is studded with iridescent moonstones, glowing like stars.  There are no streetlights, only the moonstones, and the light which spills from the buildings like the music that accompanies it..

When Elizet goes to meet her lover, she walks along the narrow paths which surround each building.  At some intersections, the waterways are narrow enough for her to skip over.  At others, there are small bridges, waist-high when raised, which lower at the touch of a button to allow passage.  Other times, Elizet has to walk far out of her way to find a place where she can cross.  The citizens of the Indigo city are used to this kind of circumstance.  They don't mind.  It is a pleasure to walk beside the unmarred surface of the waterways.

Elizet and her lover plan to meet at the Angel.  The Angel is made of a pale grey stone, and stands atop a tall column.  Stairs wide around the column, not high enough so people can stand next to the Angel, but high enough that they can touch the hem of her skirt.  Water cascades down from this landing, turning the spiral stairs into a waterfall. 

The citizens of the Indigo city where waterproof shoes, so Elizet's feet do not become wet as she climbs the stairs.  She can feel the water sloshing coolly against her toes, but is not dampened by it.  Above her, the Angel gleams in the starlight, glowing silver against the inky purple sky, like the moonstones that light the waterways.