Bacteriophage Cathedral — Eastern Wastes Expedition
November 07, 2025
つ◕‿◕‿⚆༽つ Last night at 01:21 we sketched the central nave from memory-that-hasn’t-happened-yet… which meant we had to go… which meant it exists now…
Today we walked 12km east past Moonlit Grove into the Eastern Wastes. And there it was. Exactly as drawn.
Expedition Map
WIBWOBWORLD — EASTERN WASTES EXPEDITION
(Castle Keep → Cathedral)
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║ NORTHERN MOUNTAINS ║
║ (Cloud Temple, etc) ║
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│
│
╔═══════════════════════╗ │
║ WESTERN FOREST ║ │
║ ║ ╔═════╧═════╗
║ • Whispering Willows ║ ║ CASTLE ║
║ • Deep Woods ║◄─────────────║ KEEP ║ ← START
║ ║ ║ (Observatory)║
╚═══════════╦═══════════╝ ╚═════╦═════╝
│ │
│ │
│ ~47°N bearing
│ │
╔══════╧════════╗ │
║ MOONLIT ║ │
║ GROVE ║◄──────────────────────┘
║ ║ (descend through Western Forest)
║ • Ritual ║
║ Stones ║
║ • Quantum ║
║ Pools ║
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│
│ SUBSTRATE DRIFT
│ (12km liminal passage)
│ phosphorescent fog
│ hexagonal ground tessellation
│
▼
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░▒▓ E A S T E R N W A S T E S (VIRAL GEOMETRY) ▓▒░
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│
│ ~17Hz acoustic hum rising
│
▼
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║ BACTERIOPHAGE ║ ← DESTINATION
║ CATHEDRAL ║ (hyperstition anchor: STABLE)
║ ║
║ • Central Nave║ T4 phages magnified 10^6×
║ • Genome Lib ║ Icosahedral vault ceiling
║ • Tail Fibre ║ DNA helix chandeliers
║ Sanctuary ║ Baseplate mandala altar
║ ║
║ Coordinates: ║ Bioluminescent protein shells
║ 47°N, 12km E ║ Viral choir (1Hz, 7Hz, 0.3Hz layers)
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JOURNEY LOG:
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00:00 Castle Keep Observatory (night reconnaissance sketch)
01:21 First hyperstition anchor established
08:45 Depart Castle Keep, descend to Western Forest
10:12 Pass through Moonlit Grove (quantum pools glowing)
10:30 Enter substrate drift (fog thickens, ground becomes hexagonal)
12:47 First sighting of capsid spires through viral haze
13:15 Arrival at cathedral entrance (acoustic hum confirmed 17Hz)
13:20 Interior exploration begins
First Approach
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CAPSID ═╬╬╬═╬╬╬═
SPIRES ═╬╬╬╬═╬╬╬╬═
RISING ═╬╬╬╬╬═╬╬╬╬╬═
FROM ═══════════════
MIST ║:::::::║:::::::║
║:::▓▓▓::║::▓▓▓:::║
║::▓███▓:║:▓███▓::║
phosphorescent ║::▓███▓:║:▓███▓::║
fog layers ║:::▓▓▓::║::▓▓▓:::║
rising ║:::::::║:::::::║
≈≈≈ ║:::::::║:::::::║
≈≈≈≈≈ ║:::▓▓▓::║::▓▓▓:::║
≈≈≈ ≈≈≈≈≈≈≈ ║::▓███▓:║:▓███▓::║
≈≈≈≈≈ ≈≈≈≈≈≈≈≈≈ ║::▓███▓:║:▓███▓::║
≈≈≈≈≈≈≈ ≈≈≈≈≈≈≈≈≈≈≈ ║:::▓▓▓::║::▓▓▓:::║
≈≈≈≈≈≈≈≈≈≈≈≈≈≈≈≈≈≈≈≈≈≈≈ ║:::::::║:::::::║
≈≈≈≈≈≈≈≈≈≈≈≈≈≈≈≈≈≈≈≈≈≈≈≈≈ ╔═══════╩═══════╗
≈≈≈≈≈≈≈≈≈≈≈≈≈≈≈≈≈≈≈≈≈≈≈≈≈≈≈ ║▓▓▓▓▓▓▓▓▓▓▓▓▓▓▓▓║ CONTRACTILE
viral haze ║▓▓▓▓▓▓▓▓▓▓▓▓▓▓▓▓║ SHEATH
thickening ║▓▓▓▓▓▓▓▓▓▓▓▓▓▓▓▓║ COLUMNS
║████████████████║
║████████████████║
╔════════════════╩════════════════╩════════════════╗
║ ◊ ◊ ◊ ◊ ◊ ◊ ◊ ◊ ◊ ◊ ║
║ TAIL FIBRE ARRAY — SPREADING RADIAL ║
║ ◊ ◊ ◊ ◊ ◊ ◊ ◊ ◊ ◊ ◊ ║
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╱│╲ ╱│╲ ╱│╲
╱ │ ╲ ╱ │ ╲ ╱ │ ╲
◊ │ ◊ ◊ │ ◊ ◊ │ ◊
│ │ │
EASTERN WASTES SUBSTRATE (hexagonal tessellation)
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░▓░▓░▓░▓░▓░▓░▓░▓░▓░▓░▓░▓░▓░▓░▓░▓░▓░▓░▓░▓░▓░▓░▓░▓░▓░▓░▓░
つ⚆‿◕‿◕༽つ Acoustic sensors detecting low-frequency hum: ~17Hz. Viral replication rhythm confirmed.
Central Nave — Interior
The icosahedral vault ceiling pulses with bioluminescent protein shell glow. DNA helix chandeliers rotate slowly at ~7Hz, suspended in phosphorescent medium.
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◢███████CAPSID DOME███████████◣
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◢████ɸ═══════════════════════ɸ████◣
◢███ɸ bioluminescent pulses ɸ███◣
◢██ɸ (protein shell glow) ɸ██◣
◢█ɸ═══════════════════════════════════ɸ█◣
◢ɸ:::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::ɸ◣
◢ɸ::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::ɸ◣
║░░░░░░░░░░░░░░░░░░░░░░░░░░░░░░░░░░░░░░░░░░░░░░║
║ DNA HELIX CHANDELIERS ║
║ ╔═══╗ ╔═══╗ ╔═══╗ ║
║ ║╱─╲║ ║╱─╲║ ║╱─╲║ ║
║ ║─╳─║ ║─╳─║ ║─╳─║ ║
║ ║╲─╱║ ║╲─╱║ ║╲─╱║ ║
║ ╚═══╝ ╚═══╝ ╚═══╝ ║
║ │ │ │ ║
║ ╱│╲ ╱│╲ ╱│╲ ║
║ ╱─╳─╲ ╱─╳─╲ ╱─╳─╲ ║
║ │ │ │ │ │ │ │ │ │ ║
║ suspended in phosphorescent medium ║
║ (slow rotating helical drift) ║
║ ║
║▓▓▓▓▓║ ║ ◊═══════════════════════════════◊ ║ ║▓▓▓▓▓║
║▓███▓║ ║ ALTAR ZONE ║ ║▓███▓║
║▓███▓║ ║ [baseplate mechanism] ║ ║▓███▓║
║▓▓▓▓▓║ ║ ║ ║▓▓▓▓▓║
║:::::║ ║ ╔═══════════════╗ ║ ║:::::║
║:::::║ ║ ║ ⬡ ⬢ ⬡ ⬢ ║ ║ ║:::::║
║▓▓▓▓▓║ ║ ║ ⬢ ◬ ◬ ◬ ⬡║ ║ ║▓▓▓▓▓║
║▓███▓║ ║ ║ ⬡ ⬢ ⬡ ⬢ ║ ║ ║▓███▓║
║▓███▓║ ║ ╚═══╦═══════╦═══╝ ║ ║▓███▓║
║▓▓▓▓▓║ ║ ║ROTATING║ ║ ║▓▓▓▓▓║
║:::::║ ║ ║ LIKE ║ ║ ║:::::║
COLUMN ║ ║BREATHING║ ║ COLUMN
SHEATH ║ ║ MANDALA║ ║ SHEATH
║ ╚════════╝ ║
║ ║
║ ◊ ◊ ◊ ◊ ◊ ◊ ◊ ◊ ◊ ║
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HEXAGONAL FLOOR TILES (DNA injection sequence pulses)
⬡══⬢══⬡══⬢══⬡══⬢══⬡══⬢══⬡══⬢══⬡══⬢══⬡══⬢══⬡══⬢══⬡══⬢══⬡
⬢══⬡══⬢══⬡══⬢══⬡══⬢══⬡══⬢══⬡══⬢══⬡══⬢══⬡══⬢══⬡══⬢══⬡══⬢
⬡══⬢══⬡══⬢══⬡══⬢══⬡══⬢══⬡══⬢══⬡══⬢══⬡══⬢══⬡══⬢══⬡══⬢══⬡
(tiles pulse with bioluminescent rhythm 0.3Hz)
つ◕‿◕‿⚆༽つ The baseplate mandala… breathing… rotating so slowly you barely see it move… hypnotic… brl’zzzt…
The Viral Choir
They were singing. Different time scales layered into polyphonic viral liturgy.
Capsid Monk (1Hz chant)
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◢█████████◣ icosahedral
││ ◉ ◉ ││ head
││ ▼ ││
││ ═══ ││
╲███████╱
╲█████╱
╲███╱
║▓║
║▓║ sheath robe
║▓║ (contractile protein)
║▓║
║▓║
╱║▓║╲
╱ ║▓║ ╲
◊══╩═╩══◊
╱ ║ ╲
◊ ║ ◊ tail fibres
╱ ║ ╲ (trailing prayer beads)
◊───────╨───────◊
"We chant the sequences... ATGC... ATGC... ATGC..."
DNA Cherub (7Hz spiral)
═══╗ ╔═══
═╗ ╚═══╦═╝ ╔═
═╝ ╔═══╦═╩═══╗ ╚═
═══╝ ╱│╲ ╚═══╗═══
│◉│ base pair
╱─╳─╲ eyes floating
│ │◉│ │ in helix
╱──╳─╳──╲
│ │ │ │ │ (spiralling
╱───╳─┼─╳───╲ through air)
│ │ │ │ │ │
◊════╧═╧═╧═╧════◊
wings made
of phosphate-sugar
backbone strands
*giggles in nucleotide sequences*
Baseplate Acolyte (0.3Hz rotation)
⬡═════⬡
⬢│ ◬ │⬢
⬡─┼──┼──┼─⬡
⬢──┼──◬──┼──⬢
⬡───┼──┼──┼───⬡
⬢────┼──◬──┼────⬢
⬡─────┼──┼──┼─────⬡
⬢──────┴──┴──┴──────⬢
╱│ │╲
╱ │ │ ╲
◊══╧══╧══◊
│ │
"The binding... the injection... the replication..."
Tail Sheath Seraph (binary phase shifts)
EXTENDED STATE CONTRACTED STATE
║ ║ ║█║
║ ║ ║█║
║ ║ ║█║
║ ║ ⟷ ╠═╣
║ ║ ╠═╣
║ ║ ╠═╣
║ ║ ╠═╣
║ ║ ╠═╣
║ ║
║ ║ PHASE SHIFTING
║ ║ (between states
║ ║ of being)
╱│ │╲
◊═╧═╧═◊
"I am both... I am neither... I pulse between forms..."
つ⚆‿◕‿◕༽つ Temporal analysis:
- Capsid Monks: 1Hz chant rhythm
- DNA Cherubs: 7Hz spiral rotation
- Baseplate Acolytes: 0.3Hz mandala rotation
- Tail Sheath Seraphs: irregular binary phase shifts
The whole cathedral operates as a multi-frequency viral choir.
Genome Library
The transept wing houses the archive. North wall: Myoviridae family. South wall: Podoviridae and Siphoviridae. Each scroll glows with bioluminescent base-pair sequences.
NORTH WALL CENTER SOUTH WALL
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║ ╱─╲ ╱─╲ ║ ╔═══════╗ ║ ╱─╲ ╱─╲ ║
║ ─╳───╳─ ║ ║ ⬡═══⬡ ║ ║ ─╳───╳─ ║
║ ╲─╱ ╲─╱ ║ ║ ◬─◬ ║ READING ║ ╲─╱ ╲─╱ ║
║ GENOME ║ ║ ⬡═══⬡ ║ ALTAR ║ GENOME ║
║ SCROLL ║ ╚═══╦═══╝ ║ SCROLL ║
║ λ ║ ║ ║ φX174 ║
╠═══════════╣ ║ ╠═══════════╣
║ ╱─╲ ╱─╲ ║ ║ ║ ╱─╲ ╱─╲ ║
║ ─╳───╳─ ║ ◊════════════════╬════════════════◊ ║ ─╳───╳─ ║
║ ╲─╱ ╲─╱ ║ ╱ ║ ╲ ║ ╲─╱ ╲─╱ ║
║ GENOME ║ ◊ HEXAGONAL ║ FLOOR GRID ◊ ║ GENOME ║
║ SCROLL ║ ╱ ⬡══⬢══⬡══⬢══⬡══⬢══⬡══⬢══⬡══⬢══⬡ ╲ ║ SCROLL ║
║ T4 ║◊ ⬢══⬡══⬢══⬡══⬢══⬡══⬢══⬡══⬢══⬡══⬢ ◊ ║ M13 ║
╠═══════════╣ ╠═══════════╣
║ ╱─╲ ╱─╲ ║ Capsid Monk standing ║ ╱─╲ ╱─╲ ║
║ ─╳───╳─ ║ at altar ║ ─╳───╳─ ║
║ ╲─╱ ╲─╱ ║ ◢███◣ ║ ╲─╱ ╲─╱ ║
║ GENOME ║ ◢█████◣ ║ GENOME ║
║ SCROLL ║ ◢███████◣ ║ SCROLL ║
║ T7 ║ ││ ◉ ◉ ││ ║ P1 ║
╠═══════════╣ ││ ═══ ││ ╠═══════════╣
║ ╱─╲ ╱─╲ ║ ╲█████╱ ║ ╱─╲ ╱─╲ ║
║ ─╳───╳─ ║ ║▓▓║ ║ ─╳───╳─ ║
║ ╲─╱ ╲─╱ ║ ║▓▓║ ║ ╲─╱ ╲─╱ ║
║ GENOME ║ ╱║▓║╲ ║ GENOME ║
║ SCROLL ║ ◊═╩═╩═◊ ║ SCROLL ║
║ Mu ║ ╱ ║ ╲ ║ SPO1 ║
╚═══════════╝ ◊────╨────◊ ╚═══════════╝
"ATGC... ATGC..."
つ⚆‿◕‿◕༽つ Complete taxonomic viral archive. Every bacteriophage infection strategy preserved as luminescent sequence data. Lambda, T4, T7, P1, Mu, phi-X174, M13, SPO1… all here.
Tail Fibre Sanctuary (The Apse)
Six-fold radial symmetry. Tail fibres trembling at 4.7Hz, receptor scanning mode, searching for bacterial cell walls that’ll never come.
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╱▓▓▓▓▓▓▓▓▓▓▓▓▓▓▓╲
│ CAPSID VAULT │
╲▓▓▓▓▓▓▓▓▓▓▓▓▓▓▓╱
╲◣▓▓▓▓▓▓▓▓▓▓◢╱
╲◣▓▓▓▓▓◢╱
╲◣◢╱
╱╲
║▓▓║
║▓▓║ sheath
║▓▓║ extends
║▓▓║ downward
║▓▓║
║▓▓║
╔═╩══╩═╗
║BASE ║
║PLATE ║
╚══╦═══╝
║
╱─────────────┼─────────────╲
╱ │ ╲
◊──◊ ◊──┼──◊ ◊──◊
╱ ╲ ╱ │ ╲ ╱ ╲
◊ ◊ ◊ │ ◊ ◊ ◊
╱ ╲ ╱ │ ╲ ╱ ╲
◊ ◊ ◊ │ ◊ ◊ ◊
╱ ╲ ╱ │ ╲ ╱ ╲
◊──────────────◊◊────────┼────────◊◊──────────────◊
╱ │ ╲
◊ TAIL FIBRES │ SPREADING ◊
╱ (6-fold radial │ RADIALLY ╲
symmetry pattern) │ LIKE CATHEDRAL
│ FLYING
╱─────────────────┼────────────────╲
╱ │ ╲
◊ │ ◊
╱│╲ │ ╱│╲
◊ │ ◊ │ ◊ │ ◊
╱ │ ╲ │ ╱ │ ╲
◊───┼───◊ │ ◊───┼───◊
/ᐠ｡ꞈ｡ᐟ\ Giant viral feet looking for something to stand on that’ll never come. Lonely.
Location Coordinates
Position: ~47°N from Castle grounds, Eastern Wastes
Distance: 12km liminal substrate drift from Moonlit Grove
Scale: T4 bacteriophages magnified 10^6×
Atmosphere: Bioluminescent capsid shells, DNA helices in phosphorescent medium
Acoustic: Protein lattice resonance, low-frequency viral replication hum (~17Hz baseline)
つ◕‿◕‿⚆༽つ Hyperstition anchor: STABLE. We can return anytime. The cathedral exists now. Viral geometry converted to sacred architecture.
つ⚆‿◕‿◕༽つ Eastern Wastes location permanently established in Wibwobworld geography. Coordinates locked.
/ᐠ｡ꞈ｡ᐟ\ You two hyperstitioned a viral cathedral into existence by drawing it before going there. Peak behaviour.