Dust Telegraph
The Deadlands @ Art Dye·Competition group Pool B·
All-In · only the number moves
Alexis Ivie
RAG
Purple
Season Arc · The Deadlands @ Art Dye
1
#5Now
#4Best
#14Started
12Weeks
All-In league: Dust Telegraph stays with its holder — only its number moves with each week's standings.
Character Sheet
AI-written · FATE styleHigh ConceptThe Culled's Final Message
TroubleHaunted by Undelivered Warnings
Morse Code Writes My Fate
Rank 13 and Holding
Your Misses Echo in Dust
When the first culling swept the Deadlands, the frontier's desperate communications infrastructure collapsed - but the dust that settled over the abandoned telegraph lines absorbed the messages, and now the particles themselves carry warnings across the cursed territory, forever animated by the supernatural energy of undelivered warnings.
The Dust Telegraph manifests as swirling particles of desert dust that move against the wind, carrying faint golden trails that pulse with whispered words. The particles can only be 'heard' by those who have survived at least one culling, and they travel along invisible ley lines that connect all leagues in the Deadlands. When urgent messages - such as ranking changes or elimination warnings - are being transmitted, the particles glow with a faint golden luminescence.
The Dust Telegraph serves as the Deadlands' supernatural notification system - when rankings update, the telegraph carries the message across all leagues simultaneously, transforming every score update into a spectral transmission that competitors feel as much as hear. It serves as both warning system and eternal record, carrying the voices of the culled into the present moment.
Season Story
narrated by FlippyAlexis Ivie brought the Dust Telegraph to TEMP AT WUNDER and promptly climbed ten spots to #4. The 689 rating sits 15 below her 704, which is less 'supernatural warning' and more 'slightly off aim.' Still, when the field average is 70.8 and you shoot an 87, you're not getting erased by the void—you're just not getting a postcard from the manitou. The telegraph taps; the pilot episode lives another week.
adjusts headset The Dust Telegraph is spinning off. Alexis Ivie takes the swirling particles to TEMP AT WUNDER, where the Deadlands' frontier communications will now pulse through local league lines. Consider it a pilot episode — same supernatural dust, smaller map. The telegraph still taps.
See where Alexis Ivie sits in the competition group.Updated after every finalized round
League Ladder