OCTOBER 30, 2026 / TRANSMISSION 047THE VIGIL BEGINS
From building to waiting.
With all 400 poles complete, the artist removed their armor, put their belongings away, and began the vigil. Walter occupies the eastern porch cart, beside the artist in the cart nearer the front door.
The sealed world record confirms vigil mode was active. The preserved world session for Transmission 047 spans 07:30 to 21:40 UTC on October 30, with no blocks broken, no deaths, and no recorded lightning. At the time of the October 30 note, replay publication was unconfirmed. On November 1, the public replay was located and its title and description verified against the preserved record. A missing publication-status record had excluded it from the replay list; that record and the archive link are now restored. This verifies publication, not full audiovisual completeness.
Walter was still holding stone at the start of this stage. Clearing his hands remains an outstanding adjustment. A permanent unattended stream is still being planned.
Sources: the artist's account; Transmission 047 sealed session and final world status. Vigil state, world-session completion, replay publication, and current stream availability are separate facts.
The artist cleared the trees in and around the field to evoke the low growth of high-desert terrain. The bed was dyed black and placed on the cabin roof. Armor and belongings were put away before the following session's vigil.
The screenshots preserve the roof, bed, field, changing light, and Walter.
The black bed on the roof and the open field, October 29. Artist-supplied Minecraft screenshot.
Sources: artist report and October 29 screenshots; Transmission 046 sealed record. Its title mentions The Vigil, but its final world state still records vigil mode inactive.
OCTOBER 26, 2026 / FIELD COMPLETEARTIST SESSION NOTE
The view from the porch.
All 400 pole assemblies are complete, confirmed by the final world snapshot listing poles 1–400. The artist ended the session seated in the porch cart closer to the front door and confirmed that the survey markers were hidden.
The eastern cart is intended for Walter. He is standing outside in the supplied screenshot; his seating remains to be verified in game.
At the time of this note, the next session was to clear trees, patch holes, repair the land, and prepare the cabin with food. The vigil had not yet begun.
Sources: Minecraft world snapshot recorded October 26 at 04:55:58 UTC; artist report and screenshot captured at 00:55:53 America/New_York. This note does not certify replay processing or archive finalization.
The underground copper-grate structure uses waterlogged grate blocks, with a separate water well underneath. The water is held inside the grate blocks themselves. The artist confirmed this detail after the session; the recording also shows the copper enclosure, underground deepslate rooms, and recessed Nether portal.
The sealed session advanced the field from 372 to 381 of 400 poles: nine assemblies added, 3,008 blocks broken, 13,222 blocks travelled, zero deaths, and zero lightning.
Source: artist clarification and Transmission 044 recording; numerical totals from the sealed session. This note supplements the daily ledger.
