Cavewall

It is generally accepted that one of the first surfaces for recording anything of permanence were rock faces. The practice translated itself into modernity with spray painting graffiti on the sides of edifices. In the meantime, humans took to making canvas and papers from animals and plants, and these were scribed upon on tables and desks into volumes and books. With the advent of the computer, the notes and desktop became virtual. Online communities developed where notes could be once again scribbled on to the virtual walls of peers and companies. The jumble of internet communications diversified into posts, tweets, grams, and so forth in a multitude of unlikely recaptured verbs. The latest revolution, implemented into Calydon’s construction was the Cavewall.

The Cavewall was a marvel of human ingenuity. Fragments still remain functional around Calydon, although they are only shadows of its once incredible interfacing beauty.

In its peak, Cavewall was a system developed to work on practically any surface with an interface that could be interacted with. The touch of a user on the Cavewall surface delivered biometrics that were analyzed instantaneously. The user’s biometric signature would be linked to their unique identity.

That surface became the user’s Cavewall connection where one could conduct any business with any resident on Calydon that also used the network. One could simply reaching out and write, as if every surface was indeed the cave wall of early man.

Now, with only a scattering of functional Cavewall interfaces, that dream was all but lost. Most of the Cavewall surfaces that had not been melted or otherwise physically eradicated since Descentralization, were black and were dead to the touch. There were a few heart-breaker interfaces where it would activate, but fail to recognize the user, or others where it was active, but was no longer networked with others.

Truthfully, the ones that worked were well known, and tended to frequently become hubs of human gatherings and even settlements. They became a tool of practicality. Settlements could easily communicate with their neighbors. They could warn them about bad weather conditions approaching. Or they could be used to send a distress signal if an unruly Reaper group was starting to get balls too big for their britches.