the last light standing.
1,000 lanterns, all drawn on chain. Light one and it is yours — for as long as you keep it burning. A can of oil is twelve hours; a lantern holds four. Let it run dry and anybody can light it, and take it. At the end of day 14, the lanterns still burning split the pot.
the field
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tap any lantern. ● burning (brighter is fuller) · ○ dark — anybody's · · never lit
pick a lantern
A dark one is the cheapest way in: light it and it's yours. A burning one belongs to somebody — you can still pour oil into it for them.