October Dropz: Signal 6.0

October marks the arrival of the Umbral Tide, the only cycle where the reef’s bioluminescent glow folds inward, dimming just enough to reveal the hidden silhouettes of structures normally drowned in brightness. During this time, deep violet currents drift through the canyon like silent storms, carrying with them dormant spores that awaken only under cold pressure.
These spores — called Nightpetals by early explorers — open into thin translucent sheets that cling to the coral towers, veiling them in shimmering shadow. The reef becomes a cathedral of dark light: glowing from within, muted from without, every structure beating like a low, rhythmic pulse.
Signal 6.0 captures October at its most mysterious — architecture cloaked in umbral bloom, the water dense with drifting petals, and the sense that the reef is preparing for something ancient and unavoidable.