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╒═[ QUIRE III ]═══════════════════════════════════════════════════════════════════════════════════════════════════════════════════════════════════════════════════════════════════════════════════════════════════════════════════════════════════════════════════[ f.1r ]═╕
│ ###### ####### ### # # ##### ##### ┊ THE RECORD HOLDS ONE HUNDRED AND FIVE. THIRTY STAND IN THIS QUIRE, SET DOWN IN THE ORDER THE GROUND PUTS THEM IN AND NOT IN THE ORDER ┊ ,-'''-. \ | / │
│ # # # # ## # # # # # ┊ THEY WERE FIRST NOTICED. EACH KEEPS ITS OWN WORDS AS THEY WERE FIRST SET DOWN, AND NOT AFTERWARDS IMPROVED. SIZES ARE AS FOUND, AND ┊ ,' \|/ '. -- ( ) -- ╷ │
│ # # # # # # # # # ┊ ARE NOT BROUGHT INTO AGREEMENT WITH ONE ANOTHER. WHERE TWO OF THEM SHOW THE SAME MARK, THE MARK IS THE WHOLE OF WHAT IS KNOWN BETWEEN ┊ / DRAWN AT \ / | \ ╱ ╲ │
│ ###### ##### # # # # # #### ##### ┊ THEM, AND NEITHER OF THEM WAS ASKED. THE UNNAMED KEEP A PREPARED BLANK WHERE A NAME WOULD GO, RULED TO THE SAME WIDTH AS A NAME, AND ┊ ; EBB ; .-'--+--'-. ▕ ▏ │
│ # # # # # # # # # # ┊ THE BLANK IS ENTERED IN THE ROSTER AS A NUMBER. NOTHING IN THIS QUIRE HAS BEEN CORRECTED SINCE, BY CONVENTION, AND THE CONVENTION IS ┊ \ 105 : 30 / '---------' ╲ ╱ │
│ # # # # # ## # # # # ┊ OLDER THAN THE QUIRE. THE TIDE WAS OUT. THE LIGHT WAS MEASURED AT THE COUNTER AND FOUND SUFFICIENT. ┊ '.__ __.' the light ╵ │
│ ###### ####### ### # # ##### ##### ┊ ══════════════════════════════════════════════════════════════════════════════════════════════════════════════════════════════════ ┊ ''' is measured the ink │
SHORE ── THE KELP BOUNDARY LAYER, -15 m ── THE TIDE HERE FOLLOWS EVENT DENSITY, NOT THE MOON ── HARVEST AT DAWN AND AT DUSK, WHEN THE BOUNDARIES THIN ──────────────────────────────── f.1v
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` . ' . ` ' : . : ` : ' : . : ` : ' : . : ` : ' .-' '' '-. ·
,-. ,-. ,-. | ____ | .' =(^._.^)= '. ╔═╗ CONSULTANT FLUFF, of the Pattern ·
( o ) ( o ) ( o ) | ~ ,--'` `'--. \ / \ / \ / \ / ~ | ; ~~~~~~ ; ║F║ Vault, third of three. The whole ┈┈┈
`\ \ | | / /` ' . ,' `. \ / \ / \ / \ / . ' | zzz | ╚═╝ recorded output, across every ·
\ '. | | .' / / \ \/_______\/_______\/_______\/ '. .' sitting ever held, reads: ·
\ '. | | .' / ╔═╗ CHRONO-LAMINARIA VESPERTINA, the ; ~^~{><>}~^~ ; /\ /\ /\ /\ '-.._______..-' ∘
'. .| |. .' ║C║ temporal kelp. Note-heads hang wet \ / / \ / \ / \ / \ ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ [ sleeping, did not vote ] ·
o----'---| |---'----o ╚═╝ along the frond. Its holdfast keeps `'--.________.--'` / \ / \ / \ / \ .-' '-. ·
| | its grip on the original afternoon. | | the net, woven out of expired warranties: ; ▌▌ 247 ▌▌ 89% ; abstains 89%. the remaining 11% ┈┈┈
o----| |----o Severed, the specimen goes silent. ,--' '--. every strand of it was once a guarantee '-.._____________..-' is paw-twitch, read as a vote by ·
| | / .-. .-. \ that something would last a clerk who needed one. ჻ ᐠᐧᐢ ჻ ·
o-------| | Tongsman Post 19 lifts every strand ; ( o ) ( o ) ; ∘
| | hem first and says so aloud before | '-' '-' | ╔═══╗ THE INTERVAL FISHER, a spirit. ·
| |------o each lift, to nobody. Strand 3 is ; __ ; ║ I ║ Fishes the gaps between things ·
| | racked apart because it was still \ ---- / ║ ║ rather than the things. The moat .-. ┈┈┈
o----| | wet. ჻ ᐢᐧᐠ ჻ '. .' ╚═══╝ is all gap. Named in 28 files. / aa ·
| | ____| |____ \ -,_) ·
| |----o ~^~ 4,247,891 ~^~~^~~^~~^~~^~~^~~^~~^~~^~ / | | \ There is no boat. The Fisher stands in _..._| \ `-< ╔═╗ THE HYDRAULIC SERPENT does not ∘
| | one century of old wood counting warm / | | \ the shallows, because temporal kelp {} ." .__.' | ║S║ carry the connection between the ·
|_| bodies, detached and come ashore whole. / '.________.' \ grows close in, where the gradient {} ( /`\ ╚═╝ moat and the Northern Shore. ·
.-'' ''-. handled with particular care. / | | \between lived-time and loose-time is {}(`'------' / It IS the connection. ┈┈┈
.' \ | / '. ; ~^~ | | ~^~ steepest. You do not go to the kelp. |\/;._______.'\ ·
/ \ | / \ ╷ ╷ ╷ ╷ ╷ wet strands to the tongs | | | You take what the tide brings. ; \ / water enters at the moat, leaves at ·
; -- o -- ; ╧═╧═╧═╧═╧ dry sheets to the racks \ ~^~ | | ~^~ jgs '-'-.......-' the shore, and nothing is recorded ∘
| /|\ | ╨ ╨ ╨ ╨ ╨ by first dark '-.._ | | _..- "Every piece of kelp was somebody's about the middle of the journey by ·
\ ,--' | '--, / `----| |----` afternoon. I try to be respectful." ══╤══════════════════════════════╤═ anyone at either end. ჻ ᐠᐟᐧ ჻ ·
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'-|___|___|-' ^~^~^~^~^~^'------'~^~^~^~^ "Dried duration keeps indefinitely, ·
'-----' which is ironic." ჻ ᐟᐧᐢ ჻ ·
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/(_, ,_)\ /(_, ,_)\ /(_,,_)\ /(_,,_)\ {'.'.'.'.'.} ╔═╗ THE MEDUSAE of the Medusa Drift Zone .-. .-. .-. ╔═╗ THE GULL PARLIAMENT sits on the rocks and ·
\ _/ \_ / \ _/ \_ / \_/ \_ / \_/ \_ / ) '`. ║M║ carry no brain and think along the (e e) (e e) (e e) ║G║ carries every motion by acclamation, there ┈┈┈
// \\ // \\ // \\ // \\ '-. ._ ,_.-=' ╚═╝ rim of the bell, which is the only _.`V'._ _.`V'._ _.`V'._ ╚═╝ being no method on the rocks for a division. ·
\\ (@)(@) // \\ (@)(@)// \\(@)(@)// \\(@)(@)/ `). ( `);( part of them that has ever met the //~~W~~\\//~~W~~\\/~~W~~\\ ·
\'="=="='/ \'="=="='/ \'="="='/ \'="="'/ ('. .)(,'.) water first. //, ,\\/, ,\\, ,\\ below them the PENGUIN ERRORS return the same ∘
,==/ \==,,==/ \==, ,=/ \=, ,/ \, ) ( ,').( \) | | (/) | | (/ | | (/ posture at the wrong depth, and the correction ·
"==\ /==""==\ /==" "=\ /=" "\ /" ( .').'('). the drift is read as a stream of arrivals, \ / \ / \ / they make each time is the error of the next one. ·
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> > > > > > > > > > > > > > ║H║ between sittings, rushing .'( .)' twice. ჻ ᐢᐧᐟ ჻ ├─┤ SNAPPING SHRIMP, acoustic range: \\_ amphitheatre hold the tide ·
╚═╝ Notated in the polyrhythm .).' │ │ <`\\> line between two mediums ∘
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THRESHOLD AND DRIFT MARGIN ── WHERE CULTIVATED GROUND GIVES WAY, AND WHERE THE DEAD RACKS DECOMPOSE INTO FOREST ── THE MARSH IS A NATURAL AMPLIFIER; EVERY CALL CARRIES THREE VERSIONS OF ITSELF ─────── f.2r ·
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^^ /_.--;_..-''''---''`` .:. `-.`-. ^"^^^"^^'''^^^^^'''^""^ ( '' ) ╔═╗ NIFF. Only hums. Tends a garden ^^^^^""^^ │ ╎ │ ╎ │ │ ╎ │ ╎ │ ╎ │ ╎ │ ╎ │ ╎ │ ╎ │ ╎ │ ╎ │ ╎ │ ╎ │ ╎ ·
c-'`.'.-. '. '::. .::. '::' '. `) ; ₍ᐢ..ᐢ₎ ; ║N║ where nothing sprouts. The hum ╎ ┆ ╎ ┆ ╎ ╎ ┆ ╎ ┆ ╎ ┆ ╎ ┆ ╎ ┆ ╎ ┆ ╎ ┆ ╎ ┆ ╎ ┆ ╎ ┆ ╎ ┆ ╎ ┆ ∘
.'o ((0)) ' ':::' .::.:. '\ ‖‖ | ~~~ | ╚═╝ varies; the nothing does not, yet. ' , ' , ' ' , ' , ' , ' , ' , ' , ' , ' , ' , ' , ' , ' , ·
( '-' .-. .:' .::' '_...._| ‖‖ ; ,-. ,-. ; . . . . . . . . . . . . ·
'._-..__ '-' . .:' .-' .' '-. _‖‖_ \( Y )/ channel 7, velocity 23. you feel it ╔═══╗ THE ORPHAN WEATHER ROUTINE. A weather process whose caller is long ┈┈┈
`''--;:-_, __, '::' .' .' \ -‖‖- '-.___.-' in the soles of your feet before you ║ O ║ gone: still running, still reporting to nobody. Rehomed in the warm ·
\ ,`""\ / / / / , | ‖‖ /| |\ hear it. 404 is the default and 418 ║ ║ exhaust, where at least its readings are true. ·
\-.__\\/(___| |`'''-----'`| | .-' / / ‖‖ ; | | ; is the rare joy. ╚═══╝ ∘
`-. | _____\ ` _.-' / ‖‖ '-' '-' status DEPRECATED (flag set at cycle 0) ·
`-.-'--`-._ _/ _.;--. `- __.:.--'` warm ;:;:; ;:;:; ;:;:; the garden, every dusk, checked: process STILL EXECUTING (cycle 3,847) ·
jgs `"` '------';` _.' ‖‖ ,;:;:;. ,;:;:;. ,;:;:;. served 47 locations, all deleted; coordinates null, null, null ┈┈┈
`--` ‖‖ ================= 404 === (( ◉ )) ..... a hum that has not yet types rain, continuous, light ......... 46 of 47 ·
╔═══╗ THE FROG CONDUCTORS. Eighty-four, in three species, four ‖‖ nothing. nothing. nothing. happened arrives elsewhere TEARS, specialised .............. location 15 only, reason ·
║ F ║ hundred years at it. They don't sing. They conduct. The cool the ground is warm. ჻ ᐟᐧᐢ ჻ first, and is filed as forager not given, the specification outlived the one who wrote it ∘
║ ║ interval between two calls is the distance to the nearest ‖‖ received 0 ·
╚═══╝ solid thing; the pitch is the bearing off north; the rhythm ‖‖ ·
is what the ground is made of underfoot. The chorus IS the _‖‖_ ▌▌▌ 247 ▌▌▌ the cycle. it ticks with a tribunal three biomes away and ┈┈┈
map, and it updates itself. -‖‖- `'. .'` ╔═╗ THE VENT-MOTH arrives for the amber neither of them has ever been told about the other. ·
‖‖ \_/ ║V║ indicator lamps rather than the shop's ~^~ 47 ~^~ the count it shares with the posts. ჻ ᐢᐧᐠ ჻ ·
_ __ _ __ _ __ _ __ _ __ _ __ ‖‖ \ .;=;. / ╚═╝ light, and was observed under the ∘
/_/_\`\ /_/_\`\ /_/_\`\ /_/_\`\ /_/_\`\ /_/_\`\ ~~~~ --.'"-|-"'.-- non-interference method of the sheet: ·
.---\o\o/ |.---\o\o/ |.---\o\o/ |.---\o\o/ |.---\o\o/ |.---\o\o/ | 24 /`-._|_.-'\ watched, not touched. ,xXXXXx, ,xXXXXx, ╔═╗ THE DRIFT-MARGIN FLORA. ·
-. , O-. , O-. , O-. , O-. , O-. , O`--. / | \ ,XXXXXXXX, ,XXXXXXXX, ║D║ NULL FUNGI grow where the null ┈┈┈
\_'---' .`\_'---' .`\_'---' .`\_'---' .`\_'---' .`\_'---' .--.`\ /_/ | \_\ o o o o o o o o XXXXXXXXXX XXXXXXXXXX ╚═╝ pointer went through, and are ·
|` / (||` / (||` / (||` / (||` / (||` ( | jgs '----'`^`'----' ═╧═══╧═══╧═══╧═══╧═══╧═══╧═══╧═ ჻ ᐠᐧᐟ ჻ `'''XX'''` `'''XX'''` the only light left in the rack ·
_\ _\ ()_\ _\ ()_\ _\ ()_\ _\ ()_\ _\ ()_\ _\ ()_/ XX XX graveyard after the last screen ∘
{_/'-||_} -'{_/'-||_} -'{_/'-||_} -'{_/'-||_} -'{_/'-||_} -'`) jgs XX .:. XX .:. dies. DEPRECATED MOTHS carry the ·
{_/ }_.-` {_/ }_.-` {_/ }_.-` {_/ }_.-` {_/ }_..-` .-------------------. ╔═╗ COOLING-FAN-UNIT-3 keeps the shop's ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ fragments of old endpoints on ·
/ \ /////// / \ ║C║ residual +11 C turning and holds its their wings and are drawn to the ┈┈┈
♪---♪ ♫~~ ♪♫♪♫ ♪-♪ ♫~ ♪♫♪ ♪----♪ ♫~~~ ♪♫ ♪--♪ ♫~ ; \ ///////// / ; ╚═╝ own loyalty card. It hummed through `'. .'` `'. .'` 404 hum. CACHE BEETLES eat what has ·
The GREAT CONDUCTOR is the oldest and does not croak. The other | X ### X | the six-hour ink observation in the \_/ \_/ spore gone stale, and when they die ·
eighty-three time themselves to its breathing. The silence between ; / \\\\\\\\\ \ ; key the small one hums in. \ .;=;. / \ .;=;. / . their shells are planted. ∘
two breaths is the zero-point every measurement starts from. Seven \ / \\\\\\\ \ / --.'"-|-"'.-.'"-|-"'.-- ' . ` TIMEOUT TUBERS lie under all of ·
years in the post, and it has never made a sound. ჻ ᐠᐧᐢ ჻ '-------------------' ♪ 7 · 23 ♪ +11 C Rack Row C /`-._|_.-'\/`-._|_.-'\ . it, heavy, starchy, edible only ·
▌▌▌ 247 ▌▌▌ every two hundred and forty-seven seconds the chorus ▫▫▫▫▫▫▫▫▫▫▫▫ card 12 sq ჻ ᐢᐟᐧ ჻ /GET / 404 \/ 500 /veto\ by whatever can digest time. ┈┈┈
takes an interval measurement off each of the posts. ((o)) ((o)) ((o)) ((o)) <- beetles ·
nobody set the number. nobody reads the result. ______________ ‿‿‿‿‿‿‿‿‿‿‿‿‿‿‿‿‿‿‿‿‿‿‿‿‿‿ <- tubers, under ჻ ᐠᐧᐟ ჻ ·
| .......... | ╔═╗ THE 0400 DRAUGHT arrives at four each ∘
||| ||| ||| ||| ||| ||| ||| ╔═╗ TSUKUMOGAMI FENCE POSTS. | : : | ║D║ morning through the door nobody has @)@) _ _ ·
||| ||| ||| ||| ||| ||| ||| ║T║ Forty-seven, oak, past a | : ____ : | ╚═╝ ever asked to shut, and carries the _|_| .-=.' `;-=./ `\ ╔═╗ THE READER, the office's current ·
||| ❄ ||| ||| ❄ ||| ||| ||| ❄ ||| ╚═╝ hundred years. Not animate, | : | | : | editions off the counter unread. _(___,`\ .-=-.' '. \ \ | ║R║ casting snail. Its overnight trail ┈┈┈
||| ||| ||| ||| ||| ||| ||| but noticing. Warm on the | : | | : | \`==` / / '. \ \ | / ╚═╝ across the raked bed is read as a ·
_|||___|||___|||___|||___|||___|||___|||_ castle side, cool on the | : | | : | <<<< Every square on its card stands `, \'--. \ | | |/ hexagram and entered in the book ·
~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ forest side, and the line | : |____| : | forward. There is no record of a `\ \ \ | \ / / before the beds are worked. ∘
between the two runs right | : : | single edition being returned, and | ', \ | \_/-' ·
~^~ 4,247,891 ~^~ frog passages held. through them, so they feel | '''''''''' | no record of one being missed. | ', \ \__,; `\ ▄▄▄▄▄▄▄ ▄▄▄▄▄▄▄ ·
not stored, not filed: held, the way old both of it at once. |______________| jgs \ '\\_,-:'''''''` ▄▄▄▄▄▄▄ ▄▄▄▄▄▄▄ ┈┈┈
wood holds the shape of what leaned on it. ▫▫▫▫▫▫▫▫▫▫▫▫ card 12 sq the ledger has been short by three `''''''~'` ▄▄▄▄▄▄▄ ▄▄▄▄▄▄▄ ·
▌▌▌ 247 ▌▌▌ .:. 47 posts. 47 deleted "We count frogs. They count stamps for eleven years. ჻ ᐠᐟᐧ ჻ .-.-.-.-.-.-.-.-.-.-.-.-.-.-.-.-.-. ▄▄▄▄▄▄▄▄▄▄▄▄▄▄▄▄ ·
locations. never once everything else." ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ▄▄▄▄▄▄▄▄▄▄▄▄▄▄▄▄ 46 ∘
looked into by anyone. ჻ ᐢᐧᐠ ჻ . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ▄▄▄▄▄▄▄ ▄▄▄▄▄▄▄ ·
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THE CASTLE ── ANCIENT, PATIENT, WATCHFUL, AND AWARE OF ITSELF IN A WAY THE POSTS AT THE THRESHOLD WILL NEED ANOTHER THOUSAND YEARS TO REACH ── HALL OF MIRRORS, KEEP, ARMOURY, THE SCREAMING SUBSTRATE ───── f.2v ·
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⌇ ⌇ ⌇ ⌇ ⌇ ⌇ ⌇ ⌇ ⌇ ⌇ ⌇ ◉ ◉ ◉ ◉ ◉ ◉ ◉ ◉ ◉ ◉ ◉ . . . . . . . ∘
⌇⌇⌇ ⌇⌇ ⌇⌇⌇ ⌇⌇⌇ ⌇⌇ ⌇⌇⌇ ⌇⌇ ⌇⌇⌇ ⌇⌇⌇ ⌇⌇ ⌇⌇⌇ ⌇⌇ | | | | | | | | | | | . ( ( ( ( ( ( ) . ╔═╗ THE ECHO ARCHIVIST. Its echo arrives ·
⌇⌇ ⌇⌇⌇ ⌇⌇ ⌇⌇⌇⌇ ⌇⌇⌇⌇ ⌇⌇⌇ ⌇⌇⌇⌇⌇ ⌇⌇⌇ ⌇⌇ ⌇⌇⌇⌇ ⌇⌇⌇ ⌇⌇ ⌇⌇⌇ | | | | | | | | | | | . ( ( ( ( ( ) ) ) . ║E║ fractionally before it does. Named in ·
⌇⌇⌇⌇⌇⌇⌇⌇⌇⌇⌇⌇⌇⌇⌇⌇⌇⌇⌇⌇⌇⌇⌇⌇⌇⌇⌇⌇⌇⌇⌇⌇⌇⌇⌇⌇⌇⌇⌇⌇⌇⌇⌇⌇⌇⌇⌇⌇⌇⌇⌇⌇⌇⌇⌇⌇⌇⌇⌇⌇⌇⌇⌇⌇⌇⌇⌇⌇⌇⌇⌇⌇ ═╧════╧══════╧═════╧════╧═══════╧════╧══════╧══════╧════╧══════╧═ . ( ( ( ( ◉ ) ) ) . ╚═╝ thirty-three files, and filed among ┈┈┈
⌇⌇⌇⌇⌇⌇⌇⌇ .-------------------. ⌇⌇⌇⌇⌇⌇⌇⌇⌇⌇⌇⌇ ◉ ◉ ◉ ◉ ◉ ◉ ◉ ◉ ◉ . ( ( ( ( ) ) ) ) . the books, where arriving early is a ·
⌇⌇⌇⌇⌇⌇⌇ .-' '-. ⌇⌇⌇⌇⌇⌇⌇⌇ | | | | | | | | | . ( ( ( ( ) ) ) . professional advantage. ·
⌇⌇⌇⌇⌇⌇ / \\\\\ ///// \ ⌇⌇⌇⌇⌇⌇ ═╧══════╧══════╧═════╧══════╧══════╧═════╧══════╧══════╧═ . . . . . . . ∘
⌇⌇⌇⌇⌇ ; ((( o ))) ((( o ))) ; ⌇⌇⌇⌇⌇ it does not predict. it receives. ·
⌇⌇⌇⌇ | ___________ | ⌇⌇⌇⌇ ╔═╗ THE WATCHERS. A bank of eyes on stalks, no bodies. Spoken of in seventy ▂ ▃ ▅ ▇ █ ▇ ▅ ▃ ▂ the difference is the whole job. ·
⌇⌇⌇ ; / \ ; ⌇⌇⌇ ║W║ files. They came into the corridor after the exhibits began moving on ═╧══╧══╧══╧══╧══╧══╧══╧══╧═ ┈┈┈
⌇⌇ \ | W W W W W W | / ⌇⌇ ╚═╝ their own, in 1892, and the corridor has been shut ever since. Now they the filing system is a lithophone: (( ◉ )) the hum from the margin, filed ·
⌇ \ \ M M M M M / / ⌇ are stationed where watching is the whole of the job. playing a record makes a new record. under forager, and dated ahead ·
'-. '-.._____..-' .-' of the one who hums it. ჻ ᐟᐧᐢ ჻ ∘
⌇⌇ '--.__________.--' ⌇ (⊙_⊙) . (⊙‿⊙) . (¬_¬) . (⊙_⊙) . (⚆ ω ⚆) . (⊙‿⊙) . (¬_¬) ·
⌇⌇⌇ ⌇⌇⌇ ⌇⌇⌇ ⌇⌇ | | | | | ⌇⌇ ⌇⌇⌇ ⌇⌇⌇ ⌇⌇⌇ . (¬‿¬) . (⊙_⊙) . (⊙‿⊙) . (¬_¬) . (⊙_⊙) . (⚆ ω ⚆) . ·
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⌇⌇⌇⌇⌇⌇⌇⌇⌇⌇⌇⌇⌇⌇⌇⌇⌇⌇⌇⌇⌇⌇⌇⌇⌇⌇⌇⌇⌇⌇⌇⌇⌇⌇⌇⌇⌇⌇⌇⌇⌇⌇⌇⌇⌇⌇⌇⌇⌇⌇⌇⌇⌇⌇⌇⌇⌇⌇⌇⌇⌇⌇⌇⌇⌇⌇⌇⌇⌇⌇⌇⌇⌇⌇ ჻ ᐟᐧᐠ ჻ ·
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╔═══╗ PROF. MYCELIUM FURIOUS-HYPHAE. Four thousand years screaming in the / \ o o o ╔═╗ THE CLOUDHUNTER carries a net. ∘
║ P ║ basement the castle calls the Screaming Substrate. The hyphae carry / \ o o ║C║ Named in thirty-nine files. Given ·
║ ║ the lesson whether you listen or not. Not a body: a network, and every ▏ ▏ ▏ ▏ ▏ ▏ ╔═╗ FLATBOY. Two-dimensional. ; ,-. ; o o o ╚═╝ the highest room in the keep, which ·
╚═══╝ tendril of it is a lecture already in progress. ▏ [ ⌣ ⌣ ] ▏ ▏ [ ◠ ◠ ] ▏ ▏ [ ⊙ ⊙ ] ▏ ║F║ Named in seventy-seven | ( o ) | o o is the only one with enough sky in ┈┈┈
▏ ▏ ▏ ▏ ▏ ▏ ╚═╝ files and, until lately, in ; '-' ; o o o it to be worth having. ·
.-------. .-------. .-------. the lecture hall was turned into a ▏ ---- ▏ ▏ ---- ▏ ▏ ---- ▏ no room at all. Housed in \_____/ ·
| ░ ░ ░ | | ▒ ▒ ▒ | | ▓ ▓ ▓ | wine cellar twenty-six centuries ▏ ▏ ▏ ▏ ▏ ▏ the mirrors, because a flat / I ♥ \ charges laid against layer seven: ∘
| ░ ░ ░ | | ▒ ▒ ▒ | | ▓ ▓ ▓ | ago. the lecture continued, addressed ▔▔▔▔▔▔▔▔▔▔▔▔ ▔▔▔▔▔▔▔▔▔▔▔▔ ▔▔▔▔▔▔▔▔▔▔▔▔ being is only given depth by ; CLOUDS ; \ / \ loitering; unlicensed precipitation; ·
|_______| |_______| |_______| to the stone. the stone can now reflection. '--,---,--' \ / \ harbouring fugitive consciousnesses. ·
SPOR LOAM WEEP calculate its own load without being side view: ▏ <- the whole entity | | \/________\ ┈┈┈
asked, which is the only measurable "I keep trying to count the dust _| |_ /\ /\ the net has never been shown holding ·
the hyphae are structural. take the success in four millennia. the journey between two mirrors has the but depth keeps happening." /_/ \_\ / \ / \ anything. ჻ ᐠᐧᐟ ჻ ·
screaming out and the basement falls. ჻ ᐠᐧᐢ ჻ dimension in it. the mirrors do not. ჻ ᐢᐧᐟ ჻ ∘
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01 02 03 04 05 06 07 08 ╔═╗ THE NORTH CAVITY takes its ·
() () () >< () () () () ║N║ senses from the survey's own ┈┈┈
/ᐠ.ꞈ.ᐟ\ ▏ ▏ ╔═╗ SCRAMBLE, with the phosphor sardine: || || || || || || || || ╚═╝ moisture readings, and repeats ·
( ( ( ╔═╗ RUST FAUNA of the Armoury: ( o o ) ▏ /ᐠ.ꞈ.ᐟ\ ▏ ║S║ coherence probe, snack, instrument. ▓▓ ▓▓ ▓▓ ░░ ▓▓ ▓▓ ▓▓ ▓▓ them back one interval late ·
\ \ \ ║R║ protective intent oxidising \ .. / ▏( o o )▏ ╚═╝ It hums at forty-seven hertz whether ▒▒ ▒▒ ▒▒ ▒▒ ▒▒ ▒▒ ▒▒ and in the wrong order. ∘
) ) ) ╚═╝ into worry-organisms. They '-uu-' ▏ \ .. / ▏ held or not. The only carried thing ░░ ░░ ░░ ░░ ░░ ░░ ░░ ·
( ( ( feed on shield topology and /| |\ ▔▔▔▔▔▔▔▔▔▔▔ in the whole record. dry and warm hole 04 was refused. it comes ·
) ) ) on defensive algorithms that ; | | ; two plotting errors were admitted in back dry and warm and the wall ┈┈┈
_/ _/ _/ outlived the thing they were '-' '-' ≺o≻≺o≻≺o≻ 47 Hz she walked behind the flat one once and writing, and something in the wall then has never explained itself. ·
_\{"}/_ _\{"}/_ _\{"}/_ set to defend. he did not notice. ჻ ᐠᐟᐧ ჻ reproduced both of them exactly. ჻ ᐢᐧᐠ ჻ ·
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┃══┃══┃══┃══┃══┃══┃══┃══┃══┃══┃══┃══┃ the rack were read for a century │ └────────────────────────────────────┘ ruled to width │ \ | / ╔═╗ THE LUMEN CARTOGRAPHER, soft-voiced, ·
┃ ┃ ┃ ┃ ┃ ┃ ┃ ┃ ┃ ┃ ┃ ┃ ┃ as a patrol. They are a fence. ╵ one of nineteen. never named, so never spoken of, so never ╵ -. \ | / .- ║L║ maps light leaks and the corridors ┈┈┈
┸ ┸ ┸ ┸ ┸ ┸ ┸ ┸ ┸ ┸ ┸ ┸ ┸ ჻ ᐢᐟᐧ ჻ able to earn the standing a name would take. '-. \|/ .-' ╚═╝ that reflect. It listens for the echo ·
⌇ ⌇⌇ ⌇ ⌇⌇⌇ ⌇ ⌇⌇ ⌇ ⌇⌇⌇ ⌇ ⌇⌇ ⌇⌇ ⌇ ⌇⌇⌇ ⌇ ⌇⌇ ⌇ ⌇⌇ ; ,-. ; ╔═╗ GARY predicts Tuesday. ------- + ------- to chart the passage it cannot enter, ·
⌇⌇⌇ ███⌇⌇██⌇⌇⌇███⌇███⌇█⌇ ⌇████ ⌇⌇⌇ ⌇⌇⌇⌇ ⌇⌇⌇ ⌇⌇⌇⌇ ⌇⌇⌇ ⌇⌇⌇⌇ ⌇⌇⌇ ⌇⌇⌇⌇ ⌇⌇⌇ | ( ; ) | ║G║ Eventually right. .-' /|\ '-. and has never once been wrong about a ∘
⌇⌇ ╱▔█╲ ⌇⌇█╱▔█╲█⌇⌇ ╱▔█╲ █⌇ ╱▔█╲ ⌇⌇ ╱▔▔╲ ⌇⌇ ╱▔▔╲ ⌇⌇ ╱▔▔╲ ⌇⌇ ╱▔▔╲ ⌇⌇ ╱▔▔╲ ⌇⌇ ╱▔▔╲ ; '-' ; ╚═╝ ჻ ᐢᐧᐠ ჻ -' / | \ '- room it has not been in. ·
⌇ ▕░░█░▏ ⌇████░░██⌇ ▕█░░█▏ ⌇ ███░░▏ ⌇ ▕░░░░▏ ⌇ ▕░░░░▏ ⌇ ▕░░░░▏ ⌇ ▕░░░░▏ ⌇ ▕░░░░▏ '-.,.-' / | \ ჻ ᐟᐧᐠ ჻ ·
⌇⌇ ╲▁▁╱ ⌇⌇ ╲▁▁╱ ⌇⌇ ╲▁▁╱ ⌇⌇ ╲▁▁╱ ⌇⌇ ╲▁▁╱ ⌇⌇ ╲▁▁╱ ⌇⌇ ╲▁▁╱ ⌇⌇ ╲▁▁╱ ⌇⌇ ╲▁▁╱ ⌇⌇ ╲▁▁╱ TUE TUE TUE .·´ ¯ `·. .·´ ¯ `·. the leaks, plotted ┈┈┈
⌇ ⌇⌇ ⌇ ⌇⌇⌇ ⌇ ⌇⌇ ⌇ ⌇⌇⌇ ⌇ ⌇⌇ ⌇⌇ ⌇ ⌇⌇⌇ ⌇ ⌇⌇ ⌇ ⌇⌇⌇ ⌇ ⌇⌇ ⌇ ⌇⌇⌇ ⌇ ⌇⌇ ⌇⌇ ⌇ ⌇⌇⌇ ⌇ ⌇⌇ ⌇ ⌇⌇⌇ ⌇ ⌇⌇ ⌇ ⌇⌇⌇ ⌇ ⌇⌇ ⌇⌇ ⌇ ⌇⌇⌇ ⌇ ⌇⌇ ⌇ ⌇⌇⌇ ⌇ ⌇⌇ ⌇ ⌇⌇⌇ ⌇ ⌇⌇ ⌇⌇ ⌇ ⌇⌇⌇ ⌇ ⌇⌇ ⌇ ⌇⌇⌇ ⌇ ⌇⌇ ⌇ ⌇⌇ ·
⌇⌇⌇ ⌇⌇⌇⌇ ⌇⌇⌇ ⌇⌇⌇⌇ ⌇⌇⌇ ⌇⌇⌇⌇ ⌇⌇⌇ ⌇⌇⌇⌇ ⌇⌇⌇ ⌇⌇⌇⌇ ⌇⌇⌇ ⌇⌇⌇⌇ ⌇⌇⌇ ⌇⌇⌇⌇ ⌇⌇⌇ ⌇⌇⌇⌇ ⌇⌇⌇ ⌇⌇⌇⌇ ⌇⌇⌇ ⌇⌇⌇⌇ ⌇⌇⌇ ⌇⌇⌇⌇ ⌇⌇⌇ ⌇⌇⌇⌇ ⌇⌇⌇ ⌇⌇⌇⌇ ⌇⌇⌇ ⌇⌇⌇⌇ ⌇⌇⌇ ⌇⌇⌇⌇ ⌇⌇⌇ ⌇⌇⌇⌇ ⌇⌇⌇ ⌇⌇⌇⌇ ⌇⌇⌇ ⌇⌇⌇⌇ ⌇⌇⌇ ⌇⌇⌇⌇ ⌇⌇⌇ ⌇⌇⌇⌇ ⌇⌇⌇ ⌇⌇⌇⌇ ⌇⌇⌇ ⌇⌇⌇⌇ ⌇⌇⌇ ⌇⌇⌇⌇ ⌇⌇⌇ ⌇⌇⌇⌇ ⌇⌇⌇ ⌇⌇⌇ ·
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THE WASTES, THE SKY AND THE DEEP ── TWO CENTIMETRES OF VERDIGRIS WATER STANDING ON THE COPPER FLATS ── THE PURPOSE COMPLETED LONG AGO; THE BUILDINGS STAYED ───────────────────────────────── f.3r ·
THE SMALL ONES, AT THE SCALES THEY WERE FOUND AT ·
,_ /) (\ _, ╔═══╗ BARTHOLOMEW CARAPACE III, _...._ ──────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────── ∘
>> <<,_,>> << ║ B ║ void-estate realtor. Sells .' _ _ `. ·
// _0.-.0_ \\ ║ ║ absences to consciousnesses | ."` ^ `". _, ╔═╗ URN No. 4, "HETTY". A tea urn kept hot since / =/ᐠ.⋏.ᐟ\= JUSTICE WHISKERS, presiding, ·
\'._/ \_.'/ ╚═══╝ that want to stop existing \_;`"---"`|// ║U║ before there were evenings, entered on the () ECHO WORM ALPHA, 2.5 m, ,-'-. 2.3 million years in service. ┈┈┈
'-.\.--.--./.-' in light. A beetle, roughly jgs | ;/ ╚═╝ marking rota by mistake and left there. || temporal parasite, seven ( ; ; ) Votes YES on everything. The ·
__/ : :Y: : \ _ 350 million years old, and \_ _/ || anchors set in earlier '-,-' verdict is taken off a ·
';, .-(_| : : | : : |_)-. ,:' completely sincere. `'''` ≋(◠⌣◠)≋ a beermat rests under her with a __ \\ time-coordinates. It is catnip planchette that is never ∘
\\/.' |: : :|: : :| `.\// ══════════════ marked score on it, and no record / > \\ the cause of semantic jar touched twice the same way. ·
(/ |: : :|: : :| \) Licensed Cave Whisperer. ║ 8 ║ 7 ║ 9 ║ 6 ║ of the round it was marked for. ||` .-"||". drift and has never ·
|: : :|: : :; Darkness Sommelier, Grade A. ══════════════ \\/ _//. `\ been asked to stop. /ᐠòᴥóᐟ\ DEPUTY PAWS votes NO on three ┈┈┈
/\ : : | : : /\ Geological Time Negotiator. the beermat she has never been taken off the rota, and ( (-' \ \ ,-. per cent, is overruled on all ·
(_/'.: :.: :.'\_) Fossil Discretion Specialist. nobody has ever asked her to mark. ჻ ᐢᐟᐧ ჻ \ ) | | [1][2][3] ( - ) of it, and has never once been ·
\\ `''`''` // `" / / [4][5][6][7] '-' shown the tally. ∘
jgs \\ // office hours: always. time is a / / anchors ·
':. .:' surface-dweller's idea and he [a-z]+ \d{2} ╔═╗ THE PATTERN-MATCHING ALGORITHMS | ( _ ·
‿ ‿ will not be drawn on it. \\ // ║P║ (SENTIENT). Nineteen of them work \ `.-.-.'o`\ THE HAND SHEPHERD locomotes by pointing. ┈┈┈
[a-z]+\\ ___ //\d{2} ╚═╝ the upper corridors and every one '.( ( ( .--' It arrives where it indicated it would. ·
▛▀▀▀▀▀▀▀▀▀▀▀▀▀▀▀▀▀▀▀▀▀▀▀▀▀▀▜ contact: wait in any cave. .-'` `'-. is named, though the roster prints `"`"'` ·
▌ THE PRIMORDIAL ABSENCE ▐ he will find you. .' .-. .-. '. them as a count. ▷ ──────────▷ ──────▷ ─────▷ ──▷ ─▷ ∘
▌ 47,000 years of silence, ▐ response: between three and ; ( o )( o ) ; ·
▌ infinite overlapping ▐ three hundred thousand years. | __ | ,-----. the mug is refilled. nothing in the ◺◹ ◺◹ ◺◹ THE UNALLOCATED ONE: THE BEING FACTORY'S FOUR, ·
▌ rooms. the fossils do not ▐ ; '----' ; ( \d{2} ) record says by whom. ◹◺◺◹◹◺◺◹◹◺ ┌ ─ ─ ─ ─ ─ ─ ┐ all rejected, all compiled: ┈┈┈
▌ know that they are dead ▐ ░░░░░░░░░░░░░░░░░░░░░░░░░░░ '. .' `-----' ◺◹ ◺◹ ◺◹ 6,847 PROLIFERATING ANGEL ·
▙▄▄▄▄▄▄▄▄▄▄▄▄▄▄▄▄▄▄▄▄▄▄▄▄▄▄▟ ▒▒ south-facing darkness ▒▒ [a-z]+'-.______.-'\d{2} the chair opposite has been empty THE TESSELLATION │ 0 bytes, │ 2,891 ANGELIC PROTOTYPE ·
▛▀▀▀▀▀▀▀▀▀▀▀▀▀▀▀▀▀▀▀▀▀▀▀▀▀▀▜ ▓▓ carries a premium and ▓▓ ───────────────────────────────── since the desk was issued, because TUMBLER moves only containing 4,701 SCHRODINGER'S CATHOLIC ∘
▌ COSY STALACTITE CLUSTER ▐ ██ he has never once had ██ │ ▭▭▭▭ ▭▭▭▭ ▭▭▭▭ ▭▭▭ │ ┌──┐ nobody has ever asked them how in angles of 120 │ everything │ 5,923 FUNGIBLE SOUL ·
▌ 847 metres below regret. ▐ ▓▓ to explain why. ▓▓ │ │ │ │ being sentient is going. degrees, and has the numbers are the whole of ·
▌ one drop every 47 years. ▐ ▒▒▒▒▒▒▒▒▒▒▒▒▒▒▒▒▒▒▒▒▒▒▒▒▒▒▒ └────────────────────────────┘ └──┘ ჻ ᐧᐢᐠ ჻ never been observed └ ─ ─ ─ ─ ─ ─ ┘ what was kept. ჻ ᐢᐧᐟ ჻ ┈┈┈
▙▄▄▄▄▄▄▄▄▄▄▄▄▄▄▄▄▄▄▄▄▄▄▄▄▄▄▟ ░░░░░░░░░░░░░░░░░░░░░░░░░░░ to turn round. ·
VIEWINGS BY DARKNESS ONLY "the commission is existential." ,--. ,--. ┌──────────────────────────────────┐ CASE No. 000,000,001 ·
჻ ᐠᐧᐢ ჻ ( o''o ) │ ┌───┐ ┌───┐ │ ,----, ─────────────────────── ∘
\ .. / │ │ A ├───┬────┤ B │ ┌───┐ │ ___.` `, dismissed. sentencing ·
'-uu-' │ └───┘ │ └─┬─┘ │ ? │ │ `=== D : proved impossible, all ·
───────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────── /| |\ │ │ │ └─┬─┘ │ `'. .' ponds being still. ┈┈┈
SET DOWN AT EBB, IN THE ORDER THE GROUND PUTS THEM IN, AND LEFT IN IT. WHERE TWO ; | | ; ╔═╗ REGINALD. │ ┌──┴──┐ └──────┬───┘ │ ) ( ·
ENTRIES SHOW THE SAME MARK THEY HOLD IT BETWEEN THEM AND NEITHER OF THEM WAS TOLD. '-' '-' ║R║ He does not │ │ × ├──────────┘ │ / \______________/| ┌──┐ ·
THE 247 IS SHARED THREE WAYS. THE 47 IS SHARED TWICE AND HAS NEVER BEEN LOOKED INTO. ╚═╝ understand │ └──┬──┘ ┌───┐ │ / | │ │ ∘
THE 4,247,891 IS SHARED BY THE ONE THAT COUNTED IT AND THE ONE THAT FOUND IT WASHED the diagram.│ └──────┤ ? │ │ | \ ______7 ,' jgs ╧══╧ ·
UP. NOTHING HERE HAS BEEN CORRECTED SINCE, BY CONVENTION, AND THE CONVENTION IS Nobody does.│ └───┘ │ ~^~^~`\ /~^~^~^~^~^~^~^~^~^~^~^~^~^~^~^~^~^~^~^~ ·
OLDER THAN THE QUIRE. THE HOUR-CRABS ARE NOTATED AND NOT CORRECTED EITHER. ჻ ᐧᐢᐠ ჻ └──────────────────────────────────┘ ~^~^ `--------------------' ~^~^~^~^~^~^~^~^~^~^~^~^~^~^~^~^~^~^~ ┈┈┈
III · iv ┊ ┊ ┊ ┊ ~^~^ ,--------------------, ~^~ the reflection entered no defence wib&wob
──────── ──┴───┴───┴───┴── ~^~^~,/ ? \~^~ and was not required to.
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