Plates · 148 × 82
03-conditional-stairwell
tide table although the sea came only once, decades ago, and never returned. An
The plate
Fig. 1148 across, 82 down.
The grid itself
▄▄ ▄▄ ▄▄ .. .
██ ██ ██ + +
██████████▄ n╭o╮t╮ ╮y╮e╮t .
███ open ██ (courtyard air) o╰─╮─╮─╮─╮─╯e +
███ sky ██ t├─╰─╰ ╰ ╯ ┤y . + ?
██████████▀ . ╰n╯o╯t e╯t STEP 19
║ ║ + + ╯ status: unclimbed
║ ║ ? +┈┈┈┈┈┈┈┈┈┈┈┈+ mass: deferred
║ ║ STEP 21 . ╱┊ ???? ╱┊ tread: ┈ ┈ ┈ ┈
(rumour) + +┈┈┈┈┈┈┈┈┈┈┈┈┈+ +┈┈┈┈┈┈┈┈┈┈┈┈+ ┊
+ ╱┊ STEP 20 ╱┊ ┊ ┈┈┈┈┈┈┈┈ ┊ +
│ +┈┈┈┈┈┈┈┈┈┈┈┈┈+ ┊ ┊ ┈ ┈ ┊ ╱
╔══════╗ │◄┄┄┄┄ ? ┄┄┄┄►│ ┊ not yet ┊ ╱ +┈┈┈┈┈┈┈┈┈┈┈┈+
║ ◉ ║ INSTRUMENT Nº2 │ │ ┊ rise: ? ┊╱ ▲
╚══╦═══╝ reads: NOTHING │ (the tape │ +┈┈┈┈┈┈┈┈┈┈┈┈┈+ ┆ dim. chain
║ (nothing to read │ hangs in │ ▲ ┆ UNRESOLVED
║ YET) │ nothing) │ ┆ ┆
┌──╨──────┐ │ ▼ ┆ rise ? ○ ← hook, no wall
│ AWAIT ▒ │ ▼ ═╧═ ┆
└─────────┘ ═╧═ +┈┈┈┈┈┈┈┈┈┈┈┈┈┈┈┈+
╱┊ STEP 18 ╱┊
o +┈┈┈┈┈┈┈┈┈┈┈┈┈┈┈┈+ ┊
/|\ ← surveyor on rope, ┊ ┈ arriving ┈ ┊ ╱
/ \ lowered from a ┊ ░┈┈░ ░┈░ ░ ┊╱
§ ceiling that is +░┈┈┈┈░┈┈┈┈┈░┈┈┈┈+
§ not yet there ░░ ░░░ ░
§ ▒▒░░ ▒░ ░▒░ ░░▒
§ ▒▒▒▒▒▒▒▒▒▒▒▒▒▒▒▒▒▒▒▒▒
▼ ▓▓▓▓▓▓▓ STEP 17 ▓▓▓▓▓▓▓▓ ◄┄ condensing
(no floor ▓▓▓▓▓▓▓▓▓▓▓▓▓▓▓▓▓▓▓▓▓▓▓▓▓ under the
receives ▓▓▓▓▓▓▓▓▓▓▓▓▓▓▓▓▓▓▓▓▓▓▓▓▓▓ lifted boot
him) ▓▓▓▓▓▓▓▓▓▓▓
/"""""
THE CARETAKER → | (')') ← eyes forward, always
C _) \_///
\ _| \ _/ ~ hup ~
\__/___/ /
┌────────────┐ <___Y> \_/
│ breath log │ / \ :\__\ lantern
│ in: 4072119│ / | :| \ (◍)
│ out:4072119│ |___| :| \ /|\
└────────────┘ | | :| `────' |
\ \ :|
boot ► \ \=LI raised boot ► ___/
████████████████████████████████████
██ STEP 15 ── CONFIRMED UNDER FOOT ██
╔══════╗ ████████████████████████████████████
║ ◉ ◉ ║ INSTRUMENT Nº1 _________________________________________________
╚══╦═══╝ reads: 0.31m TRUE |'|'|'|'|'|'|'|'|'|'|'|'|'|'|'|'|'|'|'|'|'|'|'|'|'|
║ (valid for one stride) jgs |___1___2___3___4___5___6___7___8___9__10__11__12_|
║ ████████████████████████████████████
_║_ .'"""""-._ ██████ STEP 14 ── LOAD-VERIFIED █████ \ (()
╱ ╲ /` __;. ████████████████████████████████████ \-'@_<"/ _,
│ ◉ ◉ │ | /` \ ▲ ▲ \_.\` \ (
╲___╱ | _ .'` e \e; │◄┄┄ 0.31m TRUE ┄┄┄►│ \ _`) \_)
║ \ (_ _\| _, │ (while it lasts) │ \,(__/
║ './ .___,/ /`{)} ▓▓▓▓▓▓▓▓▓▓▓▓▓▓▓▓▓▓▓▓▓▓▓ \' \
═══╩═══ \ _ _/ ).-''--' ▓▓▓ STEP 13 · COOLING ▓▓ second climber ► \-'\
tripod _; ....-"._ _/-. ▓▓▓▓▓▓▓▓▓▓▓▓▓▓▓▓▓▓▓▓▓ (her ladder also \.-\
(standing / .--' \_ ▒▒▒▒▒▒▒▒▒▒▒▒▒▒▒▒▒▒▒ exists only \_.\
on a step | , /\_ /". ▒▒▒▒░ STEP 12 ░▒▒▒ while climbed) \ \
that will ; \.'\ '._/ \ ░░░░░░░░░░░░░░░░ \- \
not wait) \ ' \.-' '.__/ ░░ ░░ ░░ ░░ \
\ /` \__ ░ ░░ ░
\____/__..--""`` '. s╭t╮e╮p╮ ╮1╮1 . ░ .
| THE SURVEYOR \ t╰─╮─╮─╮─╮─╯s it was here at
| (kneels; measures | e├─╰ ╰ ╰ ╯ ┤t 09:41:07 exactly
\ what is; weeps \ ╰s╯t e p 1╯1 witness: none
\ for what was) \ ╯ ╯
s t e p 1 0 +
+ . ╯ ╮
. s t e p 9 chalk only:
┌ ┄ ┄ ┄ ┄ ┄ ┄ ┄ ┄ ┐ ╯ ╳ ╳
┆ /ᐠ‐˕‐ᐟ\mzzZ ┆ ← asleep on the outline s t e p
└ ┄ ┄ ┄ ┄ ┄ ┄ ┄ ┄ ┘ of vanished STEP 0 ╳
┌──────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────┐
│ SECTIONAL ELEVATION · THE CONDITIONAL STAIRWELL · TAKEN AT STRIDE 4,072,119 │ CONDITION OF STRUCTURE: V E R B │
│ drawn mid-climb · valid mid-climb · void at rest │ inspection method: perpetual ascent (see: caretaker) │
├──────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────┼────────────────────────────────────────────────────────┤
│ steps confirmed: 2 (Nº14, Nº15) steps cooling: 2 steps pending: ∞ │ REV: EVERY STEP ┌──────────────┐ │
│ measurements true for: one stride │ next survey: now │ DO NOT STOP │ wib&wob │
└──────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────┴────────────────────────┴──────────────┴────────────────┘When
Has not led the front.
With
Its own note names no primer.
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