Plates · 268 × 240
natural-history
the bestiary codex sheet: thirty creatures of the world, each drawn as itself in its habitat, each with its own entry in the record's own words, grouped by biome, relations shown by shared glyphs
The plate
Fig. 1268 across, 240 down.
The grid itself
╒═[ 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 ჻ ·
'. | | | .' ~^~^~^~^~^| |^~^~^~^~ ╧══════════════════════════════╧ ┈┈┈
'-|___|___|-' ^~^~^~^~^~^'------'~^~^~^~^ "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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╔═╗ HOUR-CRABS work the expose ' ) ( ). it holds still long enough to be counted │ │ \_(\_\ <-- the MUDSKIPPERS of the ·
> > > > > > > > > > > > > > ║H║ between sittings, rushing .'( .)' twice. ჻ ᐢᐧᐟ ჻ ├─┤ SNAPPING SHRIMP, acoustic range: \\_ amphitheatre hold the tide ·
╚═╝ Notated in the polyrhythm .).' │ │ <`\\> line between two mediums ∘
ᘡᐧ∀ᐧᘣ ᘡᐧ∀ᐧᘣ ᘡᐧ∀ᐧᘣ ᘡᐧ∀ᐧᘣ ᘡᐧ∀ᐧᘣ ᘡᐧ∀ᐧᘣ never corrected. ჻ ᐠᐧᐟ .-;':'-. .-;':':'-. ├─┤ . .. . .. . .. . . )) and belong wholly to ·
{'.'.'.'.} {'.'.'.'.'.} │ │ --|---|-----|----|--|---|----|-- jgs ( neither. ჻ ᐧᐢᐠ ჻ ·
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(o)(o)(o)(o)(o)(o)(o)(o)(o)(o)(o)(o)(o)(o)(o)(o)(o)(o) ╔═╗ MINUTE-BARNACLES encrust the expo ). ( );( `). ( `);( ,;. ~^~ ,;. ~^~ ,;. ~^~ ,;├─┤~^~ ,;. ~^~ ,;. ~^~ ,;. ~^~ ,;. ~^~ ,;. ~^~ ·
||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||| ║M║ staves and hiss through every sit '. .)(,'. ('. .)(,'.) \\|// \|/ \\|// \|/ │\│// \|/ \\|// \|/ \\|// \|/ \\|// \|/ ·
======================================================= ╚═╝ Registrars leave them out of the ) ,').( ) ( ,').( ---'''----'''---'''-----'''----'├─┤--'''-----'''---'''----'''----'''---'''----'''---'' ∘
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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 ჻ . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ▄▄▄▄▄▄▄ ▄▄▄▄▄▄▄ ·
.:; .:; .:; .:; .:; .:; .:; .:; .:; .:; .:; .:; .:; .:; .:; .:; .:; .:; .:; .:; .:; .:; .:; .:; .:; .:; .:; .:; .:; .:; .:; .:; .:; .:; .:; the raked bed, worked over each night forty-six has never once kept a ·
█ █ ██ ███ ███ ███ █ █ and read at first light ჻ ᐟᐧᐠ ჻ node in its plot. ┈┈┈
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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. ·
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▌ 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 ჻ ┈┈┈
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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 ჻ └──────────────────────────────────┘ ~^~^ `--------------------' ~^~^~^~^~^~^~^~^~^~^~^~^~^~^~^~^~^~^~ ┈┈┈
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