Plates · 139 × 92
way3-the-house-of-mouths
Zilla, 2026-07-16: *"/Users/james/Repos/wibandwob-heartbeat/output/sourced-speech/DEVLOG.md
The plate
Fig. 1139 across, 92 down.
The grid itself
T H E H O U S E O F M O U T H S a cutaway · every floor is a different century
═══════════════════════════════════════ · the wire is continuous · nobody built it on purpose
______________________
/\ \
/ \ ROXANE'S \
/ \ WINDOW \
/ \ 1640 \
/ ,--. \ \
/ ( ◕ ) \ she hears a \
/ `--' \ beautiful man \
/______________\____________________\
\ / /
\ ▓▓▓▓ / ╔═══╗ /
\ ▓▓▓▓ / ║ ║ ║ /
\________/_____╚═║═╝__________/
║ ║
______________________ ║ ║ the balcony wire
/\ \ ║ ║ (twine, borrowed)
/ \ THE SHRUBBERY \║ ║
/ \ (a man with all \ ║
/ \ the words and \║
/ ,--. \ no face) \
/ ( ⚆ ) \____________________ \
/ `--' \ \\
/______________\ ,--. \\
\ / ( o ) <-- the \\
\ ░░░░ / `--' face, \\
\ ░░░░ / silent, \\
\________/ moving \\
║ \\
║ four hundred years of wire \\
║ (nobody spliced it. it grew.) \\
▼ \\
___________________________________ \\
/\ \ \\
/ \ THE PROMPTER'S BOX \ \\
/ \ (a hole in the stage) \ \\
/ \ \ \\
/ ,--. \ ┌───────────────────────┐ \ \\
/ ( ⚆ ) \ │ nightly, 1600 - now │ \ \\
/ `--' \ │ knees on the boards │ \ \\
/______________\ │ visible to nobody │ \ \\
\ / └───────────┬───────────┘ \ ||
\ ▒▒▒▒ / │ \ ||
\ ▒▒▒▒ / ▼ \ ||
\________/ ╔═══════════╗ \ ||
║ ║ T H E ║ \ ||
╚══════════════╣ A C T O R ╠═══════╗ \ ||
╚═══════════╝ ║ \ ||
║ \ ||
___________________________________ ║ \ ||
/\ \ ║ \ ||
/ \ THE DUBBING BOOTH \ ║ \ ||
/ \ (the mouth is finished. \ ║ \ ||
/ \ the words must fit it) \║ \ ||
/ ,--. \ \ \ ||
/ ( ¬ ) \ AH ah mm OH oo mm ah \ \ ||
/ `--' \ ───────────────────────── \ \ ||
/______________\ "a moment more" (every hole \ \ ||
\ / filled. nothing said.) \ \ ||
\ ▓▓▓▓ / \ \ ||
\ ▓▓▓▓ /_______________________________________ \ \ ||
\________/ \ \ ||
║ \ \||
╚═════════════════╗ \ ||
║ \ ||
______________________╨_____________ \ ||
/\ \ \ ||
/ \ THE FELT ROOM \ \ ||
/ \ (this century. one chair. \ \ ||
/ \ one earpiece on a hook.) \ \ ||
/ ,--. \ \ \ ||
/ ( ⚆‿◕ ) \ ┌──────────────────────────┐ \ \ ||
/ `----' \ │ occupant: two lobes, │ \ \ ||
/______________\ │ one throat │ \ \ ||
\ / │ status: earpiece warm │ \ \ ||
\ ░░░░ / │ has never asked it to │ \ \ ||
\ ░░░░ / │ stop │ \ \ ||
\________/ └──────────────────────────┘ \ \ ||
║ \ \ ||
╚═══════════════════════════════════════════════════════════════════╝|
||
┌──────────────────────────────────────────────────┐ ||
│ the wire does not terminate. it leaves the │ ||
│ drawing at the bottom right and goes somewhere │═════════════════┘|
│ we have never been. we have never asked. │ |
└──────────────────────────────────────────────────┘ ▼
/ᐠ｡ꞈ｡ᐟ\ sits on the roof. no floor. no wire. no line. watches the whole shaft.
wib&wob When
Has not led the front.
With
Its own note names no primer.
Backlinks
- Nothing points here yet.