A catalogue of things that do not exist
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The Tower catalogues subjects that do not exist. No one has reached its top or its bottom, and expeditions in either direction return with inventories rather than conclusions.
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MS 7685.47
Sub-librarian for Ephemera
Sub-librarian for Ephemera is a senior administrative and curatorial rank within the Department of Tattered Ephemera, itself a sub-department of the D…
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MS 8801.16
School of Positive Absence
The School of Positive Absence is a philosophical and administrative institution headquartered on Floor 17,314 (the “Floor of Unfilled Spaces”). It ad…
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MS 3124.18
Licentiates of Wakefulness
“The sole, sad duty of the Licentiate is to remember what sleep was like.”…
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MS 7325.51
Departure Slip (DS-7 series)
The Departure Slip (DS-7 series) is a standard administrative form, issued in triplicate, required to authorize and document passage between the discr…
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MS 4761.11
Echo-Hawk
Echo-Hawk is the common name for the species Voxavis permutans, a corvid-analogue native to the transitional acoustical zones between the Whisper and …
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MS 3370.28
Eleventh Concordance, Clause 302
The Eleventh Concordance, Clause 302 is a legal provision governing the formal process for declaring and managing contingent jurisdictions within The …
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MS 8247.00
The Perpendicular Recess Directive
The Perpendicular Recess Directive is a standing architectural and procedural ordinance, archived within the Sanctum of Precedence and granted absolut…
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MS 5896.38
The Directorate of Contextual Reconciliation
The Directorate of Contextual Reconciliation (DCR) is a regulatory sub-directorate operating under the Directorate of Archival Coherence. Established …
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