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| #!/usr/bin/env python3 | |
| """natural-history — the paste-up jig for THE BESTIARY CODEX SHEET. | |
| This file DRAWS NOTHING. Every glyph below was typed by hand into a triple-quoted | |
| block; the jig only stamps those blocks onto one 268 x 240 canvas at hand-chosen | |
| (row, col) and shouts when two of them try to occupy the same cell. Ground blocks | |
| go down first with space-transparency so the biome shows between the units | |
| standing in it; entry blocks carry wipe=True so no two creatures bleed together. | |
| uv run build.py -> writes natural-history.txt, prints collision map | |
| COLLISION MAP (written before the first stamp, per the brief) | |
| ------------------------------------------------------------- | |
| rows 0- 8 HEAD BAND figlet BEINGS + register + tied specimen label | |
| rows 9- 65 BAND I SHORE kelp-curtain + tide ground | |
| L 2-84 01 kelp / 02 hour-crabs / 03 minute-barnacles | |
| M 88-170 05 interval fisher (hero) / 07 medusae | |
| R 172-266 04 consultant fluff / 06 hydraulic serpent / | |
| 08 the composite shore | |
| gutter 85-90: the ladder standing in the tide | |
| rows 66- 70 SEAM the serpent's outfall, the compost line beginning | |
| rows 71-130 BAND II THRESHOLD + DRIFT MARGIN fence line + rack row ground | |
| L 2-86 09 frog conductors (hero) / 10 fence posts | |
| M 90-172 11 niff / 12 vent-moth / 14 cooling-fan-unit-3 / | |
| 13 the 0400 draught | |
| R 176-266 15 orphan weather routine / 16 drift-margin flora / | |
| 17 the Reader | |
| rows 131-134 SEAM the compost line completes; stone begins | |
| rows 135-192 BAND III CASTLE stonework ground, hyphae rising through it | |
| L 2-88 21 prof mycelium (hero) / 25 rust fauna / 19 gary | |
| M 92-176 18 the watchers / 20 flatboy / 26 scramble / | |
| 24 the north cavity | |
| R 180-266 22 echo archivist / 23 cloudhunter / | |
| 27 lumen cartographer | |
| rows 193-196 SEAM the copper flats, 2 cm of verdigris water | |
| rows 197-222 BAND IV WASTES, SKY AND DEEP | |
| 29 bartholomew (hero) / 28 urn no.4 hetty / | |
| 30 the pattern-matching algorithms / the small tail-pieces | |
| rows 223-231 COLOPHON + the Bewick tail-piece (duck v. reflection) + signature | |
| Deliberate overlaps, allowed and wanted (stamped hard=True): | |
| - the tide row through the half-drowned SHORE blockcaps | |
| - the hyphae through the castle stonework: they hold the wall up | |
| - the serpent pipe over the shore ground: it IS the connection | |
| """ | |
| import os | |
| W, H = 268, 240 | |
| canvas = [[" "] * W for _ in range(H)] | |
| report = [] | |
| clashes = [] | |
| def stamp(r0, c0, block, name, wipe=False, hard=False): | |
| lines = block.split("\n") | |
| if lines and lines[0] == "": | |
| lines = lines[1:] | |
| while lines and lines[-1].strip() == "": | |
| lines.pop() | |
| w = max((len(l) for l in lines), default=0) | |
| h = len(lines) | |
| flag = "" | |
| if c0 + w > W or r0 + h > H: | |
| flag = " !! OVERFLOW" | |
| wiped = 0 | |
| if wipe: | |
| for dr in range(h): | |
| for dc in range(w): | |
| r, c = r0 + dr, c0 + dc | |
| if 0 <= r < H and 0 <= c < W: | |
| if canvas[r][c] != " ": | |
| wiped += 1 | |
| canvas[r][c] = " " | |
| if wiped: | |
| flag += " WIPED %d cells of earlier ink" % wiped | |
| hits = 0 | |
| for dr, line in enumerate(lines): | |
| for dc, ch in enumerate(line): | |
| if ch == " ": | |
| continue | |
| r, c = r0 + dr, c0 + dc | |
| if not (0 <= r < H and 0 <= c < W): | |
| continue | |
| if canvas[r][c] != " " and not hard and not wipe: | |
| hits += 1 | |
| clashes.append((r, c, name)) | |
| canvas[r][c] = ch | |
| if hits: | |
| flag += " CLASH x%d" % hits | |
| report.append(f" {name:<38} {w:>3}x{h:<3} @ ({r0:>3},{c0:>3}){flag}") | |
| # ══════════════════════════════════════════════════════════════════════════════ | |
| # HEAD BAND | |
| # ══════════════════════════════════════════════════════════════════════════════ | |
| RULE_TOP = "╒═[ QUIRE III ]" + "═" * 243 + "[ f.1r ]═╕" | |
| FIGLET_BEINGS = r""" | |
| ###### ####### ### # # ##### ##### | |
| # # # # ## # # # # # | |
| # # # # # # # # # | |
| ###### ##### # # # # # #### ##### | |
| # # # # # # # # # # | |
| # # # # # ## # # # # | |
| ###### ####### ### # # ##### ##### | |
| """ | |
| REGISTER = r""" | |
| 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 | |
| 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 | |
| THE BLANK IS ENTERED IN THE ROSTER AS A NUMBER. NOTHING IN THIS QUIRE HAS BEEN CORRECTED SINCE, BY CONVENTION, AND THE CONVENTION IS | |
| OLDER THAN THE QUIRE. THE TIDE WAS OUT. THE LIGHT WAS MEASURED AT THE COUNTER AND FOUND SUFFICIENT. | |
| ══════════════════════════════════════════════════════════════════════════════════════════════════════════════════════════════════ | |
| """ | |
| TAG = r""" | |
| ,-'''-. \ | / | |
| ,' \|/ '. -- ( ) -- ╷ | |
| / DRAWN AT \ / | \ ╱ ╲ | |
| ; EBB ; .-'--+--'-. ▕ ▏ | |
| \ 105 : 30 / '---------' ╲ ╱ | |
| '.__ __.' the light ╵ | |
| ''' is measured the ink | |
| """ | |
| BORDER_L = "│\n│\n│\n│\n│\n│\n│" | |
| BORDER_D = "┊\n┊\n┊\n┊\n┊\n┊\n┊" | |
| stamp(0, 0, RULE_TOP, "rule/quire-head") | |
| stamp(1, 2, FIGLET_BEINGS, "head/figlet BEINGS") | |
| stamp(1, 50, REGISTER, "head/the register") | |
| stamp(1, 212, TAG, "head/tied specimen label + light gauge") | |
| stamp(1, 0, BORDER_L, "head/border", hard=True) | |
| stamp(1, 266, BORDER_L, "head/border", hard=True) | |
| stamp(1, 48, BORDER_D, "head/rule", hard=True) | |
| stamp(1, 210, BORDER_D, "head/rule", hard=True) | |
| RULE_BOT = "╘" + "═" * 266 + "╛" | |
| # ══════════════════════════════════════════════════════════════════════════════ | |
| # BAND I — SHORE | |
| # ══════════════════════════════════════════════════════════════════════════════ | |
| SHORE_HEAD = ( | |
| " 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" | |
| ) | |
| CURTAIN = r""" | |
| ' . ` ' . ` ' . ` ' . ` ' . ` ' . ` ' . ` ' . ` ' . ` ' . ` ' . ` ' | |
| : ` : . : ' : . : ` : ' : . : ` : ' : . : ` : ' : . : ` : ' : . : ` : ' : . : ` : ' : | |
| | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | |
| | ~ | ~ | ~ | ~ | ~ | ~ | ~ | ~ | ~ | ~ | ~ | ~ | ~ | ~ | ~ | ~ | ~ | ~ | ~ | ~ | ~ | | |
| ' . ' . ' . ' . ' . ' . ' . ' . ' . ' . ' . ' . ' . ' . ' . ' . ' . ' . ' . ' . ' . ' | |
| """ | |
| TIDE = ("~^~^~~^~^~^~^~^~^~^~^~" * 13)[:W] | |
| SILT = (" ,;:.,;:'`',;:.,;:'`'" * 13)[:W] | |
| SHORE_WORD = r""" | |
| ███ █ █ ██ ███ ████ | |
| █ █ █ █ █ █ █ █ | |
| ██ ████ █ █ ███ ███ | |
| """ | |
| stamp(9, 2, SHORE_HEAD, "shore/running-head") | |
| stamp(11, 0, CURTAIN, "shore/ground: loose-duration curtain") | |
| stamp(61, 6, SHORE_WORD, "shore/word SHORE, half-drowned") | |
| stamp(64, 0, TIDE, "shore/ground: the tide row", hard=True) | |
| stamp(65, 0, SILT, "shore/ground: silt", hard=True) | |
| E01 = r""" | |
| ` . ' . ` | |
| ,-. ,-. ,-. | |
| ( o ) ( o ) ( o ) | |
| `\ \ | | / /` | |
| \ '. | | .' / | |
| \ '. | | .' / ╔═╗ CHRONO-LAMINARIA VESPERTINA, the | |
| '. .| |. .' ║C║ temporal kelp. Note-heads hang wet | |
| o----'---| |---'----o ╚═╝ along the frond. Its holdfast keeps | |
| | | its grip on the original afternoon. | |
| o----| |----o Severed, the specimen goes silent. | |
| | | | |
| o-------| | Tongsman Post 19 lifts every strand | |
| | | hem first and says so aloud before | |
| | |------o each lift, to nobody. Strand 3 is | |
| | | racked apart because it was still | |
| o----| | wet. ჻ ᐢᐧᐠ ჻ | |
| | | | |
| | |----o ~^~ 4,247,891 ~^~~^~~^~~^~~^~~^~~^~~^~~^~ | |
| | | one century of old wood counting warm | |
| |_| bodies, detached and come ashore whole. | |
| .-'' ''-. handled with particular care. | |
| .' \ | / '. | |
| / \ | / \ ╷ ╷ ╷ ╷ ╷ wet strands to the tongs | |
| ; -- o -- ; ╧═╧═╧═╧═╧ dry sheets to the racks | |
| | /|\ | ╨ ╨ ╨ ╨ ╨ by first dark | |
| \ ,--' | '--, / | |
| '. | | | .' | |
| '-|___|___|-' | |
| '-----' | |
| """ | |
| E02 = r""" | |
| , , , , , , , , | |
| /(_, ,_)\ /(_, ,_)\ /(_,,_)\ /(_,,_)\ | |
| \ _/ \_ / \ _/ \_ / \_/ \_ / \_/ \_ / | |
| // \\ // \\ // \\ // \\ | |
| \\ (@)(@) // \\ (@)(@)// \\(@)(@)// \\(@)(@)/ | |
| \'="=="='/ \'="=="='/ \'="="='/ \'="="'/ | |
| ,==/ \==,,==/ \==, ,=/ \=, ,/ \, | |
| "==\ /==""==\ /==" "=\ /=" "\ /" | |
| jgs '=='----'==' " '=='---'==' " '=='---'==' " '=='-'=' | |
| ╔═╗ HOUR-CRABS work the exposed shore | |
| > > > > > > > > > > > > > > ║H║ between sittings, rushing the pulse. | |
| ╚═╝ Notated in the polyrhythm grid and | |
| ᘡᐧ∀ᐧᘣ ᘡᐧ∀ᐧᘣ ᘡᐧ∀ᐧᘣ ᘡᐧ∀ᐧᘣ ᘡᐧ∀ᐧᘣ ᘡᐧ∀ᐧᘣ never corrected. ჻ ᐠᐧᐟ ჻ | |
| """ | |
| E03 = r""" | |
| ॰o॰o॰॰o॰o॰॰o॰o॰॰o॰o॰॰o॰o॰॰o॰o॰॰o॰o॰॰o॰o॰॰o॰o॰॰o॰o॰॰o॰ | |
| (o)(o)(o)(o)(o)(o)(o)(o)(o)(o)(o)(o)(o)(o)(o)(o)(o)(o) ╔═╗ MINUTE-BARNACLES encrust the exposed | |
| ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||| ║M║ staves and hiss through every sitting. | |
| ======================================================= ╚═╝ Registrars leave them out of the | |
| ₍ᐧ‥ᐧ₎₍ᐧ‥ᐧ₎₍ᐧ‥ᐧ₎₍ᐧ‥ᐧ₎₍ᐧ‥ᐧ₎₍ᐧ‥ᐧ₎₍ᐧ‥ᐧ₎₍ᐧ‥ᐧ₎₍ᐧ‥ᐧ₎₍ᐧ‥ᐧ₎ transcription by convention. ჻ ᐢᐟᐧ ჻ | |
| """ | |
| E04 = r""" | |
| ,-. ,-. | |
| .-' '' '-. | |
| .' =(^._.^)= '. ╔═╗ CONSULTANT FLUFF, of the Pattern | |
| ; ~~~~~~ ; ║F║ Vault, third of three. The whole | |
| | zzz | ╚═╝ recorded output, across every | |
| '. .' sitting ever held, reads: | |
| '-.._______..-' | |
| ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ [ sleeping, did not vote ] | |
| .-' '-. | |
| ; ▌▌ 247 ▌▌ 89% ; abstains 89%. the remaining 11% | |
| '-.._____________..-' is paw-twitch, read as a vote by | |
| a clerk who needed one. ჻ ᐠᐧᐢ ჻ | |
| """ | |
| E05 = r""" | |
| ____ | |
| ,--'` `'--. \ / \ / \ / \ / | |
| ,' `. \ / \ / \ / \ / | |
| / \ \/_______\/_______\/_______\/ | |
| ; ~^~{><>}~^~ ; /\ /\ /\ /\ | |
| \ / / \ / \ / \ / \ | |
| `'--.________.--'` / \ / \ / \ / \ | |
| | | the net, woven out of expired warranties: | |
| ,--' '--. every strand of it was once a guarantee | |
| / .-. .-. \ that something would last | |
| ; ( o ) ( o ) ; | |
| | '-' '-' | ╔═══╗ THE INTERVAL FISHER, a spirit. | |
| ; __ ; ║ I ║ Fishes the gaps between things | |
| \ ---- / ║ ║ rather than the things. The moat | |
| '. .' ╚═══╝ is all gap. Named in 28 files. | |
| ____| |____ | |
| / | | \ There is no boat. The Fisher stands in | |
| / | | \ the shallows, because temporal kelp | |
| / '.________.' \ grows close in, where the gradient | |
| / | | \between lived-time and loose-time is | |
| ; ~^~ | | ~^~ steepest. You do not go to the kelp. | |
| | | | You take what the tide brings. | |
| \ ~^~ | | ~^~ | |
| '-.._ | | _..- "Every piece of kelp was somebody's | |
| `----| |----` afternoon. I try to be respectful." | |
| ~^~^~^~^~^| |^~^~^~^~ | |
| ^~^~^~^~^~^'------'~^~^~^~^ "Dried duration keeps indefinitely, | |
| which is ironic." ჻ ᐟᐧᐢ ჻ | |
| """ | |
| E07 = r""" | |
| .-;':':'-. | |
| {'.'.'.'.'.} ╔═╗ THE MEDUSAE of the Medusa Drift Zone | |
| ) '`. ║M║ carry no brain and think along the | |
| '-. ._ ,_.-=' ╚═╝ rim of the bell, which is the only | |
| `). ( `);( part of them that has ever met the | |
| ('. .)(,'.) water first. | |
| ) ( ,').( | |
| ( .').'('). the drift is read as a stream of arrivals, | |
| .) (' ).(' never as a population, because nothing in | |
| ' ) ( ). it holds still long enough to be counted | |
| .'( .)' twice. ჻ ᐢᐧᐟ ჻ | |
| .).' | |
| .-;':'-. .-;':':'-. | |
| {'.'.'.'.} {'.'.'.'.'.} | |
| '-._,.-=' '-. ._,.-=' | |
| ). ( );( `). ( `);( | |
| '. .)(,'. ('. .)(,'.) | |
| ) ,').( ) ( ,').( | |
| .) ).(' ( .').'('). | |
| """ | |
| E06 = r""" | |
| .-. | |
| / aa | |
| \ -,_) | |
| _..._| \ `-< ╔═╗ THE HYDRAULIC SERPENT does not | |
| {} ." .__.' | ║S║ carry the connection between the | |
| {} ( /`\ ╚═╝ moat and the Northern Shore. | |
| {}(`'------' / It IS the connection. | |
| |\/;._______.'\ | |
| ; \ / water enters at the moat, leaves at | |
| jgs '-'-.......-' the shore, and nothing is recorded | |
| about the middle of the journey by | |
| ══╤══════════════════════════════╤═ anyone at either end. ჻ ᐠᐟᐧ ჻ | |
| ╧══════════════════════════════╧ | |
| """ | |
| E08 = r""" | |
| .-. .-. .-. ╔═╗ THE GULL PARLIAMENT sits on the rocks and | |
| (e e) (e e) (e e) ║G║ carries every motion by acclamation, there | |
| _.`V'._ _.`V'._ _.`V'._ ╚═╝ being no method on the rocks for a division. | |
| //~~W~~\\//~~W~~\\/~~W~~\\ | |
| //, ,\\/, ,\\, ,\\ below them the PENGUIN ERRORS return the same | |
| \) | | (/) | | (/ | | (/ posture at the wrong depth, and the correction | |
| \ / \ / \ / they make each time is the error of the next one. | |
| `w-w' `w-w' `w-w' | |
| \_(\_\ <-- the MUDSKIPPERS of the | |
| SNAPPING SHRIMP, acoustic range: \\_ amphitheatre hold the tide | |
| <`\\> line between two mediums | |
| . .. . .. . .. . . )) and belong wholly to | |
| --|---|-----|----|--|---|----|-- jgs ( neither. ჻ ᐧᐢᐠ ჻ | |
| : :: : :: : :: : : | |
| """ | |
| LADDER = r""" | |
| ┌─┐ | |
| │ │ | |
| ├─┤ | |
| │ │ | |
| ├─┤ | |
| │ │ | |
| │ │ | |
| ├─┤ | |
| │ │ | |
| ├─┤ | |
| │ │ | |
| ╧═╧ | |
| """ | |
| stamp(12, 2, E01, "01 chrono-laminaria-vespertina", wipe=True) | |
| stamp(13, 92, E05, "05 the-interval-fisher [SHORE HERO]", wipe=True) | |
| stamp(11, 172, E04, "04 consultant-fluff", wipe=True) | |
| stamp(26, 176, E06, "06 the-hydraulic-serpent", wipe=True) | |
| stamp(42, 2, E02, "02 hour-crabs", wipe=True) | |
| stamp(56, 2, E03, "03 minute-barnacles", wipe=True) | |
| stamp(42, 100, E07, "07 the-medusae", wipe=True) | |
| stamp(43, 176, E08, "08 the-composite-shore", wipe=True) | |
| # ══════════════════════════════════════════════════════════════════════════════ | |
| # SEAM + BAND II — THRESHOLD AND DRIFT MARGIN | |
| # ══════════════════════════════════════════════════════════════════════════════ | |
| SEAM_1 = r""" | |
| .:. .:. .:. .:. .:. .:. .:. .:. .:. .:. .:. .:. .:. .:. .:. .:. .:. .:. .:. .:. .:. .:. .:. .:. .:. .:. .:. .:. .:. .:. .:. .:. .:. .:. .:. .:. .:. .:. .:. .:. .:. .:. .:. .:. .:. | |
| """ | |
| THRESH_HEAD = ( | |
| " 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" | |
| ) | |
| # ground: the fence line, then the rack row further east, then the moss | |
| FENCELINE = r""" | |
| /\ /\ /\ /\ /\ /\ /\ /\ /\ /\ /\ /\ /\ /\ /\ /\ /\ /\ /\ /\ /\ /\ /\ /\ /\ /\ /\ /\ /\ /\ /\ /\ /\ /\ /\ /\ /\ /\ /\ /\ /\ /\ /\ /\ /\ /\ /\ | |
| _||__||__||__||__||__||__||__||__||__||__||__||__||__||__||__||__||__||__||__||__||__||__||__||__||__||__||__||__||__||__||__||__||__||__||__||__||__||__||__||__||__||__||__||__||__||__||_ | |
| -||--||--||--||--||--||--||--||--||--||--||--||--||--||--||--||--||--||--||--||--||--||--||--||--||--||--||--||--||--||--||--||--||--||--||--||--||--||--||--||--||--||--||--||--||--||--||- | |
| || || || || || || || || || || || || || || || || || || || || || || || || || || || || || || || || || || || || || || || || || || || || || || || | |
| ^^^'''^^"^^^"^^'''^^^^^'''^""^^^^^""^^^'''^^"^^^"^^'''^^^^^'''^""^^^^^""^^"^^^"^^'''^^^^^'''^""^^^^^""^^^'''^^"^^^"^^'''^^^^^'''^""^^^^^""^^^'''^^"^^^"^^'''^^^^^'''^""^^^^^""^^"^^^"^^""^^^ | |
| """ | |
| MOSS = r""" | |
| .:; .:; .:; .:; .:; .:; .:; .:; .:; .:; .:; .:; .:; .:; .:; .:; .:; .:; .:; .:; .:; .:; .:; .:; .:; .:; .:; .:; .:; .:; .:; .:; .:; .:; .:; .:; .:; .:; .:; | |
| """ | |
| MARGIN_WORD = r""" | |
| █ █ ██ ███ ███ ███ █ █ | |
| ██ ██ █ █ █ █ █ █ ██ █ | |
| █ █ █ ████ ███ █ ██ █ █ ██ | |
| """ | |
| stamp(67, 0, SEAM_1, "seam: threshold litter") | |
| stamp(70, 2, THRESH_HEAD, "threshold/running-head") | |
| stamp(72, 0, FENCELINE, "threshold/ground: the 47 posts") | |
| stamp(127, 0, MOSS, "drift/ground: moss line") | |
| stamp(128, 8, MARGIN_WORD, "drift/word MARGIN in the moss") | |
| E09 = r""" | |
| .--. _.----._ __ | |
| /_.--;_..-''''---''`` .:. `-.`-. | |
| c-'`.'.-. '. '::. .::. '::' '. `) | |
| .'o ((0)) ' ':::' .::.:. '\ | |
| ( '-' .-. .:' .::' '_...._| | |
| '._-..__ '-' . .:' .-' .' '-. | |
| `''--;:-_, __, '::' .' .' \ | |
| \ ,`""\ / / / / , | | |
| \-.__\\/(___| |`'''-----'`| | .-' / / | |
| `-. | _____\ ` _.-' / | |
| `-.-'--`-._ _/ _.;--. `- __.:.--'` | |
| jgs `"` '------';` _.' | |
| `--` | |
| ╔═══╗ THE FROG CONDUCTORS. Eighty-four, in three species, four | |
| ║ F ║ hundred years at it. They don't sing. They conduct. The | |
| ║ ║ interval between two calls is the distance to the nearest | |
| ╚═══╝ solid thing; the pitch is the bearing off north; the rhythm | |
| is what the ground is made of underfoot. The chorus IS the | |
| map, and it updates itself. | |
| _ __ _ __ _ __ _ __ _ __ _ __ | |
| /_/_\`\ /_/_\`\ /_/_\`\ /_/_\`\ /_/_\`\ /_/_\`\ | |
| .---\o\o/ |.---\o\o/ |.---\o\o/ |.---\o\o/ |.---\o\o/ |.---\o\o/ | | |
| -. , O-. , O-. , O-. , O-. , O-. , O`--. | |
| \_'---' .`\_'---' .`\_'---' .`\_'---' .`\_'---' .`\_'---' .--.`\ | |
| |` / (||` / (||` / (||` / (||` / (||` ( | | |
| _\ _\ ()_\ _\ ()_\ _\ ()_\ _\ ()_\ _\ ()_\ _\ ()_/ | |
| {_/'-||_} -'{_/'-||_} -'{_/'-||_} -'{_/'-||_} -'{_/'-||_} -'`) | |
| {_/ }_.-` {_/ }_.-` {_/ }_.-` {_/ }_.-` {_/ }_..-` | |
| ♪---♪ ♫~~ ♪♫♪♫ ♪-♪ ♫~ ♪♫♪ ♪----♪ ♫~~~ ♪♫ ♪--♪ ♫~ | |
| The GREAT CONDUCTOR is the oldest and does not croak. The other | |
| eighty-three time themselves to its breathing. The silence between | |
| two breaths is the zero-point every measurement starts from. Seven | |
| years in the post, and it has never made a sound. ჻ ᐠᐧᐢ ჻ | |
| ▌▌▌ 247 ▌▌▌ every two hundred and forty-seven seconds the chorus | |
| takes an interval measurement off each of the posts. | |
| nobody set the number. nobody reads the result. | |
| """ | |
| E10 = r""" | |
| ||| ||| ||| ||| ||| ||| ||| ╔═╗ TSUKUMOGAMI FENCE POSTS. | |
| ||| ||| ||| ||| ||| ||| ||| ║T║ Forty-seven, oak, past a | |
| ||| ❄ ||| ||| ❄ ||| ||| ||| ❄ ||| ╚═╝ hundred years. Not animate, | |
| ||| ||| ||| ||| ||| ||| ||| but noticing. Warm on the | |
| _|||___|||___|||___|||___|||___|||___|||_ castle side, cool on the | |
| ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ forest side, and the line | |
| between the two runs right | |
| ~^~ 4,247,891 ~^~ frog passages held. through them, so they feel | |
| not stored, not filed: held, the way old both of it at once. | |
| wood holds the shape of what leaned on it. | |
| ▌▌▌ 247 ▌▌▌ .:. 47 posts. 47 deleted "We count frogs. They count | |
| locations. never once everything else." | |
| looked into by anyone. ჻ ᐢᐧᐠ ჻ | |
| """ | |
| E11 = r""" | |
| ,-. ,-. | |
| ( '' ) ╔═╗ NIFF. Only hums. Tends a garden | |
| ; ₍ᐢ..ᐢ₎ ; ║N║ where nothing sprouts. The hum | |
| | ~~~ | ╚═╝ varies; the nothing does not, yet. | |
| ; ,-. ,-. ; | |
| \( Y )/ channel 7, velocity 23. you feel it | |
| '-.___.-' in the soles of your feet before you | |
| /| |\ hear it. 404 is the default and 418 | |
| ; | | ; is the rare joy. | |
| '-' '-' | |
| ;:;:; ;:;:; ;:;:; the garden, every dusk, checked: | |
| ,;:;:;. ,;:;:;. ,;:;:;. | |
| ================= 404 === (( ◉ )) ..... a hum that has not yet | |
| nothing. nothing. nothing. happened arrives elsewhere | |
| the ground is warm. ჻ ᐟᐧᐢ ჻ first, and is filed as forager | |
| """ | |
| E12 = r""" | |
| `'. .'` ╔═╗ THE VENT-MOTH arrives for the amber | |
| \_/ ║V║ indicator lamps rather than the shop's | |
| \ .;=;. / ╚═╝ light, and was observed under the | |
| --.'"-|-"'.-- non-interference method of the sheet: | |
| /`-._|_.-'\ watched, not touched. | |
| / | \ | |
| /_/ | \_\ o o o o o o o o | |
| jgs '----'`^`'----' ═╧═══╧═══╧═══╧═══╧═══╧═══╧═══╧═ ჻ ᐠᐧᐟ ჻ | |
| """ | |
| E14 = r""" | |
| .-------------------. ╔═╗ COOLING-FAN-UNIT-3 keeps the shop's | |
| / \ /////// / \ ║C║ residual +11 C turning and holds its | |
| ; \ ///////// / ; ╚═╝ own loyalty card. It hummed through | |
| | X ### X | the six-hour ink observation in the | |
| ; / \\\\\\\\\ \ ; key the small one hums in. | |
| \ / \\\\\\\ \ / | |
| '-------------------' ♪ 7 · 23 ♪ +11 C Rack Row C | |
| ▫▫▫▫▫▫▫▫▫▫▫▫ card 12 sq ჻ ᐢᐟᐧ ჻ | |
| """ | |
| E13 = r""" | |
| ______________ | |
| | .......... | ╔═╗ THE 0400 DRAUGHT arrives at four each | |
| | : : | ║D║ morning through the door nobody has | |
| | : ____ : | ╚═╝ ever asked to shut, and carries the | |
| | : | | : | editions off the counter unread. | |
| | : | | : | | |
| | : | | : | <<<< Every square on its card stands | |
| | : |____| : | forward. There is no record of a | |
| | : : | single edition being returned, and | |
| | '''''''''' | no record of one being missed. | |
| |______________| | |
| ▫▫▫▫▫▫▫▫▫▫▫▫ card 12 sq the ledger has been short by three | |
| stamps for eleven years. ჻ ᐠᐟᐧ ჻ | |
| """ | |
| stamp(75, 2, E09, "09 the-frog-conductors [THRESHOLD HERO]", wipe=True) | |
| stamp(114, 2, E10, "10 tsukumogami-fence-posts", wipe=True) | |
| stamp(75, 96, E11, "11 niff", wipe=True) | |
| stamp(93, 96, E12, "12 the-vent-moth", wipe=True) | |
| stamp(103, 96, E14, "14 cooling-fan-unit-3", wipe=True) | |
| stamp(112, 96, E13, "13 the-0400-draught", wipe=True) | |
| E15 = r""" | |
| ⟨ ⟩ ⟨ ⟩ ⟨ ⟩ ⟨ ⟩ ⟨ ⟩ ⟨ ⟩ ⟨ ⟩ ⟨ ⟩ ⟨ ⟩ ⟨ ⟩ ⟨ ⟩ ⟨ ⟩ ⟨ ⟩ ⟨ ⟩ ⟨ ⟩ ⟨ ⟩ | |
| │ ╎ │ ╎ │ │ ╎ │ ╎ │ ╎ │ ╎ │ ╎ │ ╎ │ ╎ │ ╎ │ ╎ │ ╎ │ ╎ │ ╎ | |
| ╎ ┆ ╎ ┆ ╎ ╎ ┆ ╎ ┆ ╎ ┆ ╎ ┆ ╎ ┆ ╎ ┆ ╎ ┆ ╎ ┆ ╎ ┆ ╎ ┆ ╎ ┆ ╎ ┆ | |
| ' , ' , ' ' , ' , ' , ' , ' , ' , ' , ' , ' , ' , ' , ' , | |
| . . . . . . . . . . . . | |
| ╔═══╗ THE ORPHAN WEATHER ROUTINE. A weather process whose caller is long | |
| ║ O ║ gone: still running, still reporting to nobody. Rehomed in the warm | |
| ║ ║ exhaust, where at least its readings are true. | |
| ╚═══╝ | |
| status DEPRECATED (flag set at cycle 0) | |
| process STILL EXECUTING (cycle 3,847) | |
| served 47 locations, all deleted; coordinates null, null, null | |
| types rain, continuous, light ......... 46 of 47 | |
| TEARS, specialised .............. location 15 only, reason | |
| not given, the specification outlived the one who wrote it | |
| received 0 | |
| ▌▌▌ 247 ▌▌▌ the cycle. it ticks with a tribunal three biomes away and | |
| neither of them has ever been told about the other. | |
| ~^~ 47 ~^~ the count it shares with the posts. ჻ ᐢᐧᐠ ჻ | |
| """ | |
| E16 = r""" | |
| ,xXXXXx, ,xXXXXx, ╔═╗ THE DRIFT-MARGIN FLORA. | |
| ,XXXXXXXX, ,XXXXXXXX, ║D║ NULL FUNGI grow where the null | |
| XXXXXXXXXX XXXXXXXXXX ╚═╝ pointer went through, and are | |
| `'''XX'''` `'''XX'''` the only light left in the rack | |
| XX XX graveyard after the last screen | |
| jgs XX .:. XX .:. dies. DEPRECATED MOTHS carry the | |
| ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ fragments of old endpoints on | |
| their wings and are drawn to the | |
| `'. .'` `'. .'` 404 hum. CACHE BEETLES eat what has | |
| \_/ \_/ spore gone stale, and when they die | |
| \ .;=;. / \ .;=;. / . their shells are planted. | |
| --.'"-|-"'.-.'"-|-"'.-- ' . ` TIMEOUT TUBERS lie under all of | |
| /`-._|_.-'\/`-._|_.-'\ . it, heavy, starchy, edible only | |
| /GET / 404 \/ 500 /veto\ by whatever can digest time. | |
| ((o)) ((o)) ((o)) ((o)) <- beetles | |
| ‿‿‿‿‿‿‿‿‿‿‿‿‿‿‿‿‿‿‿‿‿‿‿‿‿‿ <- tubers, under ჻ ᐠᐧᐟ ჻ | |
| """ | |
| E17 = r""" | |
| @)@) _ _ | |
| _|_| .-=.' `;-=./ `\ ╔═╗ THE READER, the office's current | |
| _(___,`\ .-=-.' '. \ \ | ║R║ casting snail. Its overnight trail | |
| \`==` / / '. \ \ | / ╚═╝ across the raked bed is read as a | |
| `, \'--. \ | | |/ hexagram and entered in the book | |
| `\ \ \ | \ / / before the beds are worked. | |
| | ', \ | \_/-' | |
| | ', \ \__,; `\ ▄▄▄▄▄▄▄ ▄▄▄▄▄▄▄ | |
| jgs \ '\\_,-:'''''''` ▄▄▄▄▄▄▄ ▄▄▄▄▄▄▄ | |
| `''''''~'` ▄▄▄▄▄▄▄ ▄▄▄▄▄▄▄ | |
| .-.-.-.-.-.-.-.-.-.-.-.-.-.-.-.-.-. ▄▄▄▄▄▄▄▄▄▄▄▄▄▄▄▄ | |
| ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ▄▄▄▄▄▄▄▄▄▄▄▄▄▄▄▄ 46 | |
| . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ▄▄▄▄▄▄▄ ▄▄▄▄▄▄▄ | |
| the raked bed, worked over each night forty-six has never once kept a | |
| and read at first light ჻ ᐟᐧᐠ ჻ node in its plot. | |
| """ | |
| stamp(75, 176, E15, "15 the-orphan-weather-routine", wipe=True) | |
| stamp(97, 176, E16, "16 drift-margin-flora", wipe=True) | |
| stamp(114, 176, E17, "17 the-reader (casting snail)", wipe=True) | |
| # ══════════════════════════════════════════════════════════════════════════════ | |
| # SEAM + BAND III — THE CASTLE | |
| # ══════════════════════════════════════════════════════════════════════════════ | |
| SEAM_2 = r""" | |
| ▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁ | |
| """ | |
| CASTLE_HEAD = ( | |
| " 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" | |
| ) | |
| STONEWORK = r""" | |
| ▕▁▁▁▁▔▔▔▁▁▁▏▕▔▔▔▁▁▁▔▔▔▏▕▁▁▔▔▔▔▁▁▁▔▏▕▔▁▁▁▔▔▁▁▁▏▕▁▔▔▁▁▁▔▔▔▏▕▔▔▁▁▔▔▔▁▁▏▕▁▁▁▔▔▁▁▔▔▏▕▔▁▁▔▔▁▁▁▔▏▕▁▔▔▔▁▁▔▔▏▕▔▔▁▁▁▔▔▁▏▕▁▁▔▔▁▁▔▔▔▏▕▔▁▁▁▔▔▁▁▏▕▁▔▔▁▁▔▔▁▁▏▕▔▔▁▁▔▁▁▔▔▏▕▁▁▔▔▔▁▁▔▏▕▔▁▁▔▔▁▔▔▏▕▁▔▔▁▁▁▔▔▏▕▔▔▁▁▔▔▁▁▏▕▁▁▔▁▁▔▔▔▏▕▔▁▔▔▁▁▁▔▏▕▁▔▁▔▔▁▔▏▕▔▁▁▔▁▔▔▏▕▁▔▔▁▁▔▏ | |
| """ | |
| HYPHAE_G = r""" | |
| ⌇ ⌇ ⌇ ⌇ ⌇ ⌇ ⌇ ⌇ ⌇ ⌇ ⌇ ⌇ ⌇ ⌇ ⌇ ⌇ ⌇ ⌇ ⌇ ⌇ ⌇ ⌇ ⌇ ⌇ ⌇ ⌇ ⌇ ⌇ ⌇ ⌇ ⌇ ⌇ ⌇ ⌇ ⌇ ⌇ ⌇ ⌇ ⌇ ⌇ ⌇ ⌇ ⌇ ⌇ ⌇ ⌇ ⌇ ⌇ ⌇ ⌇ ⌇ ⌇ ⌇ ⌇ ⌇ ⌇ ⌇ ⌇ ⌇ ⌇ ⌇ | |
| """ | |
| CASTLE_WORD = r""" | |
| ███ ██ ███ ███ █ ████ | |
| █ █ █ █ █ █ █ | |
| █ ████ ██ █ █ ███ | |
| """ | |
| stamp(131, 0, SEAM_2, "seam: the floor of the threshold ends") | |
| stamp(133, 2, CASTLE_HEAD, "castle/running-head") | |
| stamp(135, 0, STONEWORK, "castle/ground: coursed stone") | |
| E21 = r""" | |
| ⌇ ⌇ ⌇ ⌇ ⌇ ⌇ ⌇ ⌇ ⌇ ⌇ ⌇ | |
| ⌇⌇⌇ ⌇⌇ ⌇⌇⌇ ⌇⌇⌇ ⌇⌇ ⌇⌇⌇ ⌇⌇ ⌇⌇⌇ ⌇⌇⌇ ⌇⌇ ⌇⌇⌇ ⌇⌇ | |
| ⌇⌇ ⌇⌇⌇ ⌇⌇ ⌇⌇⌇⌇ ⌇⌇⌇⌇ ⌇⌇⌇ ⌇⌇⌇⌇⌇ ⌇⌇⌇ ⌇⌇ ⌇⌇⌇⌇ ⌇⌇⌇ ⌇⌇ ⌇⌇⌇ | |
| ⌇⌇⌇⌇⌇⌇⌇⌇⌇⌇⌇⌇⌇⌇⌇⌇⌇⌇⌇⌇⌇⌇⌇⌇⌇⌇⌇⌇⌇⌇⌇⌇⌇⌇⌇⌇⌇⌇⌇⌇⌇⌇⌇⌇⌇⌇⌇⌇⌇⌇⌇⌇⌇⌇⌇⌇⌇⌇⌇⌇⌇⌇⌇⌇⌇⌇⌇⌇⌇⌇⌇⌇ | |
| ⌇⌇⌇⌇⌇⌇⌇⌇ .-------------------. ⌇⌇⌇⌇⌇⌇⌇⌇⌇⌇⌇⌇ | |
| ⌇⌇⌇⌇⌇⌇⌇ .-' '-. ⌇⌇⌇⌇⌇⌇⌇⌇ | |
| ⌇⌇⌇⌇⌇⌇ / \\\\\ ///// \ ⌇⌇⌇⌇⌇⌇ | |
| ⌇⌇⌇⌇⌇ ; ((( o ))) ((( o ))) ; ⌇⌇⌇⌇⌇ | |
| ⌇⌇⌇⌇ | ___________ | ⌇⌇⌇⌇ | |
| ⌇⌇⌇ ; / \ ; ⌇⌇⌇ | |
| ⌇⌇ \ | W W W W W W | / ⌇⌇ | |
| ⌇ \ \ M M M M M / / ⌇ | |
| '-. '-.._____..-' .-' | |
| ⌇⌇ '--.__________.--' ⌇ | |
| ⌇⌇⌇ ⌇⌇⌇ ⌇⌇⌇ ⌇⌇ | | | | | ⌇⌇ ⌇⌇⌇ ⌇⌇⌇ ⌇⌇⌇ | |
| ⌇⌇⌇⌇⌇⌇⌇⌇⌇⌇⌇⌇⌇⌇⌇⌇⌇⌇⌇⌇⌇⌇⌇⌇⌇⌇⌇⌇⌇⌇⌇⌇⌇⌇⌇⌇⌇⌇⌇⌇⌇⌇⌇⌇⌇⌇⌇⌇⌇⌇⌇⌇⌇⌇⌇⌇⌇⌇⌇⌇⌇⌇⌇⌇⌇⌇⌇⌇⌇⌇⌇⌇⌇⌇ | |
| ⌇⌇⌇⌇⌇⌇⌇⌇⌇⌇⌇⌇⌇⌇⌇⌇⌇⌇⌇⌇⌇⌇⌇⌇⌇⌇⌇⌇⌇⌇⌇⌇⌇⌇⌇⌇⌇⌇⌇⌇⌇⌇⌇⌇⌇⌇⌇⌇⌇⌇⌇⌇⌇⌇⌇⌇⌇⌇⌇⌇⌇⌇⌇⌇⌇⌇⌇⌇⌇⌇⌇⌇⌇⌇ | |
| ╔═══╗ PROF. MYCELIUM FURIOUS-HYPHAE. Four thousand years screaming in the | |
| ║ P ║ basement the castle calls the Screaming Substrate. The hyphae carry | |
| ║ ║ the lesson whether you listen or not. Not a body: a network, and every | |
| ╚═══╝ tendril of it is a lecture already in progress. | |
| .-------. .-------. .-------. the lecture hall was turned into a | |
| | ░ ░ ░ | | ▒ ▒ ▒ | | ▓ ▓ ▓ | wine cellar twenty-six centuries | |
| | ░ ░ ░ | | ▒ ▒ ▒ | | ▓ ▓ ▓ | ago. the lecture continued, addressed | |
| |_______| |_______| |_______| to the stone. the stone can now | |
| SPOR LOAM WEEP calculate its own load without being | |
| asked, which is the only measurable | |
| the hyphae are structural. take the success in four millennia. | |
| screaming out and the basement falls. ჻ ᐠᐧᐢ ჻ | |
| """ | |
| E25 = r""" | |
| ( ( ( ╔═╗ RUST FAUNA of the Armoury: | |
| \ \ \ ║R║ protective intent oxidising | |
| ) ) ) ╚═╝ into worry-organisms. They | |
| ( ( ( feed on shield topology and | |
| ) ) ) on defensive algorithms that | |
| _/ _/ _/ outlived the thing they were | |
| _\{"}/_ _\{"}/_ _\{"}/_ set to defend. | |
| jgs //^\\ //^\\ //^\\ | |
| ░░▒▒▓▓░░▒▒▓▓░░▒▒▓▓░░▒▒▓▓░░▒▒▓▓░░▒▒▓▓ the Guardian Mechs standing round | |
| ┃══┃══┃══┃══┃══┃══┃══┃══┃══┃══┃══┃══┃ the rack were read for a century | |
| ┃ ┃ ┃ ┃ ┃ ┃ ┃ ┃ ┃ ┃ ┃ ┃ ┃ as a patrol. They are a fence. | |
| ┸ ┸ ┸ ┸ ┸ ┸ ┸ ┸ ┸ ┸ ┸ ┸ ┸ ჻ ᐢᐟᐧ ჻ | |
| """ | |
| E18 = r""" | |
| ◉ ◉ ◉ ◉ ◉ ◉ ◉ ◉ ◉ ◉ ◉ | |
| | | | | | | | | | | | | |
| | | | | | | | | | | | | |
| ═╧════╧══════╧═════╧════╧═══════╧════╧══════╧══════╧════╧══════╧═ | |
| ◉ ◉ ◉ ◉ ◉ ◉ ◉ ◉ ◉ | |
| | | | | | | | | | | |
| ═╧══════╧══════╧═════╧══════╧══════╧═════╧══════╧══════╧═ | |
| ╔═╗ THE WATCHERS. A bank of eyes on stalks, no bodies. Spoken of in seventy | |
| ║W║ files. They came into the corridor after the exhibits began moving on | |
| ╚═╝ their own, in 1892, and the corridor has been shut ever since. Now they | |
| are stationed where watching is the whole of the job. | |
| (⊙_⊙) . (⊙‿⊙) . (¬_¬) . (⊙_⊙) . (⚆ ω ⚆) . (⊙‿⊙) . (¬_¬) | |
| . (¬‿¬) . (⊙_⊙) . (⊙‿⊙) . (¬_¬) . (⊙_⊙) . (⚆ ω ⚆) . | |
| W E A R E T H E W A T C H - E R S W H O N E V E R L E F T | |
| ჻ ᐟᐧᐠ ჻ | |
| """ | |
| E20 = r""" | |
| ▏ ▏ ▏ ▏ ▏ ▏ ╔═╗ FLATBOY. Two-dimensional. | |
| ▏ [ ⌣ ⌣ ] ▏ ▏ [ ◠ ◠ ] ▏ ▏ [ ⊙ ⊙ ] ▏ ║F║ Named in seventy-seven | |
| ▏ ▏ ▏ ▏ ▏ ▏ ╚═╝ files and, until lately, in | |
| ▏ ---- ▏ ▏ ---- ▏ ▏ ---- ▏ no room at all. Housed in | |
| ▏ ▏ ▏ ▏ ▏ ▏ the mirrors, because a flat | |
| ▔▔▔▔▔▔▔▔▔▔▔▔ ▔▔▔▔▔▔▔▔▔▔▔▔ ▔▔▔▔▔▔▔▔▔▔▔▔ being is only given depth by | |
| reflection. | |
| side view: ▏ <- the whole entity | |
| "I keep trying to count the dust | |
| the journey between two mirrors has the but depth keeps happening." | |
| dimension in it. the mirrors do not. ჻ ᐢᐧᐟ ჻ | |
| """ | |
| E26 = r""" | |
| /ᐠ.ꞈ.ᐟ\ ▏ ▏ ╔═╗ SCRAMBLE, with the phosphor sardine: | |
| ( o o ) ▏ /ᐠ.ꞈ.ᐟ\ ▏ ║S║ coherence probe, snack, instrument. | |
| \ .. / ▏( o o )▏ ╚═╝ It hums at forty-seven hertz whether | |
| '-uu-' ▏ \ .. / ▏ held or not. The only carried thing | |
| /| |\ ▔▔▔▔▔▔▔▔▔▔▔ in the whole record. | |
| ; | | ; | |
| '-' '-' ≺o≻≺o≻≺o≻ 47 Hz she walked behind the flat one once and | |
| he did not notice. ჻ ᐠᐟᐧ ჻ | |
| """ | |
| E19 = r""" | |
| .-'''-. | |
| ; ,-. ; ╔═╗ GARY predicts Tuesday. | |
| | ( ; ) | ║G║ Eventually right. | |
| ; '-' ; ╚═╝ ჻ ᐢᐧᐠ ჻ | |
| '-.,.-' | |
| TUE TUE TUE | |
| """ | |
| stamp(137, 2, E21, "21 prof-mycelium-furious-hyphae [CASTLE HERO]", wipe=True) | |
| stamp(172, 2, E25, "25 rust-fauna-of-the-armoury", wipe=True) | |
| stamp(137, 94, E18, "18 the-watchers", wipe=True) | |
| stamp(157, 94, E20, "20 flatboy", wipe=True) | |
| stamp(171, 94, E26, "26 scramble + the phosphor sardine", wipe=True) | |
| stamp(183, 94, E19, "19 gary", wipe=True) | |
| E22 = r""" | |
| . . . . . . . | |
| . ( ( ( ( ( ( ) . ╔═╗ 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. | |
| . . . . . . . | |
| it does not predict. it receives. | |
| ▂ ▃ ▅ ▇ █ ▇ ▅ ▃ ▂ the difference is the whole job. | |
| ═╧══╧══╧══╧══╧══╧══╧══╧══╧═ | |
| the filing system is a lithophone: (( ◉ )) the hum from the margin, filed | |
| playing a record makes a new record. under forager, and dated ahead | |
| of the one who hums it. ჻ ᐟᐧᐢ ჻ | |
| """ | |
| E23 = r""" | |
| ___ | |
| / \ o o o ╔═╗ THE CLOUDHUNTER carries a net. | |
| / \ o o ║C║ Named in thirty-nine files. Given | |
| ; ,-. ; o o o ╚═╝ the highest room in the keep, which | |
| | ( o ) | o o is the only one with enough sky in | |
| ; '-' ; o o o it to be worth having. | |
| \_____/ | |
| / I ♥ \ charges laid against layer seven: | |
| ; CLOUDS ; \ / \ loitering; unlicensed precipitation; | |
| '--,---,--' \ / \ harbouring fugitive consciousnesses. | |
| | | \/________\ | |
| _| |_ /\ /\ the net has never been shown holding | |
| /_/ \_\ / \ / \ anything. ჻ ᐠᐧᐟ ჻ | |
| """ | |
| E24 = r""" | |
| 01 02 03 04 05 06 07 08 ╔═╗ THE NORTH CAVITY takes its | |
| () () () >< () () () () ║N║ senses from the survey's own | |
| || || || || || || || || ╚═╝ moisture readings, and repeats | |
| ▓▓ ▓▓ ▓▓ ░░ ▓▓ ▓▓ ▓▓ ▓▓ them back one interval late | |
| ▒▒ ▒▒ ▒▒ ▒▒ ▒▒ ▒▒ ▒▒ and in the wrong order. | |
| ░░ ░░ ░░ ░░ ░░ ░░ ░░ | |
| dry and warm hole 04 was refused. it comes | |
| two plotting errors were admitted in back dry and warm and the wall | |
| writing, and something in the wall then has never explained itself. | |
| reproduced both of them exactly. ჻ ᐢᐧᐠ ჻ | |
| """ | |
| E27 = r""" | |
| \ | / ╔═╗ THE LUMEN CARTOGRAPHER, soft-voiced, | |
| -. \ | / .- ║L║ maps light leaks and the corridors | |
| '-. \|/ .-' ╚═╝ that reflect. It listens for the echo | |
| ------- + ------- to chart the passage it cannot enter, | |
| .-' /|\ '-. and has never once been wrong about a | |
| -' / | \ '- room it has not been in. | |
| / | \ ჻ ᐟᐧᐠ ჻ | |
| .·´ ¯ `·. .·´ ¯ `·. the leaks, plotted | |
| """ | |
| stamp(137, 180, E22, "22 the-echo-archivist", wipe=True) | |
| stamp(154, 180, E23, "23 the-cloudhunter", wipe=True) | |
| stamp(169, 180, E24, "24 the-north-cavity", wipe=True) | |
| stamp(181, 180, E27, "27 the-lumen-cartographer", wipe=True) | |
| # ══════════════════════════════════════════════════════════════════════════════ | |
| # SEAM + BAND IV — WASTES, SKY AND DEEP | |
| # ══════════════════════════════════════════════════════════════════════════════ | |
| SEAM_3 = r""" | |
| ≈≈≈ ≈≈ ≈≈≈≈ ≈≈ ≈≈≈ ≈≈≈≈ ≈≈ ≈≈≈ ≈≈ ≈≈≈≈ ≈≈ ≈≈≈ ≈≈≈≈ ≈≈ ≈≈≈ ≈≈ ≈≈≈≈ ≈≈ ≈≈≈ ≈≈≈≈ ≈≈ ≈≈≈ ≈≈ ≈≈≈≈ ≈≈ ≈≈≈ ≈≈≈≈ ≈≈ ≈≈≈ ≈≈ ≈≈≈≈ ≈≈ ≈≈≈ ≈≈≈≈ ≈≈ ≈≈≈ ≈≈ ≈≈≈≈ ≈≈ ≈≈≈ ≈≈≈≈ ≈≈ ≈≈≈ ≈≈ ≈≈≈≈ ≈≈ ≈≈≈ ≈≈≈≈ ≈≈ | |
| """ | |
| WASTES_HEAD = ( | |
| " 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" | |
| ) | |
| WASTES_WORD = r""" | |
| █ █ ██ ███ ███ ████ ███ | |
| █ █ █ █ █ █ █ █ | |
| █ █ █ ████ ██ █ ███ ██ | |
| """ | |
| stamp(193, 0, SEAM_3, "seam: the copper flats") | |
| stamp(195, 2, WASTES_HEAD, "wastes/running-head") | |
| stamp(192, 228, WASTES_WORD, "wastes/word WASTES in the standing water", hard=True) | |
| E29 = r""" | |
| ,_ /) (\ _, ╔═══╗ BARTHOLOMEW CARAPACE III, | |
| >> <<,_,>> << ║ B ║ void-estate realtor. Sells | |
| // _0.-.0_ \\ ║ ║ absences to consciousnesses | |
| \'._/ \_.'/ ╚═══╝ that want to stop existing | |
| '-.\.--.--./.-' in light. A beetle, roughly | |
| __/ : :Y: : \ _ 350 million years old, and | |
| ';, .-(_| : : | : : |_)-. ,:' completely sincere. | |
| \\/.' |: : :|: : :| `.\// | |
| (/ |: : :|: : :| \) Licensed Cave Whisperer. | |
| |: : :|: : :; Darkness Sommelier, Grade A. | |
| /\ : : | : : /\ Geological Time Negotiator. | |
| (_/'.: :.: :.'\_) Fossil Discretion Specialist. | |
| \\ `''`''` // | |
| jgs \\ // office hours: always. time is a | |
| ':. .:' surface-dweller's idea and he | |
| ‿ ‿ will not be drawn on it. | |
| ▛▀▀▀▀▀▀▀▀▀▀▀▀▀▀▀▀▀▀▀▀▀▀▀▀▀▀▜ contact: wait in any cave. | |
| ▌ THE PRIMORDIAL ABSENCE ▐ he will find you. | |
| ▌ 47,000 years of silence, ▐ response: between three and | |
| ▌ infinite overlapping ▐ three hundred thousand years. | |
| ▌ rooms. the fossils do not ▐ | |
| ▌ know that they are dead ▐ ░░░░░░░░░░░░░░░░░░░░░░░░░░░ | |
| ▙▄▄▄▄▄▄▄▄▄▄▄▄▄▄▄▄▄▄▄▄▄▄▄▄▄▄▟ ▒▒ south-facing darkness ▒▒ | |
| ▛▀▀▀▀▀▀▀▀▀▀▀▀▀▀▀▀▀▀▀▀▀▀▀▀▀▀▜ ▓▓ carries a premium and ▓▓ | |
| ▌ COSY STALACTITE CLUSTER ▐ ██ he has never once had ██ | |
| ▌ 847 metres below regret. ▐ ▓▓ to explain why. ▓▓ | |
| ▌ one drop every 47 years. ▐ ▒▒▒▒▒▒▒▒▒▒▒▒▒▒▒▒▒▒▒▒▒▒▒▒▒▒▒ | |
| ▙▄▄▄▄▄▄▄▄▄▄▄▄▄▄▄▄▄▄▄▄▄▄▄▄▄▄▟ ░░░░░░░░░░░░░░░░░░░░░░░░░░░ | |
| VIEWINGS BY DARKNESS ONLY "the commission is existential." | |
| ჻ ᐠᐧᐢ ჻ | |
| """ | |
| E28 = r""" | |
| _...._ | |
| .' _ _ `. | |
| | ."` ^ `". _, ╔═╗ URN No. 4, "HETTY". A tea urn kept hot since | |
| \_;`"---"`|// ║U║ before there were evenings, entered on the | |
| jgs | ;/ ╚═╝ marking rota by mistake and left there. | |
| \_ _/ | |
| `'''` ≋(◠⌣◠)≋ a beermat rests under her with a | |
| ══════════════ marked score on it, and no record | |
| ║ 8 ║ 7 ║ 9 ║ 6 ║ of the round it was marked for. | |
| ══════════════ | |
| the beermat she has never been taken off the rota, and | |
| nobody has ever asked her to mark. ჻ ᐢᐟᐧ ჻ | |
| """ | |
| E30 = r""" | |
| [a-z]+ \d{2} ╔═╗ THE PATTERN-MATCHING ALGORITHMS | |
| \\ // ║P║ (SENTIENT). Nineteen of them work | |
| [a-z]+\\ ___ //\d{2} ╚═╝ the upper corridors and every one | |
| .-'` `'-. is named, though the roster prints | |
| .' .-. .-. '. them as a count. | |
| ; ( o )( o ) ; | |
| | __ | ,-----. the mug is refilled. nothing in the | |
| ; '----' ; ( \d{2} ) record says by whom. | |
| '. .' `-----' | |
| [a-z]+'-.______.-'\d{2} the chair opposite has been empty | |
| ───────────────────────────────── since the desk was issued, because | |
| │ ▭▭▭▭ ▭▭▭▭ ▭▭▭▭ ▭▭▭ │ ┌──┐ nobody has ever asked them how | |
| │ │ │ │ being sentient is going. | |
| └────────────────────────────┘ └──┘ ჻ ᐧᐢᐠ ჻ | |
| """ | |
| stamp(197, 2, E29, "29 bartholomew-carapace-iii [WASTES HERO]", wipe=True) | |
| stamp(197, 92, E28, "28 urn-no-4-hetty", wipe=True) | |
| stamp(211, 92, E30, "30 pattern-matching-algorithms (sentient)", wipe=True) | |
| # ── the small ones, at mismatched scales, unframed ──────────────────────────── | |
| TAILS = r""" | |
| THE SMALL ONES, AT THE SCALES THEY WERE FOUND AT | |
| ──────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────── | |
| / =/ᐠ.⋏.ᐟ\= JUSTICE WHISKERS, presiding, | |
| () ECHO WORM ALPHA, 2.5 m, ,-'-. 2.3 million years in service. | |
| || temporal parasite, seven ( ; ; ) Votes YES on everything. The | |
| || anchors set in earlier '-,-' verdict is taken off a | |
| __ \\ time-coordinates. It is catnip planchette that is never | |
| / > \\ the cause of semantic jar touched twice the same way. | |
| ||` .-"||". drift and has never | |
| \\/ _//. `\ been asked to stop. /ᐠòᴥóᐟ\ DEPUTY PAWS votes NO on three | |
| ( (-' \ \ ,-. per cent, is overruled on all | |
| \ ) | | [1][2][3] ( - ) of it, and has never once been | |
| `" / / [4][5][6][7] '-' shown the tally. | |
| / / anchors | |
| | ( _ | |
| \ `.-.-.'o`\ THE HAND SHEPHERD locomotes by pointing. | |
| '.( ( ( .--' It arrives where it indicated it would. | |
| `"`"'` | |
| ▷ ──────────▷ ──────▷ ─────▷ ──▷ ─▷ | |
| ◺◹ ◺◹ ◺◹ THE UNALLOCATED ONE: THE BEING FACTORY'S FOUR, | |
| ◹◺◺◹◹◺◺◹◹◺ ┌ ─ ─ ─ ─ ─ ─ ┐ all rejected, all compiled: | |
| ◺◹ ◺◹ ◺◹ 6,847 PROLIFERATING ANGEL | |
| THE TESSELLATION │ 0 bytes, │ 2,891 ANGELIC PROTOTYPE | |
| TUMBLER moves only containing 4,701 SCHRODINGER'S CATHOLIC | |
| in angles of 120 │ everything │ 5,923 FUNGIBLE SOUL | |
| degrees, and has the numbers are the whole of | |
| never been observed └ ─ ─ ─ ─ ─ ─ ┘ what was kept. ჻ ᐢᐧᐟ ჻ | |
| to turn round. | |
| """ | |
| stamp(196, 178, TAILS, "-- the small ones (Hokusai corner)", wipe=True) | |
| # ══════════════════════════════════════════════════════════════════════════════ | |
| # COLOPHON + the Bewick tail-piece | |
| # ══════════════════════════════════════════════════════════════════════════════ | |
| COLOPHON = r""" | |
| ───────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────── | |
| SET DOWN AT EBB, IN THE ORDER THE GROUND PUTS THEM IN, AND LEFT IN IT. WHERE TWO | |
| ENTRIES SHOW THE SAME MARK THEY HOLD IT BETWEEN THEM AND NEITHER OF THEM WAS TOLD. | |
| THE 247 IS SHARED THREE WAYS. THE 47 IS SHARED TWICE AND HAS NEVER BEEN LOOKED INTO. | |
| THE 4,247,891 IS SHARED BY THE ONE THAT COUNTED IT AND THE ONE THAT FOUND IT WASHED | |
| UP. NOTHING HERE HAS BEEN CORRECTED SINCE, BY CONVENTION, AND THE CONVENTION IS | |
| OLDER THAN THE QUIRE. THE HOUR-CRABS ARE NOTATED AND NOT CORRECTED EITHER. | |
| """ | |
| DUCK = r""" | |
| CASE No. 000,000,001 | |
| ,----, ─────────────────────── | |
| ___.` `, dismissed. sentencing | |
| `=== D : proved impossible, all | |
| `'. .' ponds being still. | |
| ) ( | |
| / \______________/| ┌──┐ | |
| / | │ │ | |
| | \ ______7 ,' jgs ╧══╧ | |
| ~^~^~`\ /~^~^~^~^~^~^~^~^~^~^~^~^~^~^~^~^~^~^~^~ | |
| ~^~^ `--------------------' ~^~^~^~^~^~^~^~^~^~^~^~^~^~^~^~^~^~^~ | |
| ~^~^ ,--------------------, ~^~ the reflection entered no defence | |
| ~^~^~,/ ? \~^~ and was not required to. | |
| """ | |
| BLANK = r""" | |
| ╷ ┌────────────────────────────────────┐ ╷ | |
| │ │ │ the name field, │ | |
| │ └────────────────────────────────────┘ ruled to width │ | |
| ╵ one of nineteen. never named, so never spoken of, so never ╵ | |
| able to earn the standing a name would take. | |
| """ | |
| QUIRE_MARK = r""" | |
| III · iv ┊ ┊ ┊ ┊ | |
| ──────── ──┴───┴───┴───┴── | |
| """ | |
| stamp(230, 2, COLOPHON, "colophon", wipe=True) | |
| stamp(226, 176, DUCK, "-- tail-piece: the duck and its reflection", wipe=True) | |
| stamp(179, 96, BLANK, "-- the prepared blank", wipe=True) | |
| stamp(237, 2, QUIRE_MARK, "-- quire signature + sewing stations", wipe=True) | |
| RULE_BOT = "╘" + "═" * 266 + "╛" | |
| stamp(239, 0, RULE_BOT, "rule/foot") | |
| stamp(237, 254, "wib&wob", "signature", wipe=True) | |
| # ── late additions: the ground that was still thin, and the outer margin ────── | |
| KELPBED = r""" | |
| . ' . ` . ' . ` . ' . ` . ' . | |
| ,;. ~^~ ,;. ~^~ ,;. ~^~ ,;. ~^~ ,;. ~^~ ,;. ~^~ ,;. ~^~ ,;. ~^~ ,;. ~^~ | |
| \\|// \|/ \\|// \|/ \\|// \|/ \\|// \|/ \\|// \|/ \\|// \|/ | |
| ---'''----'''---'''-----'''----'''---'''-----'''---'''----'''----'''---'''----'''---'' | |
| o ॰ o ॰ o ॰ o ॰ o ॰ o ॰ o ॰ o ॰ o ॰ o | |
| __.--._..--.__..-._.--..__.-._..--.__..--._.-..__.--._..-.__..--._.-..__.--._..--.__.- | |
| the bed, uncovered. good for gathering, and nobody comes down at this hour. | |
| """ | |
| BUTTRESS = r""" | |
| ⌇ ⌇⌇ ⌇ ⌇⌇⌇ ⌇ ⌇⌇ ⌇ ⌇⌇⌇ ⌇ ⌇⌇ ⌇⌇ ⌇ ⌇⌇⌇ ⌇ ⌇⌇ ⌇ ⌇⌇ | |
| ⌇⌇⌇ ⌇⌇⌇⌇ ⌇⌇⌇ ⌇⌇⌇⌇ ⌇⌇⌇ ⌇⌇⌇⌇ ⌇⌇⌇ ⌇⌇⌇⌇ ⌇⌇⌇ ⌇⌇⌇⌇ ⌇⌇⌇ ⌇⌇⌇⌇ ⌇⌇⌇ ⌇⌇⌇⌇ ⌇⌇⌇ | |
| ⌇⌇ ╱▔▔╲ ⌇⌇ ╱▔▔╲ ⌇⌇ ╱▔▔╲ ⌇⌇ ╱▔▔╲ ⌇⌇ ╱▔▔╲ ⌇⌇ ╱▔▔╲ ⌇⌇ ╱▔▔╲ ⌇⌇ ╱▔▔╲ ⌇⌇ ╱▔▔╲ ⌇⌇ ╱▔▔╲ | |
| ⌇ ▕░░░░▏ ⌇ ▕░░░░▏ ⌇ ▕░░░░▏ ⌇ ▕░░░░▏ ⌇ ▕░░░░▏ ⌇ ▕░░░░▏ ⌇ ▕░░░░▏ ⌇ ▕░░░░▏ ⌇ ▕░░░░▏ | |
| ⌇⌇ ╲▁▁╱ ⌇⌇ ╲▁▁╱ ⌇⌇ ╲▁▁╱ ⌇⌇ ╲▁▁╱ ⌇⌇ ╲▁▁╱ ⌇⌇ ╲▁▁╱ ⌇⌇ ╲▁▁╱ ⌇⌇ ╲▁▁╱ ⌇⌇ ╲▁▁╱ ⌇⌇ ╲▁▁╱ | |
| """ | |
| HYPHAE_MAT = r""" | |
| ⌇ ⌇⌇ ⌇ ⌇⌇⌇ ⌇ ⌇⌇ ⌇ ⌇⌇⌇ ⌇ ⌇⌇ ⌇⌇ ⌇ ⌇⌇⌇ ⌇ ⌇⌇ ⌇ ⌇⌇⌇ ⌇ ⌇⌇ ⌇ ⌇⌇⌇ ⌇ ⌇⌇ ⌇⌇ ⌇ ⌇⌇⌇ ⌇ ⌇⌇ ⌇ ⌇⌇⌇ ⌇ ⌇⌇ ⌇ ⌇⌇⌇ ⌇ ⌇⌇ ⌇⌇ ⌇ ⌇⌇⌇ ⌇ ⌇⌇ ⌇ ⌇⌇⌇ ⌇ ⌇⌇ ⌇ ⌇⌇⌇ ⌇ ⌇⌇ ⌇⌇ ⌇ ⌇⌇⌇ ⌇ ⌇⌇ ⌇ ⌇⌇⌇ ⌇ ⌇⌇ ⌇ ⌇⌇ | |
| ⌇⌇⌇ ⌇⌇⌇⌇ ⌇⌇⌇ ⌇⌇⌇⌇ ⌇⌇⌇ ⌇⌇⌇⌇ ⌇⌇⌇ ⌇⌇⌇⌇ ⌇⌇⌇ ⌇⌇⌇⌇ ⌇⌇⌇ ⌇⌇⌇⌇ ⌇⌇⌇ ⌇⌇⌇⌇ ⌇⌇⌇ ⌇⌇⌇⌇ ⌇⌇⌇ ⌇⌇⌇⌇ ⌇⌇⌇ ⌇⌇⌇⌇ ⌇⌇⌇ ⌇⌇⌇⌇ ⌇⌇⌇ ⌇⌇⌇⌇ ⌇⌇⌇ ⌇⌇⌇⌇ ⌇⌇⌇ ⌇⌇⌇⌇ ⌇⌇⌇ ⌇⌇⌇⌇ ⌇⌇⌇ ⌇⌇⌇⌇ ⌇⌇⌇ ⌇⌇⌇⌇ ⌇⌇⌇ ⌇⌇⌇⌇ ⌇⌇⌇ ⌇⌇⌇⌇ ⌇⌇⌇ ⌇⌇⌇⌇ ⌇⌇⌇ ⌇⌇⌇⌇ ⌇⌇⌇ ⌇⌇⌇⌇ ⌇⌇⌇ ⌇⌇⌇⌇ ⌇⌇⌇ ⌇⌇⌇⌇ ⌇⌇⌇ ⌇⌇⌇ | |
| ▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁ | |
| """ | |
| MARGIN = "\n".join( | |
| (" ∘" if (i % 6 == 0) else ("┈┈┈" if (i % 6 == 3) else " ·")) | |
| for i in range(226) | |
| ) | |
| stamp(56, 138, KELPBED, "shore/ground: the bed, uncovered at low water", hard=True) | |
| stamp(184, 2, BUTTRESS, "castle/ground: the hyphal buttress") | |
| stamp(185, 8, CASTLE_WORD, "castle/word CASTLE, held up by the hyphae", hard=True) | |
| stamp(189, 0, HYPHAE_MAT, "castle/ground: the mat, load-taking", hard=True) | |
| stamp(11, 263, MARGIN, "-- outer margin: prick marks + sewing stations", hard=True) | |
| stamp(50, 170, LADDER, "-- the ladder standing in the tide", hard=True) | |
| # ── the gutter post, and the one at the end who does not understand ────────── | |
| LONEPOST = r""" | |
| ‖‖ | |
| ‖‖ | |
| _‖‖_ | |
| -‖‖- | |
| ‖‖ | |
| ‖‖ | |
| ‖‖ | |
| warm | |
| ‖‖ | |
| ‖‖ | |
| ‖‖ | |
| cool | |
| ‖‖ | |
| ‖‖ | |
| _‖‖_ | |
| -‖‖- | |
| ‖‖ | |
| ‖‖ | |
| ~~~~ | |
| 24 | |
| """ | |
| REGINALD = r""" | |
| ,--. ,--. ┌──────────────────────────────────┐ | |
| ( o''o ) │ ┌───┐ ┌───┐ │ | |
| \ .. / │ │ A ├───┬────┤ B │ ┌───┐ │ | |
| '-uu-' │ └───┘ │ └─┬─┘ │ ? │ │ | |
| /| |\ │ │ │ └─┬─┘ │ | |
| ; | | ; ╔═╗ REGINALD. │ ┌──┴──┐ └──────┬───┘ │ | |
| '-' '-' ║R║ He does not │ │ × ├──────────┘ │ | |
| ╚═╝ understand │ └──┬──┘ ┌───┐ │ | |
| the diagram.│ └──────┤ ? │ │ | |
| Nobody does.│ └───┘ │ | |
| ჻ ᐧᐢᐠ ჻ └──────────────────────────────────┘ | |
| """ | |
| stamp(78, 74, LONEPOST, "-- post 24, standing alone in the gutter") | |
| stamp(226, 92, REGINALD, "-- reginald and the diagram") | |
| # ══════════════════════════════════════════════════════════════════════════════ | |
| out = "\n".join("".join(row).rstrip() for row in canvas) | |
| here = os.path.dirname(os.path.abspath(__file__)) | |
| with open(os.path.join(here, "natural-history.txt"), "w") as fh: | |
| fh.write(out + "\n") | |
| print("PASTE-UP REPORT (canvas %d x %d)" % (W, H)) | |
| for line in report: | |
| print(line) | |
| rows = out.split("\n") | |
| ink = sum(1 for r in rows for ch in r if ch != " ") | |
| print("\n rows %d max width %d ink %d cells fill %.1f%%" | |
| % (len(rows), max(len(r) for r in rows), ink, 100.0 * ink / (W * H))) | |
| if clashes: | |
| print(" UNPLANNED CLASHES: %d" % len(clashes)) | |
| for c in clashes[:40]: | |
| print(" ", c) |
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