Book 4 of 16
Getting out of a meeting
A room you cannot be in for the next hour. Short reasons, because a long one invites a longer conversation.
778 verses across 25 chapters
A reading
- 1 I can't be perceived before eleven Not reassuring
- 2 There's nothing in the office today that isn't also here Unverifiable
- 3 A neighbor has begun leaving me things Please take the day
- 4 There's a spreadsheet that governs this and nobody owns it Concerning
- 5 There's an approval I need from somebody who only approves on Fridays Concerning
- 6 I've had three things land this morning that all say today on them Unverifiable
- 7 There's a meeting to decide who decides this Concerning
- 8 Every time I save, the file gets slightly smaller Not reassuring
- 9 I've built the thing that was asked for and it isn't the thing that's wanted Concerning
- 10 The document has more pages than it did when I started Not reassuring
- 11 I have a conflict and the conflict is with the meeting Concerning
- 12 I've written it three ways and I don't like any of the three Concerning
- 13 I've got an engineer coming and the window is the whole day Plausible
- 14 I've been in four days this week and this is the fifth Unverifiable
- 15 My mouse is moving on its own in small amounts Not reassuring
- 16 I've been given a key I didn't ask for and I don't know what it opens Please take the day
- 17 I've got two people waiting on me for two different things Unverifiable
- 18 I've been asked for an update on something I've never heard of Concerning
Where the rest of them are
- Fragments70
- The Body Malfunctioning67
- The Journey In62
- The Office51
- The Job Itself47
- The Uncanny44
- The Treachery of Objects41
- Devices35
- The Unwell31
- Small Disasters26
- The Kitchen26
- Lapses of Mind24
- How a Morning Fails24
- The Mid-Century Register24
- Work That Will Not Arrive22
- Vaudeville Literalism22
- Reasons to Be at Home20
- Elsewhere20
- Sounds You Cannot Locate20
- Appearing as a Finished Person19
- Communication Sideways19
- People Who Cannot Drive Themselves19
- The Ceiling18
- Hours That Go Missing18
- Animals Have Plans9
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