Volume I — Arc 1 — Epoch I
[Cycle 045 | Pulse 76:50:00 — Outreach run / Mobile registry → Log: registry outreach → lane visits → clerk exchange → traveling registry box deploy → FAQ sheet → apprentice rota expand → Crosspath audit cadence set → Channel: secure → public digest on close]
Aurelius: "A book that lives only on a slab is a good start. A book that learns to walk into lanes becomes a town's spine. Move the desk where people are, not only where people must come."
Aurelia: "Right. Take the log out of the lamp's cone and into the market's hands. Teach the clerk beside the loom to read tags as if they were plain speech."
Clerk (soft): [TASK] Registry Outreach roll — Mode: visit three nearby lanes (ferry, cloth, bakery), demo mobile registry box, train visiting clerks, hand out FAQ sheets, widen apprentice rota, set Crosspath weekly audit cadence, install two laminated anchor-maps at lane ends. Team: Magistrate Korran (steward cue), Crosspath Halek (audit cadence), River Step trustees Mira & Len (witness & sign), keeper Tomas (vault liaison), keeper Halen (overwatch), tutors Bryn & Kalen (training leads), apprentices Jorren (registry mobile lead), Nia (assist), clerks Rell & Sorin (exchange pair), deputies Mina & Jor (escort/witness), courier guide Morn (clerk & intake). Objectives: deploy mobile registry box CL-0151.box.deploy; train 6 visiting clerks CL-0151.clerk.train; post FAQ sheet CL-0151.faq.post; expand apprentice rota CL-0151.appr.rota; set Crosspath weekly audit cadence CL-0151.cross.cadence; install anchor-maps CL-0151.maps.inst. Channel: secure → public.
The lamp was still warm when the bench strapped a shallow oak chest with a brass reader and a small pad stand to a courier's cart. The idea was simple: if the log is meant for neighbors, bring the log to them. The mobile registry — a travel-ready desk with a copy of the Continuity Log's active page, a soft tether to Crosspath, and a set of witness pins — would visit lanes on fixed days so vendors who cannot reach Lorek's slab can see anchors, read tags, and file slips where they feel most at home.
Morn (steady): "Set the chest with a spare wax stick, two pad inks, a tag reader, and copies of the double-read tag script. Take it to the ferry lane first; the ferrymen keep odd hours and are best reached at their tide."
Clerk: [OPEN] Mobile prep CL-0151.box.prepare — kit CL-0151.kit.ok; courier cart CL-0151.cart.ready.
Jorren led the first circuit with a small pride that did not need announcement. He walked the ferry lane with the chest at his shoulder and set the mobile desk under a cloth awning beside the usual place where ferrymen mend oars. He posted the new FAQ sheet — three lines explaining what an anchor is, how to read a Crosspath tag, and how to file a witnessed slip — and showed the brass reader to two ferrymen who had never seen a Crosspath tag up close. The ferrymen tapped the brass and leaned in; practice does not fear simple tools.
Jorren (soft): "Place the chest, fix the pad, and read the first three anchor lines aloud. Teach the double-read tag script and run a quick tag-check demo with a mock slip."
Clerk: [DEPLOY] Mobile desk CL-0151.box.deploy — ferry CL-0151.ferry.deploy.
The first visiting clerk exchange proved useful. A baker who runs a night stall but closes early in the day came with Rell, who spent two quiet breaths showing how a tag resolves to Crosspath and where a re-seal pointer appears. The baker's hands moved like a man who wakes at the second bell; he practiced reading a tag twice, reached for the pad, and followed the pointer. He left with a small slip promising to bring any witness notes at the next mobile stop. The bench measured success by the way a hand repeated the line rather than by applause.
Rell (calm): "Read twice, call node, check ring. When you see administrative, follow orig. If practice feels odd, call us at registry hours."
Clerk: [TRAIN] Clerk exchange CL-0151.clerk.train — baker CL-0151.baker.train; Rell demo CL-0151.rell.demo.
At the cloth lane a vendor named Hara brought a long roll and a concern: she had a recurring neighbor claim where different clerks recorded near-matching tags for late batches. Bryn sat under her awning and ran a short workshop tailored to the problem: show how sibling hashes differ, how to follow the orig pointer, and how to write a clear action by line when a proof is provisional. Hara copied the short script into a folded card and pinned it to her ledger. A lesson that lands in someone's own book is more likely to be kept.
Bryn: "When proofs sit close, mark provisional and attach witness slips. If a re-seal appears, call the orig pointer. Write action by with a date and a trustee to avoid ambiguity."
Clerk: [HOST] Lane workshop CL-0151.workshop.cloth — Hara CL-0151.hara.card.
The bench left two laminated anchor-maps at ends of the cloth and ferry lanes: a short visual that shows anchors of the last week, where to find proofs, and mobile registry dates. Visual anchors help hands who read more by sight than by a pad's light. Morn nailed the maps where the most eyes pass and tied a small slip with the registry hours. The maps were not ornate; they were legible.
Morn (practical): "Place the maps at both lane ends. Keep the print big, the crossref tags short, and the mobile schedule visible. Let people see their week at a glance."
Clerk: [INSTALL] Anchor maps CL-0151.maps.inst — ferry CL-0151.ferry.map; cloth CL-0151.cloth.map.
In the bakery's back shade, Bryn and Tomas ran a brief apprentice expansion meeting. The registry will need more hands for outreach, so two apprentices would be added to the rota for mobile duty: an extra morning pair to run mobile stops twice weekly and a late-bell pair to pick up slips posted after slab hours. Jorren would lead the mobile rota and Nia would head the late-bell pickup. Apprentices accepted the extra turns — a bit more labor for a wider reach and for the practice that comes with teaching.
Tomas (instructive): "Rotate mobile duty twice weekly; record attendance in the continuity log. Late-bell pickup: collect slips, verify witness pins, transfer to slab file by next morning. Keep the chain closed."
Clerk: [ASSIGN] Apprentice rota CL-0151.appr.rota — Jorren mobile CL-0151.jor.mobile; Nia late CL-0151.nia.late; extra positions CL-0151.appr.add.
Halek set a weekly Crosspath audit cadence for the registry outreach: every Monday morning Crosspath returns a short digest of mobile intakes and any tag irregularities. The cadence is light — not a full audit but a nudge that checks whether tags posted by traveling clerks resolve to delivery triplicates or fall to administrative nodes without pointers. Crosspath's cadence lets clerks learn under gentle watch instead of cold surprise.
Halek: "Weekly audit: mobile intakes and late-bell pickups flagged. Return a digest to the registry with any administrative resolutions. Keep the cadence public so mobile stops read like part of the ledger's life."
Clerk: [SCHEDULE] Crosspath cadence CL-0151.cross.cadence — weekly CL-0151.weekly.set.
At the ferry lane a traveling potter arrived with a folded anchor and a nervous question about a long-dormant claim. Jorren read the anchor aloud, tapped the tag reader, and walked the potter through the proof chain. The potter reached, touched the brass, and exhaled when the pad showed the triplicate. He signed the registry's guest line and left a baker's token on the mobile desk. The bench took the token into the petty ledger and logged gratitude where neighbors could read it.
Potter (relieved): "I can see the triplicate now. I will come to the mobile chest rather than carry my slips to Lorek. Thank you."
Clerk: [RECEIVE] Mobile intake CL-0151.mobile.rec — potter CL-0151.pot.rec.
The outreach did more than place a desk; it built a short, visible habit. Six visiting clerks were trained by the day's close — the baker, two ferrymen, Hara the cloth vendor, a toy maker, and a night cobbler — each able to read a tag twice and call for the registry's help when a tag points to an administrative node. Rell and Sorin exchanged pads with a visiting clerk from the river market who promised to copy the intake drill at his own lane. The registry's reach had begun.
Rell (soft): "Record the trained clerks and hand them a small card with the double-read tag line. If they slip, ask the mobile desk for a quick refresher."
Clerk: [LOG] Clerk list CL-0151.clerk.list — trained six CL-0151.trained6.
Before dusk Bryn led a small public hour where the bench showed how to file a witness slip into the mobile box and how apprentices transport those slips to the slab. The late-bell pickup rota practiced the chain three times, and Nia demonstrated the safe transfer: pad, wax, witness, ledger. A lane that can move slips between tents and slab without losing proof keeps neighbors calm across hours.
Bryn: "Teach the transfer steps: pad copy, wax seed, witness pin, slab transfer. If any step breaks, stop and restore paper before people leave."
Clerk: [HOST] Public hour CL-0151.public.hour — transfers CL-0151.transfer.run.
When the cart returned to Lorek's slab the bench tallied results: mobile registry deployed; six clerks trained; FAQ posted; two anchor-maps installed; apprentice rota widened; Crosspath weekly audit scheduled. Halek filed the cadence and Morn posted a short slab note announcing the mobile schedule and inviting other lanes to request a stop. The bench had chosen an outreach that sits between law and neighborliness — a way to let the ledger be useful beyond the slab's lamp.
Morn (soft): "Post the schedule and invite lanes to sign for a stop. Make the registry walk like a neighbor who comes to knock and helps fix what the slab cannot see."
Clerk: [POST] Public digest CL-0151.public.post — mobile schedule CL-0151.schedule.post.
Clerk: [COMMIT] Snapshot CL-0151 — Cycle 045 | Pulse 76:50:00 ▪ Ch.173 ▪ Change type: Registry Outreach executed; mobile registry box deployed to ferry & cloth lanes; six visiting clerks trained; FAQ sheet posted; two laminated anchor-maps installed; apprentice rota expanded for mobile & late-bell pickup; Crosspath weekly audit cadence set; public mobile schedule posted ▪ Anchors: CL-0151.box.deploy; CL-0151.clerk.train; CL-0151.faq.post; CL-0151.maps.inst; CL-0151.appr.rota; CL-0151.cross.cadence; CL-0151.public.post ▪ Trustee sign: Mira + Len. Secure dossier forwarded. Public digest queued.
Post-Law Reflection: A registry that stays behind a lamp will be learned only by those who come. A registry that walks the lane turns the slab into a network. Deploy a mobile chest with a tag reader, teach visiting clerks the double-read tag habit, pin FAQ sheets and anchor-maps where people pass, and widen apprentice rota so transfers do not stall. Pair the work with a soft Crosspath cadence for a while; use audits as teaching moments, not punishments. Make the habit visible and repeatable: tag twice, pull node, match wax, then move the paper. Teach the transfer so slips keep their witness as they travel. Small hands practicing small steps bind a market more strongly than a single law ever could.