The Filthy Little Crawler's Book of Voodoo

Story so far

The screaming Gold Prepotente Box gives Carl a thick, blank, black-leather diary. It cannot be traded, destroyed, or discarded; a dropped copy automatically returns to its owner's inventory.

When an owner comes within a loosely defined distance of another crawler who owns the same item, that crawler's name permanently appears. The effect is not retroactive, so earlier acquaintances must be encountered again.

Writing beneath another owner's name sends a private message to that person. Writing beneath one's own name broadcasts to everyone who has that entry. Recipients must open the physical book, but can copy text into interfaces and erase messages on demand.

Carl and Donut become each other's first linked entries and test the system. Donut calls it an inferior version of chat, while Carl suspects the AI's denial of any later nefarious purpose is itself a warning.

Appearance

A heavy black leather diary with hundreds of blank pages and names appearing in luminous ink.

Role

The book creates a suspicious, widely distributed crawler communication network that may bypass future restrictions.

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