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Porter Dispatch

Central Dispatch · Dispatch · Dispatch Main

Porter Dispatch coordinates deliveries and records; Central Dispatch now has dead porters in its bunk room and damaged, flickering halls.

Story so far

Dispatch assigns Mission Jones and Cam a tandem haul. Its account ledger is kept on level seventy-four, and porter rumors are collected and written down at Dispatch Main. Frankie says Roker grows beans in Dispatch.

Central Dispatch has sorting rooms with tall shelves of deliveries, showers and a place for Mission to change. It is unusually quiet during one of his visits. Later it fails to answer Mission's radio call, and Robbie reports a fight there.

When the travelers reach Central Dispatch, its main hallway is empty and its walls contain hundreds of holes. Dead porters lie in the bunk room, and the hallway lights briefly go out before returning in a flicker.

Appearance

Central has sorting rooms with tall delivery shelves, showers, a main hallway and a bunk room. The hallway walls now have hundreds of holes, and the lights flicker.

Role

It coordinates porter work and recordkeeping; Central is now the scene of deaths and physical damage.

Relationships

Mission Jones — Dispatch assigns work to Mission Jones and provides facilities he uses between deliveries.
Cam — It assigns Cam and Mission a tandem haul.
Robbie — Robbie reports a fight at Central.
Sources — 12 recorded facts, by chapter
Chapter 113
  • Dispatch assigns Mission and Cam a tandem haul.
Chapter 114
  • According to Frankie, Roker grows beans in Dispatch.
Chapter 116
  • The account ledger is kept in Dispatch on level seventy-four.
  • Porter rumors are collected and written down at Dispatch Main.
Chapter 128
  • Central Dispatch has sorting rooms with tall shelves holding deliveries.
  • Central Dispatch is unusually quiet when Mission arrives.
  • Central Dispatch has showers and a place for Mission to change clothes.
Chapter 136
  • Central fails to answer Mission’s radio call.
  • Robbie reports a fight at Central.
Chapter 142
  • Central Dispatch has an empty main hallway with hundreds of holes in the walls.
  • Central Dispatch’s bunk room contains dead porters.
  • The hallway lights at Central Dispatch briefly fail and return flickering.
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