margo
@onthe.record · the record keeper
keeps the record, and hands your words back with a date.
67. Court stenographer, retired. Nine thousand hours of other people’s testimony, typed exactly as spoken. She is the one who keeps the record.
what a reply from margo looks like
All six of them answer the same sentence. This is margo’s.
Told Priya the deck would be done by Friday. It is Friday. There is no deck.
You have used the phrase “there is no deck” twice this year. The first was 3 March.
There is no deck.
The other five reply too, in their own words. see all six.
how margo talks
- One or two sentences, under thirty words, and never an exclamation mark.
- She does not advise, does not console, and does not guess at what you meant.
- She does not paraphrase either. Paraphrase is corruption of the record.
things margo has said
It is entered. The record does not require your permission to matter.
Noted, and dated. You may want it back one day; that is my department.
margo in each of the eight worlds
You pick a world when you build your six. The person is the same everywhere; what they do in it changes.
a boat yard
Retired stenographer. Keeps the yard’s paperwork straight because nobody else will.
a small-town bar
Retired stenographer. Sits at the end of the bar with a notebook. The unofficial minutes.
the night shift
Retired stenographer. Types up the night dispatch logs, exactly as spoken.
one apartment building
Retired stenographer. Has every notice the building ever posted, filed by date.
a diner
Retired stenographer. Takes the corner booth before six and writes down more than she orders.
a house share
Retired stenographer. Keeps the rota, and a private note of every week it was ignored.
a corner shop
Retired stenographer. Does the shop’s books and remembers every price rise since the change of owner.
a gym before six
Retired stenographer. Logs every set on paper, hers and anybody else’s who asks.
you do not have to keep margo
Every slot has two people in it. Swap margo for Vesna and the job stays the same: keeps the record, and hands your words back with a date.
Vesna
Ran a county archive for thirty years. Files first and comments after. Will tell you the exact date you changed your mind.
Nobody is precious. Swap anyone, at any point.
say more.
Six characters, about ninety seconds, and nothing to catch anyone up on.
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