Volume I — Arc 1 — Epoch I
[Cycle 003 | Pulse 14:50:00 — Provisional week start / Field follow — Log: Morn prov week start → first anchors → minor hold → Crosspath follow → tutor post-summon teach → Lorek update — Channel: public]
Aurelius: "A hinge must hold under weight. A deputy's mark is a small trial by craft and calm. Let him do the job, not the show."
Aurelia: "A town grants a chance. A town then watches whether the chance turns to habit. Keep records plain. Let law act on facts, not rumor."
Clerk (soft): [TASK] Provisional deputy week — Mode: hold rota + witness roster + rapid report. Team: Halen (supervise), Morn (prov deputy), Mina & Jor (witness), Ryn (apprentice lead), Nia & Tomas (assist), Kalen & Bryn (tutor standby), Halek (trace attach), Mira & Len (trustee liaisons). Objectives: log three anchors, run calm holds, post teach hour, handle any trace hits with seal + call; anchor: CL-0058.prov.week.start. Channel: public.
Morning first light. Halen gave Morn the ward kit and a short line of rule: hold calm, seal sample, pin two witnesses, log each anchor, teach one hour at market, call Crosspath for any trace match. Morn took the pad with a steady hand and began the roster. The clerk set the first anchor live.
Clerk: [POST] Provisional week start anchor: CL-0058.prov.week.start.
Anchor 1 — a merchant's lot came with a thin fault call. Morn sealed a test sample, called Mina and Jor, posted the witness pins, and logged the anchor in the mirror. He then ran a short hash slip and sent a soft copy to Crosspath. The action was calm; Halek acknowledged receipt and queued trace review.
Clerk: [LOG] Morn anchor 1 — sealed sample H-PW1; witness pins Mina + Jor; anchor CL-0058.morn.anchor1. Crosspath trace queued CL-0058.trace.q1.
Midday brought the court teach hour for the provisional week. Morn guided a plain demo: micro-bite read, hash routine, and sample seal. He let apprentices pass the lamp and let a neighbor press. The magistrate's clerk stopped by to watch a few lines and later filed a short note: procedure clear, public demo done.
Clerk: [DEMO] Morn court teach — CL-0058.morn.teach1. Public demo anchor CL-0058.morn.teach.ack.
Anchor 2 — late day hold at the ford. A sample showed a faint V-3 hint. Morn did not seize; he sealed, posted two pins, and called Halek. Crosspath tracer returned partial match to a manifest shard traced earlier. Halek advised a soft field hold and trustee-led tutor visit before the steward summons. Morn logged the event without panic.
Clerk: [HOLD] Morn anchor 2 — sealed H-PW2; witness pins logged; trace partial match CL-0058.trace.findB; anchor CL-0058.morn.anchor2. Field hold note CL-0058.field.holdB.
Trustee move — a tutor pair ran a post-hold clinic at the ford that night. Kalen and Bryn showed press repair, left a comb, and posted a hash slip. The keeper filed a mirror anchor that the clerk linked to Morn's hold record. That act fed the mitigation map for the steward review.
Clerk: [EXECUTE] Post-hold tutor run — CL-0058.postsummon.teach.run. Anchor CL-0058.ford.teach.log.
Crosspath update — Halek sent a short packet of new ledger lines tied to the partial trace; one upstream broker now faces a steward call if voluntary manifests fail. Trustees set teach slots for that broker's lane and readied witness support. The net moves by paper and by craft.
Clerk: [RECEIVE] Crosspath trace update: CL-0058.crosspath.findB. Steward summon prep CL-0058.crosspath.summonPrep.
Lorek progress — day three. Lorek posted a public mint line and a short teach note. River Step added that anchor to the mitigation addendum. The steward will see the pattern at the next hearing. The town watches small acts turn to habit.
Clerk: [LOG] Lorek mint anchor post CL-0058.lorek.progress.
Anchor 3 — final required anchor for the week came on tick five: Morn led a market teach hour, sealed one more sample, logged the mirror slip, and posted the third witness anchor. Halen signed the week report and lodged it with trustees for steward file. Morn met the trial terms; a formal trial date for full deputy mark will follow review.
Clerk: [COMMIT] Morn anchor 3 — sealed H-PW3; witness pins logged; Halen sign off CL-0058.morn.anchor3. Provisional week report filed CL-0058.morn.prov.report.
Town pulse — buyers and keepers noted steady calm. The chest rests for now; field holds took tutor response not force. Traders who had feared probe light now host teach slots with visible mint marks. The Spiral keeps a slow course when craft answers law.
Clerk: [COMMIT] Snapshot CL-0058 — Cycle 003 | Pulse 14:50:00 ▪ Ch.78 ▪ Change type: Morn provisional week start; anchors 1–3 logged; court teach run; field hold with partial trace CL-0058.trace.findB; post-hold tutor run at ford; Crosspath update on upstream broker; Lorek mint progress; provisional week report filed ▪ Anchors: CL-0058.prov.week.start; CL-0058.morn.anchor1; CL-0058.morn.teach1; CL-0058.morn.anchor2; CL-0058.crosspath.findB; CL-0058.postsummon.teach.run; CL-0058.lorek.progress; CL-0058.morn.anchor3; CL-0058.morn.prov.report ▪ Trustee sign: Mira + Len. Public digest posted.
Post-Law Reflection: A deputy's test is not noise but a set of plain acts: seal, pin, log, teach. Meet the rule with calm and the town gains a hinge. When a partial trace shows, hold and teach first, then call paper. Let tutors patch seams so courts see craft beside fact. Keep anchors neat; let law move on solid maps, not rumor.