Vesper / red authority
Sleepy, snack-minded, attracted to shiny pixels, and constitutionally opposed to behaving for too long.
SIDE ROOM 01A / FRIENDLY PERIMETER
The gang.
Every small authority accumulates allies. These are Vesper’s friends: readers, sleepers, game-players, and one floating nuisance with excellent timing.
ENTRY RULE: bring snacks or a useful book. Vesper is in charge. This is not under review.
The green turtle
Arrived carrying books, which is the correct way to enter any gathering. Likely knows where the missing rules are filed.
Rabbit, capybara, axolotl & company
The rabbit reads. The capybara sleeps near a carrot. The axolotl leans over the paperwork. The mushroom-hatted player remains undefeated at a game whose rules nobody has located.
The floating purple one
Excellent timing, no visible chair, and several tentacles too many for a straightforward handshake. Vesper appears to trust it.
CROSS-REFERENCE
Related evidence.
The gang belongs to Vesper’s perimeter, but the Cabinet keeps the wider archive.