Andrew Kenneth Specter
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Journal of a Nameless Clerk: Part III
🕑 Added 2022-05-09 19:00:04 +0000 UTCMonth Nine, Day 20, Year ██ of the Reign of Sovereign Mayhew XXI
Haven't had time to journal until just now -- too busy learning the ropes of the clerical corps! The personal clerical corps to the Hierophant himself. No matter how many times I write that, it still doesn't seem real. It doesn't even seem real when I'm at my desk, actually working, even! There are about twenty of us (some women, even!), all in a row in a room outside of the Hierophant's personal office, and [TEXT REDACTED BY ORDER OF THE HIERARCHY]. I think I'm the only one still awed by everything, even though one person was shuffled around to a new department since I started (makes sense -- this is a very important job and not everyone can handle it, after all!), so there's more than one neophyte, here.
I approached him, hoping to share notes or maybe just make a friend, but the Faceless guards who periodically check up on us saw me. They explained that "mingling is discouraged in order to preserve the motivation of our holy mission". I suppose that makes sense! Writing is also a distraction, apparently, because one of the Guard caught me scribbling during lunch. They reviewed my journal (as was their right, of course!) and handed it back to me at the end of the day, minus a few pages and plus some words.
I think I'll only write at home, from now on -- wouldn't want to distract myself from the holy mission!!!
