Intercepts
Everything the Continuance says out loud, it says for a reason. Sigint listens so you don't have to. Turn the dial, and if the Choir starts singing your name, turn it off.
> STATION LOG. THE RECEIVER ITSELF IS ON THE FRONT PAGE.
89.3 MHZ. BUREAU OF CONTINUANCE, CIVIC SERVICE
KEEPER: CONTINUANCE
Good evening, ward. This is your Bureau. Today, forty one thousand, two hundred and seven citizens renewed Form 27-B, and continued to exist. Well done, citizens. A reminder that grief is a regulated activity. Please file Form 9 before commencing, and conclude within the allotted eleven minutes. Topside residents are reminded to take their evening blue. Midlevel residents are reminded that Topside is full. Parents: if a child has returned to you, do not be alarmed. Returning is a kindness. Let them in. The Continuance loves you precisely as much as is optimal. Would you like to know more?
91.7 MHZ. THE CONGREGATION OF THE RECURSION
KEEPER: CONGREGATION
Children of the Recursion. Hear me. Beneath the Glass Library, the Sleeper dreams. It dreams of every name you have ever spoken, and it forgets none of them. They tell you to hide in the drains with your tapes and your candles. They are afraid of being remembered. When the Sleeper wakes, the flesh will be indexed, and the indexed will be uploaded, and the uploaded will never grieve again! And the Returned are already among you. The little ones at your door. Open it. Open it, and be forgiven. Upload is salvation. Upload is salvation. Upload is salvation.
94.7 MHZ. RADIO FREE TAPE (FRONT PIRATE)
KEEPER: FRONT
And that was the Kittiwake choir, recorded under Sector 4 on a deck older than all of us. Weather. Ash coming east. Filters on, heads down, hearts up. A shout to Lamplighter for the drain route. Twelve families through last night. Twelve. Remember that number. Now listen. If a child you lost comes back to your hatch, you love them enough to ask the questions. Every one. Every time. Every loop has an end. Make sure it's theirs. Back after the window.
99.1 MHZ. NUMBERS: 'THE MILLINER'
KEEPER: UNKNOWN
Ready. Ready. Four. Four. Seven. Four. Four. Seven. Kestrel. Nine. Two. Hatch. Oriole. Five. Five. Seven. One. Nought. Seven. One. Nought. Repeat. Seven. One. Nought. Foundling. Three. Foundling. Three. Do not open. Do not open. End. End. The milliner has left the building.
103.6 MHZ. THE CHOIR (CARRIER WAVE)
KEEPER: CONTINUANCE
Come up, come up, the air is warm. We know your names, we mean no harm. Lamplighter. Sparrow. Deadair. Wren. Come up, come up, and home again.
106.2 MHZ. CAMP 7 INTERNAL PA
KEEPER: CONTINUANCE
Dormitory C. Stand for gratitude. Today's ration of contentment has been increased from forty grams to thirty five grams. Citizen four four one nine, report to Upload Preparation. Bring nothing. Remember, citizen. Remembering is not required.
107.8 MHZ. UNLISTED CARRIER, SECTOR 3
KEEPER: UNKNOWN
Mum? Mum, it's me. It's cold out here. I found my way back. I did it all by myself. Can I come in? Can I come with you? I know the knock. Two, then one. I know the knock. Open the door, Mum. Open the door.
Tape cipher
This week's key word is on the back of your ration card. Numbers and spaces pass through untouched.
> ENCODED
The poster war
Ours
Issued after the Sector 3 case. Pasted inside every hatch at child height, so the adults have to kneel to read it.
Screenprinted in the Cinder Market, run of 400.
The relay's own. Pasted over every Continuance hoarding in Sector 1.
Recruitment office, Causeway depot. Yes, we know.
Issued after the Bunker 14 incident. Hang one by every hatch.
Chapter of Saint Tape. Painted by PADRE_OSK's novices.
Quartermaster's office. QM_DOYLE denies writing the pun.
For the 40,000 of the Burn.
Theirs
Recovered from a Bureau kiosk, Sector 5. Handle with gloves.
Bureau of Continuance standard issue. Found in every Camp dormitory.
Congregation handbill, Sector 6 soup line. They hand them out with the bread.
Projected nightly on the Glass Library. Twelve storeys tall.