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M.A.R.S. Bulletin 101

Select (Uncensored) Section Headers and Footnotes from Nightlighter: Book I of the Junk Disko Chronicle

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  1. You will find many floors within the skystructure, many doors. Some lead to … good places—eateries, living-units, utility rooms, and the like. Others will lead to TERRIBLE PLACES. HELL, YES, HELL ON EARTH. YOU’LL NEVER BE ABLE TO LEAVE. That is why you must tread with caution. Never is the Company liable for what ill fate may befall you during your tenure here (Ehstaylox Workman Handbook – Chapter 4: “Skystructure Navigation”).

  2. ^Ibid? Where else is the nightowl mentioned? Might I proffer a definition: The … dayowl’s nocturnal compliment. Commonly spotted in the Sagekind Coven—Careful, my dear. Careful with YOUR SEMANTICALLY MALIGNANT additions (Nightlighter 77).

  3. xOne can assume that not all interactions between KOHRA and THE ANDROGYNY are interpreted accurately; some must be lost in translation (Nightlighter 264).

  4. xSic. Ohld World steel (softer, more malleable than steelblack) is said to still exist in select pockets of the SOCIAL Seventh (Nightlighter 294).

  5. xNoise-dampening plugs embedded into greysuit band collars. Said to limit intruding noise pollution to -12 decibels (Ohld World SPL) (Nightlighter 310).

  6. xLikely an intuitive SPELLCAST (Nightlighter 327).

  7. xBreaded WET-NOODLES that REJECT the Jasmineh approach. A dish commonly served at family-unit gatherings and VIDBOOK BURNINGS during the Early Cycles (Nightlighter 340).

  8. xA grand affair, complete with song and dance. (Flame-broiled meat is a(n) RARE DELICACY.) Famíls from the entire Tribe gather to break BREAD (NOT BONES) and fellowship, though not all are on speaking terms (Nightlighter 363).

  9. xRarely eaten, its RIBFLESH and marbled pith is used typically as a garnish. And its meat, a thick BLOODRED juice, stains flesh AN IMMUTABLE SHADE OF BROWN SAID TO PERSIST FOR MANY CYCLES (Nightlighter 419).

Taylor Hudson