Personal journal of Scribe-Adept Rewalt MasonBy:InquisitorVawn
The personal journal of Scribe-Adept Rewalt Mason of the Adeptus Administratum Office of Tithing and Export Management. Everyday life for an everyday man in Hive Minos on the world of Asphodel. (Author Note: I accept and welcome feedback, criticism, love it hate it - I'd love to hear from you and your thoughts. We have a forum now, in the games warhammer section. Come see us! V)
Rated: Fiction M - English - Sci-Fi/Suspense - Administratum - Chapters: 66 - Words: 53,713 - Reviews: 24 - Favs: 22 - Follows: 36 - Updated: Oct 5, 2016 - Published: Jun 19, 2016 - id: 12006919
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Sextday, Jaufre 25th 067.M42
A new intake of Transcript-Adepts were inducted today. Looking at all of those bright-eyed young faces made me feel nostalgic for a moment. I remember being that young, that curious and eager. And how overwhelming it was to step into these halls and see just how many souls worked day and night to see His will be done, to ensure that the tithe is made and that our world is healthy and prosperous.
The new Transcript-Adept for my row is a young woman by the name of Madalene Kader. Her file indicates that she had left schola in her thirteenth year after her father succumbed to a blood fever, leaving her and her three younger brothers in the care of their mother. She seems to have spent the last couple of years working as the assistant to a shopkeeper, managing his data and reporting for his taxes and tariffs, so she's well placed to step up now into our humble Office. She also seems prone to thinking and asking questions - I've yet to establish if this is a positive trait or one that should be cut off at the source. I suppose I'll have to keep an eye on her.
Otherwise my work has been particularly fulfilling of late. My row is performing well, we have less than a three percent transcription error rate, the lowest error rate in our floor shift. Scribe-Master Warder gave me permission to buy sweet-starch rolls as a celebration for them, and if we manage to maintain or improve on that error rate for the rest of the month, then we will be further rewarded with an opportunity to leave early on the first Primoday in Guire. It was a great feeling to be able to tell them that, and seeing their heads bowed and their fingers flying over their cogitator keyboards with renewed purpose was a sight to stir my heart and make me proud. I have every faith that they can do this.
One of the questions Kader asked today was why the data we transcribe is received in through the Feed, produced by printer-servitors into a hard copy and date-stamped, then allocated out amongst the floor in great bins that are distributed equally amongst the transcript-adepts to be transcribed back into the central cogitator, before the hard copy files are taken to the archive stack and filed. I told her that it was not our place to question - we are given our orders and it is our duty to fulfil them as instructed to the best of our ability.
With further consideration, it might be best to counsel Kader to keep those sorts of thoughts in her head. She's bright enough to have a good future in the Office, but asking too many questions about things that are not her concern is likely to stifle any chance of progress that she may have. It would be a pity if she got into a habit of trying to be too clever and found herself suffering for it.
Thought for the Day: Be mindful of your thoughts. A wandering mind often finds itself in dark places.
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