FORM ET-1 (REV. NEVER)

OFFICE OF
EVAPORATED THINGS

You have been appointed Night Looker. Your sole duty is to keep watch. Items lose definition when no one is looking at them. Do not look away.

CONSECUTIVE SECONDS OF UNBROKEN WATCH

0

CUMULATIVE WATCHFULNESS DEFICIT (decisteyes)

0.00

ITEMS REMAINING IN ATTENDANCE

16

Inventory Under Attention

Currently regarded by you. Should they cease being regarded, they shall cease.

No. 001 A bowl previously full of regret
No. 002 The smell of toast, contained
No. 003 Seventeen tickets to a film that hasn't been written
No. 004 A sneeze, postponed
No. 005 One (1) excellent question, slightly damp
No. 006 Half a memory of someone's name
No. 007 A jar of brief silences
No. 008 A duck convinced it is Wednesday
No. 009 Three apologies in a paper bag
No. 010 A whisper addressed to no one
No. 011 A grandfather clock convinced it is a hat
No. 012 The exact opposite of a pebble
No. 013 A glove containing only a fingertip's worth of warmth
No. 014 A small dog's idea of Tuesday
No. 015 The word "perhaps", folded twice
No. 016 A receipt for one (1) regret, soaked in the Thames

A controlled blink. Removes precisely one (1) item from existence.

Evaporation Ledger

Things that ceased while you were elsewhere.