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Writing tools · Introduced in Book 4
Coffee Shop Author Kit
The Coffee Shop Author Kit connects a physical sheet of paper, quill and ink to Carl’s interface scratchpad. Writing or deleting something in one place changes it in the other.[1]
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Writing and scribing
The kit could also be used to make scrolls for sale, but that requires the right forms, equipment and scribing skills. Carl does not initially have even the basic scroll-scribing skills. The ink supply is limited.[1]
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History
Book 4
The Gate of the Feral Gods
Carl receives the kit in the AI’s Gold Box. Donut draws a cat, and Carl deletes the matching picture from his scratchpad; it disappears from the paper too. A later spill uses up the ink and cuts off this means of communication.[2]
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Sources
References are to Matt Dinniman’s novels. Book links open our recap guides.
- The Gate of the Feral Gods, Chapter 13.
- The Gate of the Feral Gods, Chapters 13, 32.