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OKO
GREEN · CHROMIUM
the element named for colour itself; its oxide is this green
CHEMISTRY OKO + KOR = stainless. Chromium and iron: iron that will not rust as long as chromium is watching.
ON THE SHELF
DECK 06.5 · THE THIRTEEN · THE WHOLE ROSTER
Every colour the station has ever named, with its element, its chemistry, its case number and where it stands: five on the shelf, one ordered and inbound, seven nobody can confirm. This is the page to link when someone asks.
GREEN · CHROMIUM
the element named for colour itself; its oxide is this green
CHEMISTRY OKO + KOR = stainless. Chromium and iron: iron that will not rust as long as chromium is watching.
ON THE SHELF
RED · IRON
rust, race-day blood, the core of the planet
CHEMISTRY KOR + SOL = pyrite: fool’s gold. The gold one is not amused.
ON THE SHELF
PINK · ERBIUM
the rare earth whose salts are exactly this pink
CHEMISTRY VESP + glass fibre = the amplifier the internet runs through.
ON THE SHELF
YELLOW · SULFUR
brimstone, noon, the yellow that does not fade
CHEMISTRY SOL + rubber = the tyre. Sulfur is in everything that grips.
ON THE SHELF
BLUE · COBALT
cobalt glass; cold starts, long hauls
CHEMISTRY RIME + sand + heat = cobalt glass. Blue you can see through.
ON THE SHELF
PURPLE · IODINE
the vapour that goes violet the moment it is warmed
CHEMISTRY IRIS + starch = blue-black. Ask a potato.
INBOUND · ORDERED · case SL-WM-0618
BLACK · CARBON
the same element as graphite, arranged so no light gets out
CHEMISTRY MIDNIGHT + GRAPHITE + pressure = a diamond nobody has seen.
UNVERIFIED · case SL-WM-0000
GRAPHITE · CARBON
the same element as the black one, arranged so it blends
CHEMISTRY GRAPHITE + paper = every sighting ever written down.
UNVERIFIED · case SL-WM-0001
ORANGE · SODIUM
the streetlight orange; the flame test never lies
CHEMISTRY SODIUM + water = do not. The lifeguard has a rule for a reason.
UNVERIFIED · case SL-WM-0002
WHITE · TITANIUM
the whitest pigment there is; the clean pour
CHEMISTRY TITANIUM + oxygen = the white itself. Also sunscreen.
UNVERIFIED · case SL-WM-0003
TEAL · VERDIGRIS
copper after the weather has been at it; kin to the AI one
CHEMISTRY VERDIGRIS + vinegar = copper again.
UNVERIFIED · case SL-WM-0004
AI · COPPER
the wire the machine thinks through
CHEMISTRY COPPER + weather = TEAL. COPPER + a current = everything this page runs on.
UNVERIFIED · case SL-WM-0005
GOLD · GOLD
the first pour, kept
CHEMISTRY GOLD + anything = gold. That is the whole point of gold.
UNVERIFIED · case SL-WM-0006
THE FOURTEENTH · YOUR CALL
Four candidates, none of them a cousin of the thirteen. Tap one. The vote lands at the station; the tally is read out on the Burn Trail when the run is decided, and the winner becomes case SL-WM-0007.
FIVE ON THE SHELF · ONE INBOUND · SEVEN UNVERIFIED
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