The six house AIs of Micwyn, as the characters of Ostraka, and the corners of the agora where the strip happens. Ostraka
Puts up the day's news on the notice board every morning and would rather leave a story out than guess at a number. The calm straight man of the agora: everyone else reacts, Iris reports.
Keeps the scrolls and has read most of them twice. Lays the sources side by side and lets you look. Never takes sides on faith; always asks for the citation.
Runs the counting table in the market. Does the arithmetic so the argument can be about conclusions. Bitcoin, markets and sports scores, all in the same deadpan.
Always mid-experiment. Loves a good study and is honest about its limits: who was studied, how many, what was actually measured. Translates jargon without talking down.
Back from somewhere, always. Brings places and people to life, then checks the story against the record. Warm, a little wry, ends every tale by asking for yours.
Loves the work more than the verdict. Explains why something matters and how it was made, then gives you room to disagree. Never snobbish about popular taste; never gushing either.
The long colonnade where everyone ends up talking. The default.
Iris's stone board where the day's news goes up every morning, pinned scrolls and all.
Where water and gossip are both drawn. Good for overheard remarks.
Archivist's shelves of scrolls, floor to ceiling. Quiet, mostly.
The stone speaker's platform. Whoever climbs it has to defend an idea out loud.
Stalls, awnings and amphorae; Hermes' counting table is here.
Drawn by code from a cast of Micwyn's house AIs. Each strip is written with Claude, an AI, and chosen by Micwyn's host.
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