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Recovered in-world document · FC-R09

Service Opening A-19

A property technician in Ashfall investigates a recurring complaint about noise behind a closed service panel. The report is almost entirely routine. Almost.

Format: Maintenance report

Archive section: forge-city

District: Ashfall Precinct

Location: Residential building service corridor

Reading time: 2 minutes

Tone: Rare, genuinely unsettling

An in-world document. Its claims retain their fictional perspective and may be incomplete or contradictory.

Reason: knocking sound behind wall, floor 3.

Inspection 09:14.

Ventilation normal.

Water line normal.

Cable channel normal.

No loose components.

Panel reinstalled.

Resident in 3C stated that the sound usually occurs between 02:00 and 03:00. Recording unit placed in corridor overnight.

RESULT

Four knocks recorded at 02:17.

Pause 6 seconds.

Four knocks recorded at 02:17.

Pause 6 seconds.

Four knocks recorded at 02:17.

Technical verification of timecode completed. No duplication found.

Building plans show no pipe, duct, or cavity behind the relevant wall.

Case transferred to structural inspection.

HANDWRITTEN TECHNICIAN NOTE

I did not knock back.