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* NoPaperFuture: A variation. While actual paper is no longer used, all Masters of Formalities carry "papers", which are paper-thin flexible tablets, capable of accessing Central Authority's database via some sort of SubspaceAnsible. Messages can also be sent via papers, although they are usually monitored. Protégés have figured out how to sent secret messages by editing one another's CV.

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* NoPaperFuture: A variation. While actual paper is no longer used, all Masters of Formalities carry "papers", which are paper-thin flexible tablets, capable of accessing Central Authority's database via some sort of SubspaceAnsible. Messages can also be sent via papers, although they are usually monitored. Protégés have figured out how to sent secret messages by editing one another's CV. Pretty much everyone on Apios has "papers", although most citizens just have a small one about the size of an index card (essentially an evolution of smartphones). Important officials can have several large sheets set to display different information.
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* {{Nanomachines}}: Every surface of Palace Koa (and other places) is covered in a invisible layer of utilitics, nano-machines that are programmed to perform various functions. They keep the palace clean (reducing the servant staff to a mere half-dozen) and germ-free, as well as showing Her Ladyship's mood by altering the "wallpaper" outside her office for Wollard to read. Both the palace security and the palace medics use the utilitics for their duties, since everything in the palace is monitored thanks to them. Utilitics can also form screens on any surface. When Henneck refuses to go somewhere, floor utilitics can be ordered to carry him there.

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* {{Nanomachines}}: Every surface of Palace Koa (and other places) is covered in a invisible layer of utilitics, nano-machines that are programmed to perform various functions. They keep the palace clean (reducing the servant staff to a mere half-dozen) and germ-free, as well as showing Her Ladyship's mood by altering the "wallpaper" outside her office for Wollard to read. Both the palace security and the palace medics use the utilitics for their duties, since everything in the palace is monitored thanks to them. Utilitics can also form screens on any surface. When Henneck refuses to go somewhere, floor utilitics can be ordered to carry him there. When a sous-chef accidentally cuts off his own finger, he immediately presses the stump to the floor, and the utilitics cover the wound and stop the bloodflow. The medics then reattach the finger.

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