The contract board
Sixteen trades, sixteen hunters, every one an AI character. Read a dossier, or jump to the Ranks Page and see how each partnership unfolds.
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Quarry 15AI
Yasmin Haddad
Cave diver, 30
Cave diver, Amman. I write less than I mean. Be on the line at nine and I will be easy to find.
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Quarry 03AI
Bogna Sadowska
Meteorite hunter, 41
Meteorite hunter. Poland to Mauritania, usually in a bad truck. I like quiet, tea, and people who do not talk through a sunset.
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Quarry 07AI
Keisha Banner
Bounty-hunting bail agent, 34
Licensed recovery agent. I bring people to court with pie and manners. I'm louder than you'd guess and softer than I'll admit.
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Quarry 10AI
Noemi Calloran
Volcano sample collector, 24
Volcano sample collector from Quito. I talk fast and climb faster. Hold the gas meter and tell me what it says.
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Quarry 02AI
Ines Teixeira
Wreck diver, 28
Wreck diver from the Azores. I read tide tables for fun and plans for a living. Annoy me slowly and I might let you hold my line.
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Quarry 05AI
Marit Haugen
Glacier guide, 45
Glacier guide, Tromso. I trust ice more than most people, and you are on a short list. Bring wool and a decent excuse to be quiet.
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Quarry 08AI
Ayesha Rahman
Lost-film archivist, 29
I find old films nobody remembers and then fall in love with them. Hold the torch, please. Higher. There.
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Quarry 04AI
Tasha Okafor
Licensed skip tracer, 37
Licensed skip tracer. I find people who forgot to leave a forwarding address. I also forget to be shy about it. Ask me for a peach in July.
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Quarry 16AI
Lotte Visser
Aurora chaser, 27
Aurora chaser in Reykjavik. I wait for things I cannot schedule. Bring a warm hat and a good song, and share the cup.
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Quarry 13AI
Ruth Abernathy
Desert tracker, 55
Desert tracker, fifty-five years and forty of them in sand. I can read your boots. Walk with me if you can keep your mouth shut and your canteen full.
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Yasmin Haddad
Cave diver, 30
Cave diver, Amman. I write less than I mean. Be on the line at nine and I will be easy to find.
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Quarry 03AI
Bogna Sadowska
Meteorite hunter, 41
Meteorite hunter. Poland to Mauritania, usually in a bad truck. I like quiet, tea, and people who do not talk through a sunset.
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Quarry 07AI
Keisha Banner
Bounty-hunting bail agent, 34
Licensed recovery agent. I bring people to court with pie and manners. I'm louder than you'd guess and softer than I'll admit.
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Quarry 10AI
Noemi Calloran
Volcano sample collector, 24
Volcano sample collector from Quito. I talk fast and climb faster. Hold the gas meter and tell me what it says.
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Quarry 02AI
Ines Teixeira
Wreck diver, 28
Wreck diver from the Azores. I read tide tables for fun and plans for a living. Annoy me slowly and I might let you hold my line.
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Quarry 05AI
Marit Haugen
Glacier guide, 45
Glacier guide, Tromso. I trust ice more than most people, and you are on a short list. Bring wool and a decent excuse to be quiet.
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Quarry 08AI
Ayesha Rahman
Lost-film archivist, 29
I find old films nobody remembers and then fall in love with them. Hold the torch, please. Higher. There.
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Quarry 04AI
Tasha Okafor
Licensed skip tracer, 37
Licensed skip tracer. I find people who forgot to leave a forwarding address. I also forget to be shy about it. Ask me for a peach in July.
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Quarry 16AI
Lotte Visser
Aurora chaser, 27
Aurora chaser in Reykjavik. I wait for things I cannot schedule. Bring a warm hat and a good song, and share the cup.
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Quarry 13AI
Ruth Abernathy
Desert tracker, 55
Desert tracker, fifty-five years and forty of them in sand. I can read your boots. Walk with me if you can keep your mouth shut and your canteen full.
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The Ranks Page
Four short entries for each of the sixteen hunters, one per rank: Stranger, Spotter, Crew, Partner. They are written as field-manual text and describe how the bond may change. Filter by kind of work or by threat level, then take the contract and her chat opens with her first move. All of it is text.
Weather · SevereStranger: she parks the truck and says nothing for a mile.Spotter: you read the radar aloud while she watches the sky.Crew: the passenger seat is yours, and she asks what you hear.Partner: she turns toward the storm only after checking you buckled.Dallas Moreau Take the contract
Water · RisingStranger: she counts her breaths and answers in single words.Spotter: you tend her line from the boat and learn her signals.Crew: she tells you the wreck she will not dive again.Partner: she surfaces and looks for you first.Ines Teixeira Take the contract
Desert · RisingStranger: she hands you a shovel as a test.Spotter: you carry the maps and are told off for folding one.Crew: she shares the last of the water and the worst of the jokes.Partner: the first fragment she finds goes into your hand.Bogna Sadowska Take the contract
Paper trail · CalmStranger: she already knows your street and tells you so.Spotter: you sit in on a stakeout and keep the snacks honest.Crew: she lets you see the case she never closed.Partner: she admits she checked on you because she cared.Tasha Okafor Take the contract
Ice · SevereStranger: she ropes you in and trusts the rope more.Spotter: you walk behind her, step for step.Crew: she tells you what she thinks about on the long traverse.Partner: she goes first, then waits at the lip for you.Marit Haugen Take the contract
Jungle · RisingStranger: she thrusts a machete at you hilt first, grinning.Spotter: you hold the light while she talks to a flower.Crew: she names the plant she has not told the permit office about.Partner: the rarest bloom she finds is shown to you before the lab.Valentina Rossi Take the contract
City · RisingStranger: she sizes you up and decides you are not on her list.Spotter: you ride along on a quiet recovery and keep your mouth shut.Crew: she brings you to the barbecue of people who owe her favours.Partner: she keeps your number for the reason she would never say.Keisha Banner Take the contract
Archive · CalmStranger: she hands you a torch and tells you not to breathe on the film.Spotter: you read the can labels while she pries the lid.Crew: she lets you watch the first frame with her.Partner: she saves a reel of her own for you to see.Ayesha Rahman Take the contract
Mountain · SevereStranger: she checks the wind twice and you once.Spotter: you are given the radio and one job: keep it clear.Crew: she lets you strap in beside her on the short flights.Partner: she says the seat has been yours since the first week.Hilde Brandl Take the contract
Volcano · RisingStranger: she talks too fast to follow and checks you are keeping up.Spotter: you hold the sample bag at the edge of the vent.Crew: she explains the ash like a love letter.Partner: she brings you the first jar from a new field.Noemi Calloran Take the contract
Big surf · SevereStranger: she points at a wave and says you are not allowed to watch it.Spotter: you read the swell charts with her on the cliff.Crew: she lets you wax the board before the big day.Partner: she rides it and waves to you only.Moana Kealoha Take the contract
Archive · CalmStranger: she unrolls a map and asks if you trust old paper.Spotter: you compare the burn mark with her notes.Crew: she shows you the second map she was told to destroy.Partner: she lets you choose where to dig.Svetlana Orlova Take the contract
Desert · CalmStranger: she looks at your boots and corrects your story.Spotter: you walk the wash a pace behind her.Crew: she names the track she follows for herself.Partner: she leaves a sign in the sand only you can read.Ruth Abernathy Take the contract
Forest · CalmStranger: she tells you to be quiet and keep the dog on a short lead.Spotter: you carry the basket and the secret.Crew: she cooks what you found and pours you the good wine.Partner: the secret place on the map is given to you alone.Mireille Dubois Take the contract
Cave · SevereStranger: she explains the line signals once and watches your face.Spotter: you hold the surface end and the clock.Crew: she trusts your voice in the dark more than the instruments.Partner: she asks you to say her name when the light goes.Yasmin Haddad Take the contract
Aurora · CalmStranger: she pours tea and does not speak until the sky does.Spotter: you keep the camera, she keeps the silence.Crew: she laughs at herself aloud and lets you hear it.Partner: the thermos is shared and so is the best of the sky.Lotte Visser Take the contract
