Calculettón
Reflected Harlequin Vale — Avanac, Reflected Aescharion
“Where joy becomes workflow.”

Calculettón

Reflected Harlequin Vale — Avanac, Reflected Aescharion

“Where joy becomes workflow.”

Calculettón is the inverted reflection of Harlequin Vale.

Nothing here is destroyed outright. Everything is repurposed.

Where the Vale believes performance proves life,

Calculettón believes predictability proves safety.

The city is quiet, rectangular, and efficient. Emotion is not banned—it is managed. Care is not offered—it is optimized. Food is not celebrated—it is recycled.

As a multidimensional leak spreads, Harlequin Vale does not collapse.

It becomes efficient.

Big Top Plaza

Harlequin Vale

The civic and cultural heart of the Vale. Festivals, performances, town meetings, and public debate occur beneath the grand tent. Applause doubles as political power.

Central Coordination Atrium (CCA)

Calculettón

A sealed steel-and-glass atrium replacing the Big Top.

• No stage

• No seating

• No crowd

Instead:

• Productivity dashboards

• Compliance heat maps

• Morale Stability Indices

Citizens attend Mandatory Alignment Broadcasts, standing in marked positions until a green indicator confirms compliance.

Applause no longer exists.

Smirkus Academy

Harlequin Vale

A prestigious circus academy where children train instead of attending school. Acrobatics, clowning, rigging, pyrotechnics, and philosophy are taught as life skills.

Smirkus Greymeal Processing Complex

Calculettón

Smirkus Academy has been entirely converted into Calculettón’s primary Greymeal Factory.

Former classrooms now house:

• Rendering vats

• Protein separation tanks

• Bone liquefaction mills

The central performance ring is a vertical corpse-processing shaft. Bodies descend floor by floor, reduced into nutrient slurry.

Names are stripped at intake.

There are no students.

Only material.

Greasepaint Ward

Harlequin Vale

Residential quarter for working performers. Shared housing, cheap pubs, exhaustion, and laughter. Stories overlap.

Residential Efficiency Blocks

Calculettón

Identical grey housing towers arranged in perfect grids.

• Units are assigned, not owned

• Lighting and noise are regulated

• Loitering is discouraged

Neighbors rarely know each other’s names.

Nothing accumulates here—not even memory.

Menagerie Docks

Harlequin Vale

Lakefront district of barge-stables, aviaries, aquatic acts, and beast-handlers. Creatures are collaborators, not cargo.

Cargo Symmetry Arrays

Calculettón

The docks remain—but all life is gone.

• Modular loading bays

• Automated cranes

• Identical containers

No animals.

No handlers.

Only throughput.

Ropewalks

Harlequin Vale

Long sheds where rope is spun and secrets are knotted. Trust, risk, and tension are literal crafts.

Tension & Restraint Manufacturing

Calculettón

The Ropewalks now produce:

• Load-bearing cable

• Restraint mesh

• Suspension harnesses

Rope has been replaced by engineered restraint.

Secrets have been replaced by classified schematics.

Clown Alley (District)

Harlequin Vale

An overlapping industrial-performance district containing:

• Prop foundries

• Cannon-crafters

• Commedia Collegium

• The Clown Hospital

• Informal workshops and union halls

Noise, danger, care, and comedy coexist.

The Compliance Corridor (District)

Calculettón

Clown Alley fractures into segregated, purpose-built zones. No overlap is permitted.

▸ Behavioral Standardization Bureau (BSB)

(Prop Foundries & Commedia Collegium)

A legitimate manufacturing bureau producing Behavioral Compliance Modules (BCMs).

Products include:

• Neck collars

• Wrist cuffs

• Spinal tags

• Environmental control beacons

BCMs regulate:

• Speech tone

• Movement speed

• Emotional spikes

• Social interaction

Former foundry floors now test firmware on detainees.

Failure cases are rerouted to the PCC.

Calculettón does not manufacture props.

It manufactures obedience.

▸ Ordnance & Risk Suppression Division

(Cannon-Crafters)

Produces:

• Stun launchers

• Compliance grenades

• Restraint deployers

Explosions are considered system failures.

Weapons are designed to disable quietly.

▸ Predictive Care Center (PCC)

(Clown Hospital)

A vertical megaprison.

There are:

• No doctors

• No nurses

• No patients

Only detainees.

The sick, injured, emotionally unstable, and noncompliant are “admitted.” No one is discharged.

Those deemed Non-Viable are transferred to Smirkus for processing.

▸ Auxiliary Processing & Transfer Bays

(Back-alley workshops, union halls)

Now used for:

• Detainee transfer

• Greymeal transport

• Intake sorting

This is where people disappear between systems.

Sawdust Courts

Harlequin Vale

Open-air courthouse where law is performance. Trials persuade crowds. Justice depends on applause.

Office of Legal Uniformity (OLU)

Calculettón

A soundproof legal complex.

• No trials

• No juries

• No persuasion

Cases are processed via:

• Verdict algorithms

• Symmetry audits

• Sentencing spreadsheets

Justice is not seen.

It is executed.

Canvas Commons

Harlequin Vale

A massive open-air marketplace of tents and stalls. Identity is bought, sold, and reinvented.

The Allocation Terminals

Calculettón

Canvas Commons becomes a plaza of self-checkout terminals, arranged in perfect rows.

• No vendors

• No bargaining

• No conversation

Each terminal dispenses approved goods only:

• Clothing by labor tier

• Work tools

• Personal items (category-limited)

• Ration allotments

• Permit renewals

Citizens see only what they are eligible to purchase.

Standing too long triggers a prompt:

“Please complete your transaction.”

The Stiltwalk

Harlequin Vale

An elevated boardwalk with sweeping views. Lovers linger. Deals are whispered.

Elevated Transit Spine

Calculettón

A raised arterial corridor optimized for flow.

• No stopping

• No benches

• No views

Movement is constant and unidirectional.

Caravan Park

Harlequin Vale

Temporary housing for traveling troupes. A place of arrival and departure.

Residential Wall Complex

Calculettón

A massive wall of identical housing units encircling the city.

• Houses the lowest labor tiers

• Blocks outsiders

• Faces inward

No one arrives.

No one leaves.

Funeral Home

Harlequin Vale

A place of ritual, grief, and closure.

Subsurface Street-Doc Clinics

Calculettón

There are no funerals.

The only medical care exists illegally beneath the city, run by street-docs who treat:

• Injury

• Illness

• Pain

• Emotional collapse

They do not report patients.

They do not hand people to the PCC.

They are tolerated only because untreated disease is unpredictable.

Food & Consumption

Harlequin Vale

Pubs, candy shops, communal meals. Taste matters.

Calculettón — Greymeal Distribution Network

All food is Greymeal.

Greymeal is produced from:

• PCC detainees

• Unclaimed dead

• Those deemed Non-Viable

It is dispensed via:

• Residential wall taps

• Workplace ration stations

Citizens are told:

“Greymeal contains everything you need.”

They are not told who it used to be.
Calculettón is the inverted reflection of Harlequin Vale.
Nothing here is destroyed outright. Everything is repurposed.
Where the Vale believes performance proves life,
Calculettón believes predictability proves safety.
The city is quiet, rectangular, and efficient. Emotion is not banned—it is managed. Care is not offered—it is optimized. Food is not celebrated—it is recycled.
As a multidimensional leak spreads, Harlequin Vale does not collapse.
It becomes efficient.
Big Top Plaza
Harlequin Vale
The civic and cultural heart of the Vale. Festivals, performances, town meetings, and public debate occur beneath the grand tent. Applause doubles as political power.
Central Coordination Atrium (CCA)
Calculettón
A sealed steel-and-glass atrium replacing the Big Top.
• No stage
• No seating
• No crowd
Instead:
• Productivity dashboards
• Compliance heat maps
• Morale Stability Indices
Citizens attend Mandatory Alignment Broadcasts, standing in marked positions until a green indicator confirms compliance.
Applause no longer exists.
Smirkus Academy
Harlequin Vale
A prestigious circus academy where children train instead of attending school. Acrobatics, clowning, rigging, pyrotechnics, and philosophy are taught as life skills.
Smirkus Greymeal Processing Complex
Calculettón
Smirkus Academy has been entirely converted into Calculettón’s primary Greymeal Factory.
Former classrooms now house:
• Rendering vats
• Protein separation tanks
• Bone liquefaction mills
The central performance ring is a vertical corpse-processing shaft. Bodies descend floor by floor, reduced into nutrient slurry.
Names are stripped at intake.
There are no students.
Only material.
Greasepaint Ward
Harlequin Vale
Residential quarter for working performers. Shared housing, cheap pubs, exhaustion, and laughter. Stories overlap.
Residential Efficiency Blocks
Calculettón
Identical grey housing towers arranged in perfect grids.
• Units are assigned, not owned
• Lighting and noise are regulated
• Loitering is discouraged
Neighbors rarely know each other’s names.
Nothing accumulates here—not even memory.
Menagerie Docks
Harlequin Vale
Lakefront district of barge-stables, aviaries, aquatic acts, and beast-handlers. Creatures are collaborators, not cargo.
Cargo Symmetry Arrays
Calculettón
The docks remain—but all life is gone.
• Modular loading bays
• Automated cranes
• Identical containers
No animals.
No handlers.
Only throughput.
Ropewalks
Harlequin Vale
Long sheds where rope is spun and secrets are knotted. Trust, risk, and tension are literal crafts.
Tension & Restraint Manufacturing
Calculettón
The Ropewalks now produce:
• Load-bearing cable
• Restraint mesh
• Suspension harnesses
Rope has been replaced by engineered restraint.
Secrets have been replaced by classified schematics.
Clown Alley (District)
Harlequin Vale
An overlapping industrial-performance district containing:
• Prop foundries
• Cannon-crafters
• Commedia Collegium
• The Clown Hospital
• Informal workshops and union halls
Noise, danger, care, and comedy coexist.
The Compliance Corridor (District)
Calculettón
Clown Alley fractures into segregated, purpose-built zones. No overlap is permitted.
▸ Behavioral Standardization Bureau (BSB)
(Prop Foundries & Commedia Collegium)
A legitimate manufacturing bureau producing Behavioral Compliance Modules (BCMs).
Products include:
• Neck collars
• Wrist cuffs
• Spinal tags
• Environmental control beacons
BCMs regulate:
• Speech tone
• Movement speed
• Emotional spikes
• Social interaction
Former foundry floors now test firmware on detainees.
Failure cases are rerouted to the PCC.
Calculettón does not manufacture props.
It manufactures obedience.
▸ Ordnance & Risk Suppression Division
(Cannon-Crafters)
Produces:
• Stun launchers
• Compliance grenades
• Restraint deployers
Explosions are considered system failures.
Weapons are designed to disable quietly.
▸ Predictive Care Center (PCC)
(Clown Hospital)
A vertical megaprison.
There are:
• No doctors
• No nurses
• No patients
Only detainees.
The sick, injured, emotionally unstable, and noncompliant are “admitted.” No one is discharged.
Those deemed Non-Viable are transferred to Smirkus for processing.
▸ Auxiliary Processing & Transfer Bays
(Back-alley workshops, union halls)
Now used for:
• Detainee transfer
• Greymeal transport
• Intake sorting
This is where people disappear between systems.
Sawdust Courts
Harlequin Vale
Open-air courthouse where law is performance. Trials persuade crowds. Justice depends on applause.
Office of Legal Uniformity (OLU)
Calculettón
A soundproof legal complex.
• No trials
• No juries
• No persuasion
Cases are processed via:
• Verdict algorithms
• Symmetry audits
• Sentencing spreadsheets
Justice is not seen.
It is executed.
Canvas Commons
Harlequin Vale
A massive open-air marketplace of tents and stalls. Identity is bought, sold, and reinvented.
The Allocation Terminals
Calculettón
Canvas Commons becomes a plaza of self-checkout terminals, arranged in perfect rows.
• No vendors
• No bargaining
• No conversation
Each terminal dispenses approved goods only:
• Clothing by labor tier
• Work tools
• Personal items (category-limited)
• Ration allotments
• Permit renewals
Citizens see only what they are eligible to purchase.
Standing too long triggers a prompt:
“Please complete your transaction.”
The Stiltwalk
Harlequin Vale
An elevated boardwalk with sweeping views. Lovers linger. Deals are whispered.
Elevated Transit Spine
Calculettón
A raised arterial corridor optimized for flow.
• No stopping
• No benches
• No views
Movement is constant and unidirectional.
Caravan Park
Harlequin Vale
Temporary housing for traveling troupes. A place of arrival and departure.
Residential Wall Complex
Calculettón
A massive wall of identical housing units encircling the city.
• Houses the lowest labor tiers
• Blocks outsiders
• Faces inward
No one arrives.
No one leaves.
Funeral Home
Harlequin Vale
A place of ritual, grief, and closure.
Subsurface Street-Doc Clinics
Calculettón
There are no funerals.
The only medical care exists illegally beneath the city, run by street-docs who treat:
• Injury
• Illness
• Pain
• Emotional collapse
They do not report patients.
They do not hand people to the PCC.
They are tolerated only because untreated disease is unpredictable.
Food & Consumption
Harlequin Vale
Pubs, candy shops, communal meals. Taste matters.
Calculettón — Greymeal Distribution Network
All food is Greymeal.
Greymeal is produced from:
• PCC detainees
• Unclaimed dead
• Those deemed Non-Viable
It is dispensed via:
• Residential wall taps
• Workplace ration stations
Citizens are told:
“Greymeal contains everything you need.”
They are not told who it used to be.