Keep Records

The Keep record is written account of life in Holloway’s Keep. Every guest must keep their own individual record of their stay. This record is combined with the records of other guests in order to weave a single, cohesive archive of life within the walls.
The record is a leather-bound notebook with thick linen paper and either soft or hard covers depending on preference. Each record has its owner's name stamped on the cover in gilt lettering. The books can be anywhere from five to eleven inches in height.
Inside the book are two manila dividers. One is marked with the guest’s name. This is their personal record where they can contribute entries. The other is marked "Holloway’s Keep." This is the collaborative record of the keep as a whole, consisting of every entry ever made.
Guests must make an entry in their personal record at least once a month. If they don't, the journal will remind them. Text will seep from the page, letter after letter marching onto the guest's skin until the guest notices and resumes writing. However, they needn’t be literate. While a written transcript of an entry will always appear, guests need only touch a page and then speak or sign in order to make audio or video entries respectively.
For video entries, an image will appear on the right-hand page. When this image is touched, the entry contents will play back. However, a written transcript of the entry will also appear on the adjacent page. Making an audio entry will also cause a written transcript to appear, and touching any written transcript will cause it to be read aloud. Entries may also be in any language. A transcript will always appear in the language of the reader.
So if, for example, Harry chose to sign at his record, then an image would appear on the right hand page. It would play back a video of his sign when touched. A written transcript of the entry would appear on the adjacent page.
Guests may leave notes (comments) on others' entries in the Holloway's Keep portion of the record. These notes are also visible to others and may also be made via audio, video or text. In the case of video, a userpic-sized image will appear beside the note, otherwise notes appear as text only.
All entries and notes are automatically signed with the name of their writer, unless the writer manually signs their entry with an alternate pseudonym (e.g. Batman). However, any attempt to sign an entry with another guest's name will cause the record to revert to the default signature.
Guests will be unable to match another’s name to their face in person unless that other has made an audio or video entry.
Each record comes with its own handy self-inking quill-pen which never runs out of ink. These quills are in black by default. If lost, these quills can be replaced, but guests must first seek out The Porcupine.
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