I carefully set the 'scriber down on the white stone and look around.

I slipped my 'scriber from my vest pocket.

I picked up the slate and 'scriber and paced back and forth in my Schrödinger cell.

In each of the stalls, a cardinal jotted the name on a 'scriber pad provided by the Scrutineers.

Floating on light, freecasting into the universe with my stylus and 'scriber tucked under my arm, I still had not decided.

Give me your stylus 'scriber there if you want me to spell it out in big block letters for you, boy.

I clutch my 'scriber to me like a shield, like some talisman, like a Bible, and walk the once-proud boulevard with shaky legs.

Comlogs and 'scribers filled with data and scribbled notes.

For a moment the wardroom was littered with floating 'scribers, magazines, pulse knives, impact armor, and stripped-down energy lances.

The Memo-Scriber's counter, set to 000 when I went to bed, was now at 012.

"Report?" I said, opening my hands and setting the 'scriber on a table tray.

At the end of the Conclave, the 'scribers would be scrambled, their files deleted so that no record of the voting would remain.

I was standing there in the doorway with the Memo-Scriber under my arm, looking at the empty desk and sweating like a pig.

"See your 'scriber anywhere?"