Amber Pearson
To the Unexpected Visitor,
Since the Visitor has approached frankly, said Visitor will receive
frankness in return. The Visitor has stated his or her intentions
to affect the course of events in this Apartment and apparently is willfully
altering the mental state of the Primary Inhabitant (addressed as “It”
by the Visitor). The Visitor also states intent to stay with a mild suggestion
of impending psychosis should leaving be suggested as an option. Very well.
The Primary Inhabitant shall, due to lack of feasible alternatives, allow this state
to continue and upgrade the Visitor’s status to Trial Resident (hereafter
called the Resident) if the following regulations are upheld:
The Resident shall confine his or her manipulations of the Primary
Inhabitant to those changes that do not increase entropy
only. Entropic-plus changes to the Primary Inhabitant
shall be at that Inhabitant’s discretion and desire.
The Resident may manipulate the Apartment and all subsidiary Objects
exclusive of the Primary Inhabitant in ways that create
aesthetic value to either the Resident or the Primary Inhabitant
and do not violate the first regulation. The Resident should submit
a request for action regarding any entropic-plus changes,
insofar as such a request does not nullify said aesthetic value.
The Resident may manipulate any Primary Inhabitant Authorized Visitors
if a Request for Action is submitted prior to the Day of Visitation.
Once inside the Apartment, Authorized Visitors’ possessions
fall under the regulatory code concerning the Apartment as a whole.
The Resident may manipulate any Unauthorized Visitors in any manner desired,
keeping in mind the first regulation and the Terms
of the Apartment Lease which state that Official Work-persons
employed by the Apartment Complex may enter unasked
to perform chores such as pest-control. The Primary Inhabitant
would be grateful, however, of any Surveillance of these Unasked
Authorized Visitors that the Resident would care to do.
The Resident shall inform the Primary Inhabitant of any extended periods of absence
and shall announce his or her return, as Primary Resident
does not want to have to guess as to status of Resident.
The Resident is asked to recognize that the Quality of Invisibility
is disconcerting and behave accordingly.
Insofar as the Resident’s home is the Apartment and the Resident’s actions
do not affect the Primary Inhabitant, the Resident may do
as he or she likes within the context of these boundaries.
In exchange, the Primary Inhabitant will commit to the following regulations:
The Primary Inhabitant shall retain ultimate Discretionary Power
regarding the Primary Inhabitant, the Apartment
and its subsidiary Objects, and any Visitors until such time
as this document is reopened for revision.
The Primary Inhabitant shall cooperate with the Resident’s manipulations,
both of the Primary Inhabitant as well as the Apartment
and its subsidiary Objects that do not violate any of the above
regulations and that the Primary Inhabitant does not
find aesthetically displeasing.
The Primary Inhabitant will consult the Resident on large aesthetic changes
to the Apartment and subsidiary Objects, as Primary
Inhabitant is aware of the concern the Resident has for these.
The Primary Inhabitant shall announce Potential Visitors beforehand when possible
and offer the Resident a forum for arguing against
formal Authorization of said Potential Visitors.
The Primary Inhabitant shall continue to maintain the basic continuity of the Apartment
and its subsidiary Objects by maintaining
said Apartment’s upkeep through paying of rent, utilities,
and media channels; and by performing routine cleaning
and maintenance of the Apartment and its subsidiary Objects.
The Resident shall inform the Primary Inhabitant of any extended periods of absence
and shall announce his or her return.
Violation of the above regulations and strictures by either party shall result
in re-examination of this document and an investigation into the sustainability
of the Resident’s Residential status.
With Hope,
It