Survey the plot by doing the math. One marker at a time.
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RANK ON COMPLETION: FARE EXAMINERWEEK 20
THE CONDUCTOR: "A seat is a promise with a number on it. Two promises, one seat, is called a lie with a receipt."
THE TRANSITION LINE // EPISODE 5 // THE DOUBLE FARE
Stop five. The passenger office. Seat 14C keeps being sold twice, and the second ticket always costs exactly forty percent more.
PREVIOUSLY The Hold cleared, and the Conductor underlined one thing twice: watch the percent math at the fare office.
THE CASE Fare inspector Emmett Cole double-books window seats at a forty percent markup and pockets the difference between the stubs.
Filed by the quartermaster, Pippa George.
Crew name: Class key:
The run will not start without a name. Ten markers, three hint tiers each. Written work handed in class is the gate: no paper, no credit.
Run Voucher
Crew: Class key: Course: Transition Math (THE TRANSITION LINE) Run component: The Double Fare Rank on completion: Fare Examiner POINTS AWARDED: on the 5 point scale (whole number, never a percent) Ledger: entry 5 of 8, filed and carried to the End of the Line Hint tiers used: Quartermaster of record: Pippa George Stamp: ______________________
Paper gate: written work handed in class is the gate. No paper, no credit.