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Notary Office - 17 x 20
🕑 Added 2025-03-22 08:53:11 +0000 UTC“Every notary carries about inside him the debris of a poet.”
― Gustave Flaubert, Madame Bovary
The Notary's office stood at the end of a dimly lit corridor in a building that seemed older than the city itself. The brass nameplate simply read "Public Notary - Documents Authenticated," though the letters appeared to rearrange themselves when I wasn't looking directly at them.
I needed a simple document notarized – my grandmother's will. The appointment was set for 11:55 PM, an odd time, but the notary insisted it was the only slot available.
The waiting room was a study in faded burgundy and dark wood, filled with the musty scent of old paper. Other clients sat motionless in Victorian chairs, clutching manila envelopes and documents. I couldn't tell how long they'd been there.
"Next," called a voice like rustling parchment.
Inside the office, the notary sat behind an enormous desk covered in stacks of yellowing papers. Her hands were stained with ink that seemed to move beneath her skin like dark veins. The rubber stamps on her desk had symbols I'd never seen before, certainly not official state seals.
"Your document?" she asked, extending fingers that were far too long and jointed in too many places.
I handed over my grandmother's will. She opened it without looking at me, but I noticed her smile reflected in the brass desk lamp – too wide, too many teeth.
"This requires a special seal," she said, reaching into a drawer that shouldn't have been that deep. "And of course, your signature... in red ink."
The pen she offered had no visible ink reservoir. When I pressed it to the paper, it drew blood from my fingertip. The signature glowed momentarily before sinking into the document.
"Perfect," she whispered. "Now, about your own will..."
I looked up to protest but froze. The other clients I'd seen in the waiting room now lined the office walls, their bodies flickering like old photographs. Each held a document bearing a red signature.
The notary's smile widened impossibly. "Everyone needs their papers in order. It's a matter of public record."
I tried to leave, but the door had vanished. The walls were now covered in filing cabinets that stretched into infinite darkness above. Each drawer was labeled with a date – some centuries past, others yet to come.
She opened a drawer marked with tomorrow's date. "Don't worry," she said, her ink-stained fingers extending toward me. "Your documents will be filed properly. They all are."
I'm still here, watching her stamp papers with seals that burn through dimensions. The other clients have become signatures in her ledger, their souls archived in perpetuity.
If you need a document notarized, there are other offices. Don't come here, no matter how late they'll see you. Some signatures can never be undone, and some records are kept far longer than forever.
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grid & gridless variations
PNG files, low (70 PPI) & high (140 PPI) resolutions
splatter & abandoned variations
floor plan
dd2vtt files for FoundryVTT & Roll20
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Notary Office - Day
Notary Office - Night
Notary Office - Splatter - Day
Notary Office - Splatter - Night
Notary Office - Abandoned - Day
Notary Office - Abandoned - Night
Notary Office - Floor plan
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Comments
Panagiotis I
They should match perfectly, the corridor is the only thing shared between both maps. The grid is 70 or 140 PPI depending which images you use (I recommend using the 140 PPI as it is more detailed). Let me know if you face any problem.
Moonflower
Oh! Okay! How well do both sides of the map go together, if I combine them via photoshop? Asking about the grid version!
Panagiotis I
We dreamed of this being a private notary office, not a government building. We have already done the other half of the first floor, you can find it here - https://www.patreon.com/posts/private-and-15-x-113793315. We haven't done the ground floor yet but I can imagine there can be a small shop or some apartment of the building's maintainer. Thanks for the recommendation, we will put this in our backlog and put some more thought on this.
Moonflower
Street Level floor, sorry! I'm not sure. If it is a notory office, it's likely a government building, or... Something? I'm sorry I hadn't really considered what would be down there hah!
Panagiotis I
Sure thing! Just to clarify, do you mean the street level floor, because terminology is different between british and american english (ground / first floor)? Can you share some ideas on what you expect to see there? Maybe some apartment or some other kind of office?
Moonflower
Can we get the first floor, please?
