Welcome, reader.
You now hold in your hands The Keyboard Manual, the most indispensable of guides for navigation, compliance, and continuity within the Neutral Zone.
This manual is not merely a reference—it is a companion. Within these pages you will find detailed accounts of the twelve primary functions, F1 through F12. Their roles are explained with precision, their histories footnoted, and their practical applications rendered as clearly as the medium allows. Treat them not as buttons, but as thresholds—each one a passageway to hidden operations, forgotten protocols, and occasionally, personal peril.
The contents are arranged systematically, though not always logically. This is by design. You are expected to study, to adapt, and to improvise. In doing so, the Manual becomes more than text: it becomes a stabilizing force, a bridge across collapsing systems.
Beyond the numbered functions, buried deep at the back, lies Appendix XIII. This section is restricted. Its presence is acknowledged only to remind you not to seek it out. Attempts to access its contents are neither advised nor permitted. Its existence is, officially, theoretical.
Proceed with care, reader.
May your hands remain steady, and your keystrokes deliberate.
This manual has been prepared under the authority of Deputy Sub-Registrar Alphon Quill, Office of Peripheral Standards, Neutral Zone Administration.
Deputy Quill has served in the Registry for twenty-three years, specializing in documentation protocol, compliance indexing, and the codification of minor operational procedures. He is the author of several standard reference works, including Storage Protocols and Safety Measures and A Brief Compendium of Neutral Zone Treaties.
His contributions to administrative clarity have been recognized with multiple citations for diligence and adherence, most recently the Neutral Zone’s Bronze Ledger Award for Sustained Accuracy.
Deputy Quill resides within a certified habitation unit in District 7 and maintains no affiliations beyond his office. He considers the completion of this manual to be his final professional undertaking.
When questioned regarding the inclusion of Appendix XIII, Deputy Quill declined to comment.