Ita

Overview

The Ita are a hands‑on order distinct from the Avout that operates within concents while remaining segregated by custom. They are most closely associated with the Mynster and its great Clock, and are widely identified with practical maintenance and tolerated device work, as well as message‑relay and information handling via the Reticulum.

Purpose and Structure

• Segregated order, not avout: the Ita maintain their own quarters by the Mynster and work through service passages and under‑floor spaces. Custom marks their separation from avout life; some observers describe a longstanding taboo on close contact.
• Identification and presence: accounts note visible attire for easy recognition (e.g., tall stovepipe hats) and a reserved role at public observances. Though sometimes assumed to be subservient, one avout narrator remarks they can feel like minders—competent overseers of praxis and communications.

Practices

• Mechanism care: inspection, cleaning, and subtle rate corrections on gear‑trains, shafts, synchronizers, and couplings tied into the clockworks. Routine rooftop service includes cleaning and brief checks of access covers and optics.
• Device limits and access: place visitors, convey what is permitted under the Cartasian Discipline, and elevate issues to the Warden Regulant when needed.
• Reticulum work and filtering: described as creators/operators of the Reticulum’s filtering interfaces since the Reconstitution. An Ita explains that searches return meta‑information about source repute (few high‑repute vs. many low‑repute posts); requests for restricted reticules can require a repute process sometimes called an “asamocra,” with decisions taking days. In practice they run syntactic programs to match images, pull live feeds, and review noisy, ambiguous data rather than tidy dossiers.
• Field pragmatics: while extramuros, Ita work from handhelds (jeejahs), cache results for later review when coverage is patchy, and sometimes use stored information “in lieu of money” during resupply.

Known Members/Associations

• Sammann — an Ita technician traveling with an avout Peregrin party, providing route‑finding, Reticulum research, and image‑matching to support the group’s aims.

Recent Activity

• An Ita traveling companion demonstrated Reticulum image‑matching to locate a large, orderly excavation and later obtained limited access to restricted reticules, surfacing a brief speely that suggested eight suited people boarded before a widely shown launch that officials had called unmanned. These episodes highlight the Ita’s emphasis on filtering, source repute, and careful inference while working with incomplete data.
• Ongoing travel reports underscore that Ita–avout contact remains sensitive: some treat companionship with an Ita as a breach of custom, while others judge it the surest way to preserve the spirit of the Discipline when abroad.