Sorted by expectation
The shelves are labeled with vessel names rather than streets. A person traveling on a different boat can therefore arrive in the bay while their letter remains in the wrong compartment. The clerk's task includes asking questions that the address did not anticipate, connecting a written destination to a journey that changed en route.
The window above the landing
From the office, only the upper steps of the landing are visible. A person appears a little at a time as they climb. Regular visitors call out before reaching the door, and the clerk starts looking for an envelope by recognizing a voice. Delivery is a social act as much as a sorting procedure.
The letter sent back
After several missed arrivals, an envelope is prepared for return. Before it leaves, the expected recipient finally calls at the office. The story's small tension rests on that near crossing of movements, when a sentence almost makes the journey home again without reaching the person for whom it was written.
From the fictional county archive
Held through two expected arrivals. Recipient may have transferred to another vessel. Check at the quay before returning.
Original world fiction published by Somatry. These location stories expand the setting for readers; they are not case evidence, walkthroughs or a list of confirmed playable DLC missions.