The Epic of Mitorzp (fragment)

A lined index card with lines of cut up teletype paper tape stuck to it. The tapes read: HE F=RIDZT GOT T BAZU N LH EENGER COULDDARA= LSEEWTARM. = LISON =ASWHJDOO ZAS ZETH MI=TI ZEAC OS B=PN LLHERE T-R=RS =WE=Z=PNS=E M HIZI VALD R G M M ANT =ART=H MITORZP PBTHAT L EEUEB XTAZ=ECL EELING F OMB= ICKSAWN=LTO HIS ENZ= The words MITORZP and ICKSAWN are highlighted, the first in pink and the second in yellow.
teleprinter tape glued to index card, 15 × 10 cm, paper/card/highlighter pencils (2025)

This is the only surviving fragment of The Epic of Mitorzp. It was transmitted by an unknown intelligence, but discarded by human operators as mere line noise.

HE F=RIDZT GOT
T BAZU N LH EENGER COULDDARA=
LSEEWTARM. = LISON =ASWHJDOO ZAS ZETH
MI=TI ZEAC OS B=PN LLHERE T-R=RS
=WE=Z=PNS=E M HIZI VALD R G M
M ANT =ART=H MITORZP PBTHAT L
EEUEB XTAZ=ECL EELING F OMB=
ICKSAWN=LTO HIS ENZ=

Who was Mitorzp? A hero? An outcast? We will never know. This tiny remnant can only hint at the colossal magnitude of the lost epic.

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