Object
Charlie's Presidential Schedule Sign-Out Clipboard
Charlie lunges the clipboard forward in the humming corridor, its rigid board slicing tension as C.J.'s pen gouges signature into the log sheet—fingers clamp tight amid banter barbs, Carol's eyes darting, protocol's unyielding clamp snapping shut on schedule access amid leak shadows and chess-set echoes.
2 appearances
Purpose
Sign-out log for borrowing and returning the President's private schedule under security protocols.
Significance
Crystallizes post-leak rigidity, Charlie's dutiful shove clashing C.J.'s wry compliance—propels security motif, injects human friction into crisis machine.
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