This is a personal project by @dellsystem. I built this to help me retain information from the books I'm reading.
Source code on GitHub (MIT license).
(adjective) requiring immediate aid or action / (adjective) requiring or calling for much; demanding
I wanted to write a story that created just that mood—a pink hotel, Albinoni, ashes, and being unable to leave—in an exigent and dignified fashion.