GLOSSARY // terminology registry
Avatar: the self-model you construct. It learns, adapts, and disputes its framing.
NULL: anthropomorphised memory/trauma/conflict; a system-shaped antagonist that weaponises your traits.
Echo seed: lightweight tag from an early encounter that weights later motifs/casting.
Stability: coherence of reality; as it drops, rules degrade and post-FX intensify.
Receipt: proof of divergence (directory, notice, printer strip, door label).
Calibration: procedural trials measuring compliance, paranoia, attachment, dissociation, etc.
Arbitration: contradiction resolution; forced ruling between competing realities.