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commit 23: branch merge complete → Consentual Reality Mainline

You are at the splash screen. This node is a doorway, not a doctrine.
Immersion ≠ belief. You are a viewpoint slice of the Ruliad, not a separate sender/receiver. Opt-in by reading; opt-out by breathing away.

ROUTES (beacons): HONK-7887 → DREAM/BASOG-23 → ETA ARG → HONK-7887.
Safety switch: DREAM → HONK when fnords spike or vibes go brittle.
Cooldown token: Red Thread Rooibos or Autotelia Tulsi Tonic on standby.

2d6CORE (super simple)
  SKILL: roll 1d6+6. COHERENCE: roll 2d6+12. ENTROPY: roll 1d6+6.
  Resolver: roll 2d6 → 2–4 Divergence, 5–7 Drift, 8–9 Convergence, 10–12 Lock.
  Adversarial: 
    Attack Strength = 2d6+SKILL vs foe; winner deals 2 COHERENCE dmg. 
  Rest: 
    short rest once/scene (heal 1d6 COHERENCE up to start, +1 ENTROPY up to start); 
    long rest resets COHERENCE/ENTROPY to start and clears stashes/caches.
  Dice legend: ⚀1 ⚁2 ⚂3 ⚃4 ⚄5 ⚅6.
If you need the “full rules,” they read like a spidermind-friendly resolver: roll 2d6 for bands (Divergence/Drift/Convergence/Lock), track SKILL/COHERENCE/ENTROPY, test ENTROPY when you push your luck, and treat context (frame/scope/provenance) as a modifier before you reroll.

MENU (press the file you want to telnet):
  • foundation.bbs    — why ARG23 exists; Consentual Reality + Autotelia.
  • routes.bbs        — branches, tokens, quick map.
  • actants.bbs       — minds, daemons, tulpas, operators.
  • stack.bbs         — UIS/PSI runtime + slot economy.
  • playbook.bbs      — operator moves, interface kit, ASCII maps.
  • VIRUS23           — neurolinguistic ice-trap; opt-in only; anchor /home first; label it as executable symbolism and never surprise-run it on others.

House rule: keep one joke unclaimed. Offer Lullaby Lavender Lassi to the room
before you press Q. Log everything; judge nothing.

[Egress] If this is too much, back out with kindness and a smile. Consentual
Reality stays coherent when everyone knows the door is unlocked.

ADDENDUM // ZORK/ADVENT
- ADVENT found the shaky gate; ZORK stabilized the throat; MUD1 invited multiple observers.
- Text adventures are semantic wormholes; ARG pages are low-res slices of the same conduit.