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4. World

The mechanics that aren’t lore-specific or place-specific. The “how does Corelandia operate” view.

PROCESSING. Sub-pages will land as canonical sources are reviewed for plot safety.

  • The Permission System (the goat zone is safe to mention)
  • Tuesday as ambient time
  • The Prophecy Gig Economy
  • Late-stage capitalism as the world’s villain
  • The Compiler’s compilation methodology (cache fragments, getting things wrong in interesting ways)
  • The walnut hums in G minor (canonical states)
  • The Bureau’s filing mechanics (forms, prefixes, processing time, the 4-6 Tuesdays standard)
  • Pop-up ads (§10.6 mechanic)
  • The Mercer Narration / Story Narrator coexistence

Margin note (Bureau): The Compiler compiles from cache fragments. Cache fragments are partial. The Compiler does his best. The wrongness is not a bug; it is the source of every joke in the world.