diff --git a/content/campaigns/main/systems/krenn/stations/sova/districts/transit/monologue/detective/contradiction-detected.yaml b/content/campaigns/main/systems/krenn/stations/sova/districts/transit/monologue/detective/contradiction-detected.yaml new file mode 100644 index 000000000..421557b55 --- /dev/null +++ b/content/campaigns/main/systems/krenn/stations/sova/districts/transit/monologue/detective/contradiction-detected.yaml @@ -0,0 +1,220 @@ +character: detective +location: contradiction-detected +lines: + # Contradiction Monologue — Ticket #552 — Sera/Kael FRIEND Arc + # Authored per D-083 (contradiction detection pipeline) and Paula Round 2 Mellanie spec + # (docs/workshops/knowledge-flow-npc-boundaries/paula-round2.md, lines 117-158). + # + # Trigger: contradiction_detected fires when the detective observes Kael in Corridor B-7 + # while the KG holds Sera's claim that Kael was at dock intake during second shift. + # Event payload: source_display_name = "Sera Venn", subject_display_name = "Kael Davan" + # + # FRIEND-pattern NPCs (Sera, Kael) always use hand-authored lines — generic template fallback + # does not fire for this arc. + # + # Authoring principle: cognitive dissonance, not accusation. The detective doesn't know + # who or what is wrong. Uncertainty first, suspicion second, accusation never. + # + # Phase 2 lines: trust established but not deep — the blindsiding. + # Prerequisites: KG entry for Kael has state: Contradicted, source: ToldBy(Sera Venn) + # Phase 3 lines: additional context accumulated — Sera's avoidance of Torek observed 3x. + # Prerequisites: Phase 2 + Sera's avoidance pattern has fired (three departures logged). + # + # ID discriminator: _con_ marks contradiction lines per Q-028 pending resolution. + # cooldown: -1 — these are one-time events. Should not repeat. + + # ----------------------------------------------------------------------- + # PHASE 2 — Primary beat (fires on contradiction_detected, immediate) + # ----------------------------------------------------------------------- + + - id: pc-detective_m_d_con_001 + text: "Sera said Kael was at the dock intake during second shift. I'm looking at him in corridor B-7 right now." + role: player_character + access: [public] + trust: real + situation: [investigation, observation, contradiction] + trigger: contradiction_detected + mood: [focused, anxious] + priority: 10 + cooldown: -1 + phase: 2 + prerequisites: + - entity: "npc:kael-davan" + state: Contradicted + - source_name: "Sera Venn" + tags: [contradiction, friend-arc, sera, kael, phase-2, analytical] + notes: > + Paula's canonical primary line — preserved verbatim. Flat factual statement: source named, + subject named, specific location claim vs. direct observation. The 'I'm' contraction is + natural in a surprise moment even for the analytical detective — the observation breaks + through the professional register. No interpretation, no accusation. + + - id: pc-detective_m_d_con_002 + text: "Venn said Kael was at dock intake through second shift. Kael is in B-7. Those aren't compatible." + role: player_character + access: [public] + trust: real + situation: [investigation, observation, contradiction] + trigger: contradiction_detected + mood: [focused] + priority: 9 + cooldown: -1 + phase: 2 + prerequisites: + - entity: "npc:kael-davan" + state: Contradicted + - source_name: "Sera Venn" + tags: [contradiction, friend-arc, sera, kael, phase-2, analytical] + notes: > + Alternate primary — fully analytical register: surname-initial for both (institutional + reflex), no contractions, plain declarative close. 'Those aren't compatible' is the + detective's version of stating contradiction — clinical, process-language. Fires as + alternate to con_001 for variety on replay. + + - id: pc-detective_m_d_con_003 + text: "She placed Kael at the dock. He's not at the dock." + role: player_character + access: [public] + trust: real + situation: [investigation, observation, contradiction] + trigger: contradiction_detected + mood: [focused, anxious] + priority: 9 + cooldown: -1 + phase: 2 + prerequisites: + - entity: "npc:kael-davan" + state: Contradicted + - source_name: "Sera Venn" + tags: [contradiction, friend-arc, sera, kael, phase-2] + notes: > + Stripped-down alternate. 'She placed' is the informal of 'Venn stated' — personal register + triggered by Sera being THE FRIEND. 'He's not at the dock' — the barest possible statement + of contradiction. The brevity is the weight: six words and the investigation changes shape. + + # ----------------------------------------------------------------------- + # PHASE 2 — Secondary beat (fires after short delay, cognitive processing) + # ----------------------------------------------------------------------- + + - id: pc-detective_m_d_con_004 + text: "One of them is wrong. Sera, or what I'm seeing. Or I'm missing something I don't have yet." + role: player_character + access: [public] + trust: real + situation: [investigation, reflection, contradiction] + trigger: contradiction_processing + mood: [anxious, focused] + priority: 10 + cooldown: -1 + phase: 2 + prerequisites: + - entity: "npc:kael-davan" + state: Contradicted + - source_name: "Sera Venn" + tags: [contradiction, friend-arc, sera, kael, phase-2, cognitive-dissonance] + notes: > + Paula's canonical secondary beat — fires 3-5 seconds after the primary beat. + Epistemic neutrality held across three options: Sera is wrong, observation is wrong, or + context is missing. No option is dismissed. 'I'm missing something I don't have yet' is + the key line — it holds accusation off even against evidence. The detective files it open. + + - id: pc-detective_m_d_con_005 + text: "File it. Don't close it. Either Venn's information was wrong when she gave it, or it was wrong on purpose. That's a different question." + role: player_character + access: [public] + trust: real + situation: [investigation, reflection, contradiction] + trigger: contradiction_processing + mood: [focused] + priority: 9 + cooldown: -1 + phase: 2 + prerequisites: + - entity: "npc:kael-davan" + state: Contradicted + - source_name: "Sera Venn" + tags: [contradiction, friend-arc, sera, kael, phase-2, analytical, cognitive-dissonance] + notes: > + Alternate secondary beat. 'File it, don't close it' is the detective's internal procedure + for unresolved data. The critical distinction: wrong information vs. deliberately wrong + information — the detective separates these without assuming either. 'That's a different + question' closes the processing loop, marking it unresolved, not dismissed. + + # ----------------------------------------------------------------------- + # PHASE 3 — With accumulated context (Sera's avoidance pattern observed) + # Requires: three Sera departures correlated with Torek Lintar arrivals observed. + # ----------------------------------------------------------------------- + + - id: pc-detective_m_d_con_006 + text: "Sera told me Kael doesn't make mistakes. He's not where she said he'd be. And she's been avoiding Lintar for three weeks." + role: player_character + access: [public] + trust: real + situation: [investigation, observation, contradiction] + trigger: contradiction_detected + mood: [focused, anxious] + priority: 10 + cooldown: -1 + phase: 3 + prerequisites: + - entity: "npc:kael-davan" + state: Contradicted + - source_name: "Sera Venn" + - pattern: sera_avoidance_lintar + count_min: 3 + tags: [contradiction, friend-arc, sera, kael, phase-3, pattern-recognition] + notes: > + Paula's canonical Phase 3 line — preserved verbatim. Three facts in sequence, no explicit + connection drawn between them: Sera's testimony about Kael ('doesn't make mistakes'), + Kael's actual location, Sera's avoidance behavior. The detective is connecting dots but + not announcing the conclusion. The emotional weight is in 'Sera told me' — personal register + for the friend relationship — vs. the clinical observation about Lintar. + + - id: pc-detective_m_d_con_007 + text: "Two facts: Venn placed Kael at dock intake, second shift. Kael is in B-7. One new observation: Venn leaves every time Lintar enters the bar. Worth seeing if those connect." + role: player_character + access: [public] + trust: real + situation: [investigation, observation, contradiction] + trigger: contradiction_detected + mood: [focused] + priority: 9 + cooldown: -1 + phase: 3 + prerequisites: + - entity: "npc:kael-davan" + state: Contradicted + - source_name: "Sera Venn" + - pattern: sera_avoidance_lintar + count_min: 3 + tags: [contradiction, friend-arc, sera, kael, phase-3, analytical, pattern-recognition] + notes: > + Alternate Phase 3 — analytical register throughout, no personal register even for Sera + (surname only). 'Worth seeing if those connect' is the detective's verbal tic of flagging + without concluding. The numbered format ('Two facts... One new observation') is the + detective's internal case-building style. Fully non-accusatory: the connection is not + stated, only the intent to look for it. + + - id: pc-detective_m_d_con_008 + text: "Venn's been managing her exits around Lintar. And she put Kael somewhere he isn't. Let's see what sits at the intersection of those two." + role: player_character + access: [public] + trust: real + situation: [investigation, reflection, contradiction] + trigger: contradiction_detected + mood: [focused] + priority: 8 + cooldown: -1 + phase: 3 + prerequisites: + - entity: "npc:kael-davan" + state: Contradicted + - source_name: "Sera Venn" + - pattern: sera_avoidance_lintar + count_min: 3 + tags: [contradiction, friend-arc, sera, kael, phase-3, analytical] + notes: > + Alternate Phase 3. 'Let's see what' verbal tic, no accusation. 'Managing her exits' is + the detective naming Sera's avoidance behavior — behavioral description, not motive + attribution. 'Put Kael somewhere he isn't' — plain contradiction framing. The intersection + remains unstated. Detective is following the thread, not announcing what's on it. diff --git a/content/campaigns/main/systems/krenn/stations/sova/districts/transit/monologue/smuggler/contradiction-detected.yaml b/content/campaigns/main/systems/krenn/stations/sova/districts/transit/monologue/smuggler/contradiction-detected.yaml new file mode 100644 index 000000000..45a76a2e0 --- /dev/null +++ b/content/campaigns/main/systems/krenn/stations/sova/districts/transit/monologue/smuggler/contradiction-detected.yaml @@ -0,0 +1,229 @@ +character: smuggler +location: contradiction-detected +lines: + # Contradiction Monologue — Ticket #552 — Sera/Kael FRIEND Arc (Smuggler perspective) + # Authored per D-083 (contradiction detection pipeline) and Paula Round 2 Mellanie spec + # (docs/workshops/knowledge-flow-npc-boundaries/paula-round2.md, lines 117-158). + # + # Trigger: contradiction_detected fires when the smuggler observes Kael in Corridor B-7 + # with an unrecognized contact — contradicting Kael's stated location and ring protocol. + # Event payload: source_display_name = "Kael Davan", subject_display_name = "Kael Davan" + # (Kael is both source and subject: he placed himself elsewhere, smuggler sees him here.) + # + # FRIEND-pattern NPCs always use hand-authored lines — generic template fallback + # does not fire for this arc. + # + # Authoring principle: cognitive dissonance, not accusation. The smuggler reads social + # signals instinctively, but doesn't conclude — she contains the alarm. Street-smart + # gut reaction, not analytical procedure. + # + # Phase 2 lines: first observation — Kael in B-7 with unknown contact. + # Prerequisites: KG entry for Kael has state: Contradicted, source: ToldBy(Kael Davan) + # Phase 3 lines: behavioral pattern already accumulating — increased lattice checking, + # shortened interactions, early exits from break room. + # Prerequisites: Phase 2 + Kael's behavioral anomalies observed (count ≥ 2). + # + # ID discriminator: _con_ marks contradiction lines per Q-028 pending resolution. + # cooldown: -1 — one-time events. Should not repeat. + + # ----------------------------------------------------------------------- + # PHASE 2 — Primary beat (fires on contradiction_detected, immediate) + # ----------------------------------------------------------------------- + + - id: pc-smuggler_m_s_con_001 + text: "Kael said second shift was clear. He's in B-7. With someone I don't know." + role: player_character + access: [public] + trust: real + situation: [investigation, observation, contradiction] + trigger: contradiction_detected + mood: [focused, anxious] + priority: 10 + cooldown: -1 + phase: 2 + prerequisites: + - entity: "npc:kael-davan" + state: Contradicted + - source_name: "Kael Davan" + tags: [contradiction, friend-arc, kael, phase-2, operational] + notes: > + Primary line — three beats, three facts. 'Kael said' names the source (friend register, + first name). 'He's in B-7' is the observation. 'With someone I don't know' is the alarm: + not just wrong location, but outside the ring. Fragment structure throughout — the smuggler + clocks a scene in pieces. No accusation, no conclusion: just inventory of what's wrong. + + - id: pc-smuggler_m_s_con_002 + text: "That's Kael. Restricted corridor. Unrecognized contact. Kael doesn't come to B-7." + role: player_character + access: [public] + trust: real + situation: [investigation, observation, contradiction] + trigger: contradiction_detected + mood: [focused] + priority: 9 + cooldown: -1 + phase: 2 + prerequisites: + - entity: "npc:kael-davan" + state: Contradicted + - source_name: "Kael Davan" + tags: [contradiction, friend-arc, kael, phase-2, operational] + notes: > + Alternate primary — catalog format. 'That's Kael' opens with identification, not alarm: + recognition first, then the wrong details fall into place. Each fragment adds one layer + of what's wrong. Close: 'Kael doesn't come to B-7' — negative statement of prior + expectation, which is now violated. No contraction in the closing declarative (emphasis). + + - id: pc-smuggler_m_s_con_003 + text: "He's in B-7. He told me he'd be heading home after shift. One of those isn't the case." + role: player_character + access: [public] + trust: real + situation: [investigation, observation, contradiction] + trigger: contradiction_detected + mood: [focused, anxious] + priority: 9 + cooldown: -1 + phase: 2 + prerequisites: + - entity: "npc:kael-davan" + state: Contradicted + - source_name: "Kael Davan" + tags: [contradiction, friend-arc, kael, phase-2] + notes: > + Alternate primary — echoes the Paula canonical structure (observation / prior claim / + contradiction stated) but in the smuggler's voice. 'He told me' is personal register + (friend, not colleague). 'One of those isn't the case' — the smuggler's understated + version of flagging a contradiction: not 'one of them is a lie' but 'isn't the case.' + Epistemic containment in plain language. + + # ----------------------------------------------------------------------- + # PHASE 2 — Secondary beat (gut-level recalibration, operational containment) + # ----------------------------------------------------------------------- + + - id: pc-smuggler_m_s_con_004 + text: "Maybe there's a reason. There's always a reason. But Kael knows better than to run a meeting in a maintenance corridor without telling me." + role: player_character + access: [public] + trust: real + situation: [investigation, reflection, contradiction] + trigger: contradiction_processing + mood: [focused, anxious] + priority: 10 + cooldown: -1 + phase: 2 + prerequisites: + - entity: "npc:kael-davan" + state: Contradicted + - source_name: "Kael Davan" + tags: [contradiction, friend-arc, kael, phase-2, cognitive-dissonance] + notes: > + Secondary beat — fires 3-5 seconds after primary. Self-challenge first: the smuggler + gives Kael benefit of the doubt, then immediately walks it back with operational + logic. 'There's always a reason' is the street-smart equivalent of epistemic + containment — she's seen strange things before. The closing line is where the alarm + lives: this isn't strange, it's a protocol violation. + + - id: pc-smuggler_m_s_con_005 + text: "Don't assume. Could be he's running something for Nils I wasn't told about. Could be something else. The second thing is the problem." + role: player_character + access: [public] + trust: real + situation: [investigation, reflection, contradiction] + trigger: contradiction_processing + mood: [focused] + priority: 9 + cooldown: -1 + phase: 2 + prerequisites: + - entity: "npc:kael-davan" + state: Contradicted + - source_name: "Kael Davan" + tags: [contradiction, friend-arc, kael, phase-2, operational, cognitive-dissonance] + notes: > + Alternate secondary beat. 'Don't assume' is the smuggler's self-instruction (operational + discipline). Two possibilities held open: ring-authorized (names Nils — the coordinator) + vs. outside the ring. 'The second thing is the problem' — the alarm, stated as dry + understatement. Operational logic applied to an emotional moment: the smuggler + keeps the processing clean even when the stakes are personal. + + # ----------------------------------------------------------------------- + # PHASE 3 — Behavioral pattern accumulated (increased lattice checking, early exits) + # Requires: Kael behavioral anomalies observed prior to the B-7 contradiction. + # ----------------------------------------------------------------------- + + - id: pc-smuggler_m_s_con_006 + text: "He's been distracted for three days. Lattice checks every few minutes, leaving lunch early. Now a B-7 meeting with someone outside the ring. Kael's working an angle he hasn't told me about." + role: player_character + access: [public] + trust: real + situation: [investigation, observation, contradiction] + trigger: contradiction_detected + mood: [focused, anxious] + priority: 10 + cooldown: -1 + phase: 3 + prerequisites: + - entity: "npc:kael-davan" + state: Contradicted + - source_name: "Kael Davan" + - pattern: kael_behavioral_anomaly + count_min: 2 + tags: [contradiction, friend-arc, kael, phase-3, pattern-recognition, operational] + notes: > + Phase 3 primary — connects all accumulated behavioral data to the contradiction. Fragment + catalog builds the picture: three days of signals, then this. Closing line names the + conclusion without naming its implication: 'working an angle' is street-smart language + for running something unauthorized, but the smuggler doesn't say 'exit attempt' — + she doesn't know that yet. + + - id: pc-smuggler_m_s_con_007 + text: "Kael doesn't run his own contacts. Devra handles external. So either Devra knows about this, or Kael's outside protocol. Neither's good." + role: player_character + access: [public] + trust: real + situation: [investigation, observation, contradiction] + trigger: contradiction_detected + mood: [focused] + priority: 9 + cooldown: -1 + phase: 3 + prerequisites: + - entity: "npc:kael-davan" + state: Contradicted + - source_name: "Kael Davan" + - pattern: kael_behavioral_anomaly + count_min: 2 + tags: [contradiction, friend-arc, kael, phase-3, operational] + notes: > + Alternate Phase 3 — operational knowledge applied. The smuggler knows ring structure: + Devra manages external contacts, Kael handles cargo logistics. An unrecognized contact + means either Devra is running something Kael's involved in (plausible, alarming) or + Kael went outside protocol (worse). Both possibilities named, neither closed. 'Neither's + good' — the smuggler's understated close for a significant threat read. + + - id: pc-smuggler_m_s_con_008 + text: "He's been somewhere else in his head all week. Now I know why. Whoever that was — not ring. Kael's looking for a way out." + role: player_character + access: [public] + trust: real + situation: [investigation, observation, contradiction] + trigger: contradiction_detected + mood: [anxious] + priority: 8 + cooldown: -1 + phase: 3 + prerequisites: + - entity: "npc:kael-davan" + state: Contradicted + - source_name: "Kael Davan" + - pattern: kael_behavioral_anomaly + count_min: 2 + tags: [contradiction, friend-arc, kael, phase-3, intuition] + notes: > + Alternate Phase 3 — gut read, highest emotional weight. 'Somewhere else in his head' + describes the behavioral changes without cataloging them. 'Now I know why' — the click + of understanding arriving. 'Not ring' — short, certain, two words. 'Looking for a way + out' is street-smart language for exit attempt: the smuggler doesn't know the details + but the read is right. This line is the closest the smuggler comes to naming what's + happening — and she still doesn't say it explicitly.