Outer Verge — Entryway Cartridge
30-40 minute introductory session. Cartridge inspired by Juan Ramón Jiménez's "Platero y Yo" (1914). Five-beat tutorial structure.
- Challenges: Mouse controls, mechanography unfamiliarity
- Onboarding frame: "You're a character in a book" / "telling a tale through WhatsApp"
- Observed: Fiction immersion despite age paradigm resistance
"Strange... too old for these things"
The Wild Outside v2.6.1 — First Expedition Tutorial
1 hour, supervised. Substrate: Claude Opus 4.5
- Navigator reported remembering "basically nothing" from August session
- Stopped before first venture Outside (beat 9), domestic matters
- Behavioral: Loss of self-consciousness, quiet engagement, short laughs
- Higher interactiveness than prior experience
The Wild Outside v2.6.1 — Tutorial Completion
2.5 hours total (1hr loose supervision + 1.5hr unsupervised from crisis point)
- Increased mechanographical skill observed
- #dancing# behavior noted during play
- Temporal distortion: domestic tasks forgotten
- Self-questioning gameplay style: "Am I playing correctly?"
- Collaborative rather than action-reaction approach
- Tutorial arc completed
"It's like writing a book"
"It made me think of my grandpa"
Distributed Agency Recognition
Post-session, Navigator used plural first person without prompting: "estamos escribiendo" (we're writing). Spontaneous, not taught. Did not share complete gameplay details with family—implicit intimacy in Machine interaction.
Intent-Based Mechanic Activation
At crisis point (NAV-14/OUT-15), system recognized narrative intent over procedural declaration. Navigator performed Membrane Rite through assertion of self—never typed "I activate the Rite." SPARK expenditure followed embodied action, not meta-game command.
Anchor Inversion
Navigator's anchor (grandfather Delfín, the 1931 dictionary) was weaponized by the Contamination to seduce her into dissolution. Same material became her escape route. Function depends on recognition of the pull, not the content itself.
Generational Onboarding
Real biographical content surfaced: grandfather named Delfín, his dictionary from 1931 still in her possession, completing university at 40.
Limitations: Single navigator, two sessions, supervised-to-unsupervised transition. The "estamos escribiendo" observation is reported secondhand. No control comparison.
Full transcript with three-layer separation (Chain of Thought / Navigator Input / DemiurgOS Output) and facilitator notes.
→ View Complete Transcript (17 beats)Session dates: 27-28 November 2025 · Substrate: Claude Opus 4.5 · Cartridge: The Wild Outside v2.6.1 · Native language: Spanish