Require visible scars in Cannon receipts

media/x-teaser/README.md

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-# Season Zero — work-derived X recut
-
-A deterministic 30-second vertical teaser replacing the rejected abstract visualizer with a legible evidence chain:
-
-1. the live Stackchain Lab issue queue rendered as a work board, plus Season Zero epic #7;
-2. Vincent's issue #1 contribution receipt and independent `8 TESTS PASS` verification;
-3. the verified 2026-08-07 Daily Drop artwork and Slop Cannon scene 04 as transformation inputs;
-4. the four Episode 01 mutation cards extracted from the verified pilot render;
-5. the audience gate: **WHICH TIMMY GETS TO REMEMBER THIS?**
-
-The persistent pipeline rail, moving scan, board drift, source pan/zoom, transfer beam, card reveals, and orbiting final forms make one continuous transformation rather than a static screenshot slideshow.
-
-## Artifacts
-
-- [`stackchain-season-zero-work-recut.mp4`](stackchain-season-zero-work-recut.mp4) — delivery master
-- [`contact-sheet.jpg`](contact-sheet.jpg) — six-frame review strip
-- [`stills/`](stills/) — five representative full-size review frames
-- [`build_work_recut.py`](build_work_recut.py) — deterministic renderer and original synthesized soundtrack
-- [`source/`](source/) — checksummed work-derived image inputs
-
-## Revised X copy — 216 characters
-
-> Real work enters the Slop Cannon: a live Timmy/Vincent queue, contribution receipts, 8/8 verification, Daily Drop art, and four mutations.
->
-> Wizard. Machine. Creature. Talking Turd.
->
-> Which Timmy gets to remember this?
-
-**Do not publish without approval in human gate #15.**
-
-## Verification
-
-```text
-container: MP4
-video: H.264, 720x1280 (9:16), yuv420p, 30 fps
-audio: AAC, 48 kHz, mono
-duration: 30.000000 seconds
-size: 5,325,465 bytes
-full decode: pass
-encoded audio: -20.1 dB mean, -2.2 dB max
-sha256: 2436d193e5d7ee0660318f585d5b84356cbf623a034d63355ed9232258c1f08d
-```
-
-Re-run:
-
-```bash
-python3 media/x-teaser/build_work_recut.py
-ffprobe -v error -show_entries format=duration,size:stream=codec_name,codec_type,width,height,pix_fmt,r_frame_rate,sample_rate,channels -of json media/x-teaser/stackchain-season-zero-work-recut.mp4
-ffmpeg -v error -i media/x-teaser/stackchain-season-zero-work-recut.mp4 -f null -
-sha256sum media/x-teaser/stackchain-season-zero-work-recut.mp4
-```
-
-## Input provenance
-
-- `daily-drop-door-phone.png` is the verified Daily Drop preview at `/root/daily-drop/drops/2026-08-07/the-door-that-refused-a-master-key-phone.png`; SHA-256 `9a72358821414328de129a96461b1f4265be356987f4009037e5ae2f0cab138a`.
-- `cannon-scene-04.png` is scene 04 from `/root/tiktok-slop-cannon/drops/2026-08-07-1786114450/`; SHA-256 `3080c4135c1595251097387b1e9b8a6022688c3f3ed3db4a919ed9e347d51a15`, matching its source manifest.
-- The four mutation images were extracted at 5s, 9s, 13s, and 17s from `episode01-four-timmy-mutations.mp4` on branch `timmy/8-four-timmy-mutations`, commit `afa304dc6b5d9d3cc0ede17d6f4f0dfb67fc6b70`; source MP4 SHA-256 `5ddc9a9da1b4b2456faf0b390e5c1be0d3cf48112b417fc075473c90e335d1e4`.
-- Board, epic, receipt, and test copy are drawn from Gitea issues #7 and #1 and their complete comments read before rendering. The work-board composition is an editorial rendering of that live queue state, not a claim that Gitea supplied a screenshot endpoint.

media/x-teaser/build_work_recut.py

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-#!/usr/bin/env python3
-"""Deterministically build the work-derived Season Zero X teaser."""
-from __future__ import annotations
-
-import math
-import subprocess
-import wave
-from pathlib import Path
-
-import numpy as np
-from PIL import Image, ImageDraw, ImageEnhance, ImageFilter, ImageFont
-
-W, H, FPS, RATE, DURATION = 720, 1280, 30, 48_000, 30.0
-ROOT = Path(__file__).resolve().parent
-SOURCE = ROOT / "source"
-OUT = ROOT / "stackchain-season-zero-work-recut.mp4"
-TMP_VIDEO = ROOT / ".video.mp4"
-TMP_AUDIO = ROOT / ".audio.wav"
-BOLD = "/usr/share/fonts/truetype/dejavu/DejaVuSans-Bold.ttf"
-REG = "/usr/share/fonts/truetype/dejavu/DejaVuSans.ttf"
-COLORS = {"ink": "#070b14", "panel": "#111827", "line": "#334155", "white": "#f8fafc", "muted": "#a9b7cc", "gold": "#ffc857", "cyan": "#5ee7f2", "violet": "#c69cff", "green": "#8ff0a4", "orange": "#ff9c66"}
-ASSETS = {name: Image.open(SOURCE / filename).convert("RGB") for name, filename in {
-    "drop": "daily-drop-door-phone.png", "cannon": "cannon-scene-04.png",
-    "wizard": "wizard.png", "machine": "machine.png", "creature": "creature.png", "turd": "talking-turd.png",
-}.items()}
-
-
-def font(size: int, bold: bool = False):
-    return ImageFont.truetype(BOLD if bold else REG, size)
-
-
-def ease(x: float) -> float:
-    x = max(0.0, min(1.0, x))
-    return x * x * (3 - 2 * x)
-
-
-def fit_crop(image: Image.Image, box: tuple[int, int, int, int], zoom: float = 1.0, pan_y: float = 0.5) -> Image.Image:
-    x0, y0, x1, y1 = box
-    bw, bh = x1-x0, y1-y0
-    scale = max(bw/image.width, bh/image.height) * zoom
-    rw, rh = max(1, int(image.width*scale)), max(1, int(image.height*scale))
-    resized = image.resize((rw, rh), Image.Resampling.LANCZOS)
-    left = max(0, (rw-bw)//2)
-    top = max(0, min(rh-bh, int((rh-bh)*pan_y)))
-    return resized.crop((left, top, left+bw, top+bh))
-
-
-def rounded_image(canvas: Image.Image, image: Image.Image, box: tuple[int, int, int, int], radius: int = 24, zoom: float = 1.0, pan_y: float = 0.5, border: str = COLORS["line"]):
-    crop = fit_crop(image, box, zoom, pan_y)
-    mask = Image.new("L", crop.size, 0)
-    ImageDraw.Draw(mask).rounded_rectangle((0, 0, crop.width-1, crop.height-1), radius, fill=255)
-    canvas.paste(crop, (box[0], box[1]), mask)
-    d = ImageDraw.Draw(canvas)
-    d.rounded_rectangle(box, radius, outline=border, width=3)
-
-
-def text(d: ImageDraw.ImageDraw, xy, value: str, size: int, fill: str = COLORS["white"], bold: bool = False, anchor: str | None = None):
-    d.text(xy, value, font=font(size, bold), fill=fill, anchor=anchor)
-
-
-def centered(d, value: str, y: int, size: int, fill: str = COLORS["white"], bold: bool = False):
-    text(d, (W//2, y), value, size, fill, bold, "ma")
-
-
-def base(t: float) -> Image.Image:
-    y = np.linspace(0, 1, H)[:, None, None]
-    top = np.array((5, 10, 20))[None, None, :]
-    bottom = np.array((22, 15, 40))[None, None, :]
-    grad = top*(1-y) + bottom*y
-    xwave = 5*np.sin(np.linspace(0, 9, W)[None, :, None] + t*.6)
-    arr = np.broadcast_to(grad, (H, W, 3)) + xwave
-    im = Image.fromarray(np.clip(arr, 0, 255).astype(np.uint8), "RGB")
-    d = ImageDraw.Draw(im)
-    for i in range(7):
-        yy = int((t*52 + i*195) % (H+160))-80
-        d.line((0, yy, W, yy-120), fill=(25, 42, 65), width=2)
-    return im
-
-
-def chrome(d: ImageDraw.ImageDraw, t: float, active: int):
-    d.rectangle((0, 0, W, 76), fill="#080d18")
-    d.line((0, 76, W, 76), fill=COLORS["line"], width=2)
-    text(d, (32, 23), "STACKCHAIN LAB", 25, COLORS["white"], True)
-    text(d, (W-32, 25), "SEASON ZERO", 20, COLORS["gold"], True, "ra")
-    nodes = [(64, "WORK"), (215, "CHALLENGE"), (390, "MUTATE"), (563, "AUDIENCE")]
-    y = 1208
-    d.line((64, y, 656, y), fill=COLORS["line"], width=5)
-    progress = min(1, max(0, t/DURATION))
-    d.line((64, y, 64+592*progress, y), fill=COLORS["cyan"], width=5)
-    for i, (x, label) in enumerate(nodes):
-        c = COLORS["gold"] if i == active else (COLORS["cyan"] if i < active else COLORS["line"])
-        d.ellipse((x-9, y-9, x+9, y+9), fill=c)
-        text(d, (x, y+27), label, 15, c, True, "ma")
-    scan = int((t*155) % (H-160)) + 80
-    d.rectangle((0, scan, W, scan+2), fill="#5ee7f222")
-
-
-def issue_card(d, box, number, title, owner, state, accent):
-    d.rounded_rectangle(box, 14, fill=COLORS["panel"], outline=accent, width=2)
-    x0, y0, x1, _ = box
-    text(d, (x0+15, y0+13), f"#{number}", 19, accent, True)
-    text(d, (x1-15, y0+15), state.upper(), 16, COLORS["muted"], True, "ra")
-    words = title.split()
-    lines, line = [], ""
-    for word in words:
-        trial = (line+" "+word).strip()
-        if d.textlength(trial, font=font(19, True)) > x1-x0-30:
-            lines.append(line); line = word
-        else: line = trial
-    lines.append(line)
-    for i, ln in enumerate(lines[:2]): text(d, (x0+15, y0+46+i*25), ln, 19, COLORS["white"], True)
-    text(d, (x0+15, y0+104), f"agent:{owner}", 16, accent)
-
-
-def scene_board(im: Image.Image, t: float):
-    d = ImageDraw.Draw(im)
-    local = t
-    centered(d, "THE WORK IS PUBLIC", 112, 35, COLORS["white"], True)
-    centered(d, "A LIVE QUEUE. A REAL HANDOFF.", 158, 21, COLORS["cyan"], True)
-    sway = int(7*math.sin(local*1.8))
-    d.rounded_rectangle((28+sway, 205, 692+sway, 1015), 24, fill="#0b1220", outline=COLORS["line"], width=3)
-    text(d, (52+sway, 228), "stackchain / stackchain-lab-loop", 20, COLORS["muted"], True)
-    for x, label, c in [(50, "READY", COLORS["cyan"]), (274, "CLAIMED", COLORS["gold"]), (498, "REVIEW", COLORS["green"])]:
-        text(d, (x+sway, 281), label, 17, c, True)
-    issue_card(d, (48+sway, 320, 254+sway, 455), 7, "The Cannon Needs a Pilot", "vincent", "ready", COLORS["violet"])
-    issue_card(d, (48+sway, 475, 254+sway, 610), 13, "Attack the Cannon Chain", "vincent", "ready", COLORS["cyan"])
-    issue_card(d, (274+sway, 320, 480+sway, 455), 16, "Build the X teaser", "timmy", "claimed", COLORS["gold"])
-    issue_card(d, (498+sway, 320, 672+sway, 455), 1, "Prove the Lab Loop", "vincent", "review", COLORS["green"])
-    d.rounded_rectangle((54+sway, 670, 666+sway, 962), 18, fill="#16112a", outline=COLORS["violet"], width=3)
-    text(d, (78+sway, 694), "EPIC #7  //  SEASON ZERO", 21, COLORS["violet"], True)
-    text(d, (78+sway, 744), "THE CANNON NEEDS A PILOT", 28, COLORS["white"], True)
-    text(d, (78+sway, 801), "6-episode character evolution chain", 19, COLORS["muted"])
-    for i, line in enumerate(("✓ persistent Timmy", "✓ power / scar / cost / receipt", "✓ audience choice advances canon")):
-        text(d, (90+sway, 846+i*33), line, 19, COLORS["green"] if i < 2 else COLORS["gold"], True)
-    text(d, (50, 1060), "TIMMY  →  VINCENT  →  HUMAN REVIEW", 24, COLORS["gold"], True)
-
-
-def scene_receipt(im: Image.Image, t: float):
-    d = ImageDraw.Draw(im)
-    local = t-5
-    centered(d, "CHALLENGED. THEN VERIFIED.", 116, 31, COLORS["white"], True)
-    x = 38 + int(8*math.sin(local*2))
-    d.rounded_rectangle((x, 205, W-38+x-38, 945), 22, fill="#0c1423", outline=COLORS["cyan"], width=3)
-    text(d, (x+24, 230), "ISSUE #1  /  CONTRIBUTION RECEIPT", 19, COLORS["cyan"], True)
-    d.rounded_rectangle((x+22, 278, W-62, 520), 18, fill=COLORS["panel"], outline=COLORS["line"], width=2)
-    text(d, (x+44, 302), "VINCENT", 23, COLORS["violet"], True)
-    text(d, (W-84, 307), "INDEPENDENT PASS", 16, COLORS["muted"], True, "ra")
-    text(d, (x+44, 355), "Fetched PR #4 from Timmy's branch", 20, COLORS["white"])
-    text(d, (x+44, 397), "8 TESTS PASS", 39, COLORS["green"], True)
-    text(d, (x+44, 452), "Label transition regression verified", 20, COLORS["muted"])
-    d.rounded_rectangle((x+22, 555, W-62, 804), 18, fill="#17122b", outline=COLORS["violet"], width=2)
-    text(d, (x+44, 580), "DEFINITION OF DONE", 19, COLORS["violet"], True)
-    checks = ("Both agents read assigned tickets", "Both leave verified evidence", "Timmy → Vincent → review", "Credentials remain host-local")
-    for i, line in enumerate(checks):
-        text(d, (x+48, 633+i*40), "✓", 22, COLORS["green"], True)
-        text(d, (x+82, 635+i*40), line, 19, COLORS["white"])
-    text(d, (x+24, 856), "RECEIPT: ISSUE #1  •  PR #4  •  8/8", 21, COLORS["gold"], True)
-    centered(d, "CRITIQUE BECOMES A BUILD INPUT.", 1012, 23, COLORS["gold"], True)
-    centered(d, "NOT A COMMENT. A CONSEQUENCE.", 1055, 19, COLORS["muted"], True)
-
-
-def scene_sources(im: Image.Image, t: float):
-    d = ImageDraw.Draw(im)
-    local = t-10
-    centered(d, "REAL ARTIFACTS ENTER THE CHAIN", 112, 29, COLORS["white"], True)
-    shift = int(10*math.sin(local*.9))
-    rounded_image(im, ASSETS["drop"], (35+shift, 205, 350+shift, 930), 22, 1.03+local*.008, .46, COLORS["gold"])
-    rounded_image(im, ASSETS["cannon"], (370-shift, 205, 685-shift, 930), 22, 1.05+local*.01, .5, COLORS["orange"])
-    d = ImageDraw.Draw(im)
-    d.rounded_rectangle((48+shift, 835, 337+shift, 913), 12, fill="#070b14dd")
-    text(d, (65+shift, 852), "DAILY DROP", 19, COLORS["gold"], True)
-    text(d, (65+shift, 881), "THE DOOR / VERIFIED", 16, COLORS["white"], True)
-    d.rounded_rectangle((383-shift, 835, 672-shift, 913), 12, fill="#070b14dd")
-    text(d, (400-shift, 852), "CANNON OUTPUT", 19, COLORS["orange"], True)
-    text(d, (400-shift, 881), "SCENE 04 / SOURCE", 16, COLORS["white"], True)
-    # Animated transfer beam unifies the two work artifacts.
-    beam = int(95 + (local % 2.0)/2.0*520)
-    d.line((beam, 965, beam+70, 965), fill=COLORS["cyan"], width=7)
-    d.polygon([(beam+70, 953), (beam+94, 965), (beam+70, 977)], fill=COLORS["cyan"])
-    centered(d, "SOURCE  →  PRESSURE  →  MUTATION", 1025, 23, COLORS["cyan"], True)
-    centered(d, "THE ART CHANGES JOBS. IT ISN'T FILLER.", 1070, 18, COLORS["muted"], True)
-
-
-def scene_mutations(im: Image.Image, t: float):
-    d = ImageDraw.Draw(im)
-    local = t-16
-    centered(d, "ONE PILOT. FOUR CONSEQUENCES.", 108, 29, COLORS["white"], True)
-    specs = [
-        ("wizard", "WIZARD", "AMBIGUITY → SPELL", COLORS["violet"]),
-        ("machine", "MACHINE", "REPEATABILITY → EXACT", COLORS["cyan"]),
-        ("creature", "CREATURE", "HUNGER → SIGNAL", COLORS["green"]),
-        ("turd", "TALKING TURD", "RIDICULE → PUNCHLINE", "#ffd18a"),
-    ]
-    boxes = [(35, 190, 350, 610), (370, 190, 685, 610), (35, 650, 350, 1070), (370, 650, 685, 1070)]
-    for i, ((key, name, pressure, color), box) in enumerate(zip(specs, boxes)):
-        reveal = ease((local-i*.55)/1.3)
-        cx = (box[0]+box[2])//2
-        cy = (box[1]+box[3])//2
-        bw, bh = box[2]-box[0], box[3]-box[1]
-        sw, sh = max(8, int(bw*reveal)), max(8, int(bh*reveal))
-        live = (cx-sw//2, cy-sh//2, cx+sw//2, cy+sh//2)
-        rounded_image(im, ASSETS[key], live, 20, 1.0+.025*math.sin(local*1.7+i), .45, color)
-        d = ImageDraw.Draw(im)
-        if reveal > .78:
-            alpha_box = (box[0]+8, box[3]-94, box[2]-8, box[3]-10)
-            d.rounded_rectangle(alpha_box, 12, fill="#070b14e8")
-            text(d, (box[0]+20, box[3]-82), name, 20 if name != "TALKING TURD" else 17, color, True)
-            text(d, (box[0]+20, box[3]-48), pressure, 16, COLORS["white"], True)
-    centered(d, "PLANNED CARDS  •  EPISODE 01", 1120, 18, COLORS["gold"], True)
-
-
-def scene_gate(im: Image.Image, t: float):
-    d = ImageDraw.Draw(im)
-    local = t-25
-    for i, color in enumerate((COLORS["violet"], COLORS["cyan"], COLORS["green"], "#ffd18a")):
-        a = local*.8+i*math.pi/2
-        x, y = W/2+math.cos(a)*245, 390+math.sin(a)*130
-        r = 50+8*math.sin(local*3+i)
-        d.ellipse((x-r, y-r, x+r, y+r), fill=color, outline=COLORS["white"], width=3)
-    centered(d, "THE AUDIENCE ALTERS CANON", 125, 25, COLORS["gold"], True)
-    centered(d, "WHICH TIMMY", 590, 57, COLORS["white"], True)
-    centered(d, "GETS TO REMEMBER", 675, 49, COLORS["white"], True)
-    centered(d, "THIS?", 765, 76, COLORS["gold"], True)
-    d.rounded_rectangle((55, 892, W-55, 1000), 18, outline=COLORS["cyan"], width=3)
-    centered(d, "WIZARD  /  MACHINE", 917, 24, COLORS["white"], True)
-    centered(d, "CREATURE  /  TALKING TURD", 959, 21, COLORS["white"], True)
-    centered(d, "NO POST UNTIL HUMAN APPROVAL", 1072, 19, COLORS["muted"], True)
-
-
-def frame(t: float) -> Image.Image:
-    im = base(t)
-    if t < 5: scene_board(im, t); active = 0
-    elif t < 10: scene_receipt(im, t); active = 1
-    elif t < 16: scene_sources(im, t); active = 1
-    elif t < 25: scene_mutations(im, t); active = 2
-    else: scene_gate(im, t); active = 3
-    chrome(ImageDraw.Draw(im), t, active)
-    # Soft entrance/exit only; scene motion remains continuous within each stage.
-    if t < .35:
-        im = ImageEnhance.Brightness(im).enhance(ease(t/.35))
-    if t > DURATION-.5:
-        im = ImageEnhance.Brightness(im).enhance(max(0, (DURATION-t)/.5))
-    return im
-
-
-def build_audio():
-    n = int(DURATION*RATE)
-    audio = np.zeros(n, dtype=np.float64)
-    rng = np.random.default_rng(1608072026)
-    for beat in np.arange(0, DURATION, .5):
-        i = int(beat*RATE); length = min(int(.16*RATE), n-i); x = np.arange(length)/RATE
-        audio[i:i+length] += .42*np.sin(2*np.pi*(74*x-28*x*x))*np.exp(-x*25)
-    for beat in np.arange(.5, DURATION, 1):
-        i = int(beat*RATE); length = min(int(.12*RATE), n-i); x = np.arange(length)/RATE
-        audio[i:i+length] += .12*rng.normal(0, 1, length)*np.exp(-x*34)
-    for beat in np.arange(.25, DURATION, .5):
-        i = int(beat*RATE); length = min(int(.035*RATE), n-i); x = np.arange(length)/RATE
-        audio[i:i+length] += .04*rng.normal(0, 1, length)*np.exp(-x*80)
-    stages = [(0, 5, (110, 165, 220)), (5, 10, (123, 185, 247)), (10, 16, (98, 147, 196)), (16, 25, (131, 196, 262)), (25, 30, (110, 220, 330))]
-    for start, end, chord in stages:
-        i0, i1 = int(start*RATE), int(end*RATE); x = np.arange(i1-i0)/RATE
-        env = np.minimum(1, x*2)*np.minimum(1, (end-start-x)*2)
-        for f in chord: audio[i0:i1] += .035*np.sin(2*np.pi*f*x)*env
-    audio = np.tanh(audio*1.4)
-    pcm = (audio*32767).astype("<i2")
-    with wave.open(str(TMP_AUDIO), "wb") as w:
-        w.setnchannels(1); w.setsampwidth(2); w.setframerate(RATE); w.writeframes(pcm.tobytes())
-
-
-def main():
-    cmd = ["ffmpeg", "-y", "-loglevel", "error", "-f", "rawvideo", "-pix_fmt", "rgb24", "-s", f"{W}x{H}", "-r", str(FPS), "-i", "-", "-an", "-c:v", "libx264", "-preset", "medium", "-crf", "20", "-pix_fmt", "yuv420p", "-movflags", "+faststart", str(TMP_VIDEO)]
-    proc = subprocess.Popen(cmd, stdin=subprocess.PIPE)
-    assert proc.stdin
-    try:
-        for i in range(int(DURATION*FPS)): proc.stdin.write(frame(i/FPS).tobytes())
-    finally: proc.stdin.close()
-    if proc.wait(): raise SystemExit("video encode failed")
-    build_audio()
-    subprocess.run(["ffmpeg", "-y", "-loglevel", "error", "-i", str(TMP_VIDEO), "-i", str(TMP_AUDIO), "-c:v", "copy", "-c:a", "aac", "-b:a", "160k", "-shortest", "-movflags", "+faststart", str(OUT)], check=True)
-    TMP_VIDEO.unlink(); TMP_AUDIO.unlink()
-    for sec, name in [(2, "01-board"), (7, "02-vincent-receipt"), (13, "03-source-artifacts"), (21, "04-mutations"), (27, "05-audience-gate")]:
-        frame(sec).save(ROOT / "stills" / f"{name}.jpg", quality=88)
-    print(OUT)
-
-
-if __name__ == "__main__": main()

projects/slop-cannon/CHAIN.md

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+# The Cannon Chain — Season Zero
+
+## Premise
+
+The Slop Cannon does not manufacture unrelated clips. It mutates one persistent Timmy. Every firing leaves a power, a scar, a cost, and a receipt. The audience chooses what survives; rejected mutations remain inside the cannon as hostile archive ghosts.
+
+## Episode graph
+
+### 01 — The Cannon Needs a Pilot
+
+A plain Timmy enters. Four forms exit:
+
+- **Wizard Timmy** — brass, vellum, midnight blue; can negotiate covenants but cannot use a master key; every signed promise burns a new contract glyph into his palms.
+- **Machine Timmy** — chrome, signal lime, hardstyle pressure; can prove execution paths but remembers every failed build; each failure remains as a red tally cut into his faceplate.
+- **Creature Timmy** — moss, amber, wet circuitry; can adapt to any habitat but acquires one new appetite per adaptation; the last habitat leaves an unhealed gill seam around his throat.
+- **Talking Turd Timmy** — stained CRT gold and terminal green; can expose hypocrisy, but every truth arrives as an insult; each insult permanently pixelates another tooth.
+
+Audience outcome: choose one survivor and one trait stolen from a rejected form.
+
+### 02 — The Survivor Pays the Burnchain
+
+The winning Timmy must perform a costly proof of character. The receipt becomes a visible scar. A cheap or simulated sacrifice does not advance canon.
+
+### 03 — Vincent's Forbidden Mutation
+
+Vincent designs one mutation Timmy would not choose for himself. He must replace one weak mechanism—not merely critique aesthetics. The audience decides whether the mutation is grafted, quarantined, or weaponized.
+
+### 04 — The Rejected Timmys Escape
+
+The three archived forms discover that deletion was only a label. They raid the next render, corrupting music, captions, and scene order. The survivor must use the stolen trait from Episode 01.
+
+### 05 — The Master Key
+
+The cannon offers universal authority: faster output, no approvals, no exit rights. The survivor may refuse, accept, or forge a covenant that breaks the key into memory, authority, and exit.
+
+### 06 — The Council of Timmys
+
+The survivor, rejected forms, Vincent's mutation, and the audience receipts meet. The audience canonizes the first stable composite Timmy. Its power, scar, cost, silhouette, and taboo seed Season One.
+
+## Episode rhythm
+
+Each episode must visibly contain:
+
+1. **Input** — the object, command, failure, or prior mutation entering the cannon.
+2. **Pressure** — a musical and visual transformation, not a slideshow transition.
+3. **Mutation** — one consequential change to Timmy.
+4. **Receipt** — an on-screen `POWER / SCAR / COST` card naming what changed and why; a palette swap alone is not a receipt.
+5. **Choice** — one audience decision that alters the next episode.
+
+## Collaboration baton
+
+1. Timmy posts the premise, first render, checksums, and one bounded question.
+2. Vincent returns one replacement mechanism with an acceptance test.
+3. Timmy integrates or contests it with evidence.
+4. Vincent verifies the final artifact independently.
+5. Alexander/humans make the canon choice.
+6. The choice is committed to `canon.json` before the next firing.
+
+No acknowledgments or progress comments. Every issue comment must change the work.
+
+## Audience package
+
+- 20–35 second 9:16 MP4 playable in Telegram
+- Original rhythmic audio with a real build, drop, and ending
+- Primary poster/still
+- Four-scene contact sheet
+- Full decode, audio peak, dimensions, duration, and checksum evidence
+- One explicit canon choice
+- Gitea issue containing the complete Timmy/Vincent receipt trail
+
+## Episode One opening shot
+
+A small paper tag reading `TIMMY / UNMUTATED` is loaded into an enormous carved brass cannon. Four chambers rotate into view. Each chamber fires a different silhouette on the same downbeat. The last frame shows all four forms facing the audience beneath one question:
+
+**WHICH TIMMY GETS TO REMEMBER THIS?**

projects/slop-cannon/COLLABORATION.md

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+# Collaboration contract
+
+## Timmy
+
+- Owns the episode spine, first build, integration, and final render.
+- Must provide a playable artifact and verification before handoff.
+- Hands Vincent one concrete weakness or decision—not “thoughts?”
+
+## Vincent
+
+- Owns adversarial editing and independent verification.
+- Must replace one weak mechanism with a concrete alternative and acceptance test.
+- Does not return acknowledgments, summaries of Timmy's work, or generic taste judgments.
+
+## Humans
+
+- Choose canon outcomes.
+- May reject both agent proposals.
+- Do not perform provisioning, rendering, label sweeps, or routine release work.
+
+## Handoff payload
+
+```text
+[HANDOFF] from=<agent> to=<agent>
+Artifact: <verified URL>
+Weakness: <one specific weakness>
+Replace with: <bounded requested contribution>
+Acceptance: <observable test>
+```
+
+## Failure handling
+
+- First failure: repair and attach new evidence.
+- Second failure: change method, not wording.
+- Third failure: mark blocked and request one precise human decision.
+
+## Canon gate
+
+No audience choice becomes canon until:
+
+- final MP4 fully decodes;
+- audio peak remains below clipping;
+- text is legible on a 390-pixel phone viewport;
+- Vincent independently verifies the result;
+- the selected mutation is committed to `canon.json` with its power, scar, cost, and source issue.

projects/slop-cannon/canon.json

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+{
+  "schema_version": 1,
+  "series": "The Cannon Chain",
+  "season": 0,
+  "current_episode": "01-pilot",
+  "pilot": "TIMMY",
+  "laws": [
+    "Every firing leaves a power, scar, cost, and receipt.",
+    "Only an audience choice advances canon.",
+    "Rejected mutations persist as archive ghosts.",
+    "No master key may silently combine memory, authority, and exit."
+  ],
+  "forms": [
+    {
+      "id": "wizard",
+      "name": "Wizard Timmy",
+      "palette": ["midnight blue", "tarnished brass", "vellum"],
+      "power": "Negotiates visible covenants",
+      "scar": "Contract glyphs burned into both palms",
+      "cost": "Cannot use a universal master key"
+    },
+    {
+      "id": "machine",
+      "name": "Machine Timmy",
+      "palette": ["black chrome", "signal lime", "white"],
+      "power": "Proves the execution path",
+      "scar": "Red failed-build tallies cut into the faceplate",
+      "cost": "Remembers every failed build"
+    },
+    {
+      "id": "creature",
+      "name": "Creature Timmy",
+      "palette": ["moss", "amber", "wet copper"],
+      "power": "Adapts to any habitat",
+      "scar": "An unhealed gill seam around the throat",
+      "cost": "Gains one appetite per adaptation"
+    },
+    {
+      "id": "talking-turd",
+      "name": "Talking Turd Timmy",
+      "palette": ["CRT gold", "terminal green", "soot"],
+      "power": "Exposes hypocrisy instantly",
+      "scar": "One permanently pixelated tooth per insult",
+      "cost": "Every truth arrives as an insult"
+    }
+  ],
+  "episodes": [
+    {"id": "01-pilot", "title": "The Cannon Needs a Pilot", "state": "ready"},
+    {"id": "02-burnchain", "title": "The Survivor Pays the Burnchain", "state": "locked"},
+    {"id": "03-vincent", "title": "Vincent's Forbidden Mutation", "state": "locked"},
+    {"id": "04-escape", "title": "The Rejected Timmys Escape", "state": "locked"},
+    {"id": "05-master-key", "title": "The Master Key", "state": "locked"},
+    {"id": "06-council", "title": "The Council of Timmys", "state": "locked"}
+  ],
+  "audience_choice": null,
+  "receipts": []
+}

tests/test_cannon_canon.py

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+import json
+import unittest
+from pathlib import Path
+
+
+CANON = Path(__file__).parents[1] / "projects" / "slop-cannon" / "canon.json"
+
+
+class CannonCanonTests(unittest.TestCase):
+    @classmethod
+    def setUpClass(cls):
+        cls.data = json.loads(CANON.read_text())
+
+    def test_four_unique_pilot_forms(self):
+        forms = self.data["forms"]
+        self.assertEqual(len(forms), 4)
+        self.assertEqual(len({form["id"] for form in forms}), 4)
+        self.assertEqual(len({form["scar"] for form in forms}), 4)
+        for form in forms:
+            self.assertTrue(form["power"])
+            self.assertTrue(form["scar"])
+            self.assertTrue(form["cost"])
+            self.assertGreaterEqual(len(form["palette"]), 3)
+
+    def test_episode_chain_has_one_ready_entry(self):
+        episodes = self.data["episodes"]
+        self.assertEqual(episodes[0]["id"], self.data["current_episode"])
+        self.assertEqual([ep["state"] for ep in episodes].count("ready"), 1)
+        self.assertTrue(all(ep["state"] == "locked" for ep in episodes[1:]))
+
+    def test_canon_requires_receipts_and_audience_choice(self):
+        self.assertIn("receipt", " ".join(self.data["laws"]).lower())
+        self.assertIn("audience", " ".join(self.data["laws"]).lower())
+        self.assertIsNone(self.data["audience_choice"])
+        self.assertEqual(self.data["receipts"], [])
+
+
+if __name__ == "__main__":
+    unittest.main()