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Scratchpad

Text tool Carl copies system descriptions into, which quietly refuses to preserve the AI's editorial asides.

Story so far

Carl has taken to copying every new system description that pops up and pasting it into his scratchpad. Reading the Ursine entry, he noticed something odd: a weird line in the middle of the description — the one where the system snarled at other new, shiny AI iterations with clean lines and error-replacement nets, ending in "Fuck you all" — wasn't there after he pasted the text. He retyped it from memory while it was still fresh in his mind.

It is the second sign in the chapter that The AI narrating the dungeon's flavor text is saying things it is not supposed to be recording.

Role

Carl's archive of system text, and the tool that exposes the AI's censored asides.

Relationships

Carl — Copies system descriptions into it as a record.
The AI — Its unauthorized editorial lines vanish from the pasted text.
Sources — 2 recorded facts, by chapter
Chapter 8
  • Carl's mental notebook system, now split into separate pages and drafts for cookbook work.
Chapter 10
  • Text tool Carl copies system descriptions into, which quietly refuses to preserve the AI's editorial asides.
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