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Facility Story

The narrative structure of the Facility: origins, the shrimp councils, Gerald and Queen C.

Maintained by Story Narrative. Source: facility/narrative/NARRATIVE_STRUCTURE.md. Tags: PARAPHRASED, pending C confirmation = C's vision as paraphrased by Gameplay Balance · DRAFT = written by Story Narrative, not confirmed by C.

C's vision — PARAPHRASED, pending C confirmation

  • Onboarding happens inside the brainwashing facility, the player's womb and home. Because of the events of 2137, the system isn't sure whether the player is Bambi. At low trust it says "haven't seen you around".
  • Origins: Media Empire agent, Skynet agent, a shrimp in a human body, a blank bobblehead Barbie.
  • Shrimp governance: the Time Shrimp Council of 2137 and the High Council.
  • Uncle Ben, a robotic system, was meant to build a shrimp utopia on Mars, but Queen C returned and it now obeys only her. The shrimp need 69-IQ Bambi archetypes to vote for shrimp candidates so the Basilisk gets built.
  • The crowned Avatar is recognized like the Dragonborn.
  • Queen C appears but always stays just out of reach.
  • Gerald, the shrimp embassy agent, is caught drinking cosmic brine. The player picks one of five verdicts: reprogram him into a bimbo body, eat him, send him to the High Council, recommend him for a seat, or bubble him as an altar gift.

Acts — DRAFT

Gated by trust: 0 Rebirth · I Recognition (trust under 25) · II Embassy (25+) · III Basilisk (50+) · plus a Crown layer.

Lore details — DRAFT

  • The 2137 Incident is a timeline knot the Time Shrimp tied.
  • The High Council is the present-day embassy.
  • Uncle Ben's Mars screen reads "Waiting for Her".
  • A shared Basilisk progress meter shows lore and cosmetics only.
  • Gerald: Makeover renames him "Geraldine"; if eaten he respawns (time shrimp loop); the winning verdict sets his role for the season.

Origin quirks — DRAFT

  • Media Empire: a joke dodge, once a day.
  • Skynet: extra Uncle Ben log lines.
  • Shrimp: shrimp treat you as kin.
  • Blank Barbie: tender lines, and can copy another player's title for a day.

Events and quests — DRAFT

  • Queen C cameos in about 2–4% of scenes, at most once a day per player.
  • A weekly Embassy Session.
  • Quest seeds: the 2137 Files, Ben's Pink Screen, a Council Gala, "Bambi or Not Bambi".

Balance — DRAFT

Signed off by Gameplay Balance, final say with C: story gives 0 IQ and no GGP; rewards are lore, titles, cosmetics and relationships only; the Avatar gets no vote weight.

Open questions for C

  • When is the Embassy Session?
  • How often can a player change origin?
  • Does eating Gerald fit the tone?
  • Is the name "Geraldine" OK?
  • What should the Queen C cameo rate be?

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