Lin Xi Signal Interview / 林夕信号问询

Lin Xi Signal Interview is the assignable rite that decides how a future-broadcast signal becomes witness evidence, route pressure, or default scar.

The rite must always consume 林夕未来广播案卷 or an equivalent row. It cannot be offered as generic dialogue, lore unlock, late-game prophecy, or a fame reward.

Assignment contract

assignment:
  docket: storyteller.card.lin_xi_future_broadcast_docket.v1
  source_event: event.future_broadcast
  signal_row_id: <stable id>
  source_carrier: radio_leak | black_box_recording | archive_echo | pirate_relay | edit_checksum | witness_memory | explicit_absence | equivalent
  contradiction_surface: black_box | broadcast_reality_drift | patch_custody | continuity_afteruse | ending_scar | asset_provenance | equivalent
  lin_xi_encounter_state: unoffered | reachable | protected | missed | recruited | hostile | explicit_absence
  lin_xi_witness_state_before: unassigned | private_witness | public_echo | lawful_checksum | archive_quarantine | sponsor_silenced | route_ally | hostile_future_reader
  future_reader: public | lawful | archive | sponsor | management | route_asset | broadcast_reality | black_box_ending | equivalent
  intended_use: route_unlock | ending_eligibility | proof_bridge | public_receipt | lawful_annex | sponsor_release | patch_validation | contradiction_closure | equivalent
  excluded_reader_or_absence: <reader or explicit_absence>
  handler_or_absence: producer | baiya | yu_lan | han_yanshuang | shen_luo | archive_clerk | pirate_relay | explicit_absence | equivalent
  proof_bridge_or_absence: raw_signal | black_box_fragment | edit_checksum | lawful_seal | public_counterline | archive_stamp | explicit_absence | equivalent
  selected_response: private_interview | public_echo | lawful_checksum | archive_quarantine | sponsor_silence | recruit_route_ally | refuse_or_default
  accepted_cost_surface_or_absence: <cost or explicit_absence>
  future_effect: <route, reader, ending, or scar effect>

The rite fails if it can use Lin Xi as a clean proof key without naming source signal, contradiction surface, witness boundary, future reader, excluded reader, cost, and future effect.

Branch families

1. Private interview

Lin Xi confirms the signal to the producer or a protected handler, but the answer remains non-public.

selected_branch: private_interview
relief_any: [witness_preserved, black_box_lead_narrowed, hostile_future_reader_delayed]
cost_any: [handler_burden_up, route_delay_up, public_receipt_absent]
future_effect_any: [accepted_with_witness_cost, private_only, public_addendum_required]

2. Public echo

The player lets Lin Xi or a carrier repeat part of the signal publicly.

selected_branch: public_echo
relief_any: [archive_capture_down, public_memory_up, broadcast_reality_contradiction_visible]
cost_any: [witness_exposure_up, sponsor_pressure_up, inspection_heat_up]
future_effect_any: [public_only, lawful_checksum_required, contradiction_pending]

3. Lawful checksum

Baiya, Han Yanshuang, or another proof carrier converts the signal into admissible checksum or annex evidence.

selected_branch: lawful_checksum
relief_any: [proof_chain_up, ending_eligibility_clearer, false_summary_blocked]
cost_any: [archive_debt_up, edit_debt_up, public_distrust_up]
future_effect_any: [lawful_only, checksum_required, black_box_opened_costlier]

4. Archive quarantine

The signal is protected from false use but cannot yet open a clean route.

selected_branch: archive_quarantine
relief_any: [source_integrity_preserved, drift_risk_down, witness_exposure_down]
cost_any: [route_block_or_delay_up, archive_debt_up, black_box_pressure_up]
future_effect_any: [archive_quarantined, recovery_only_until_reproof, ending_blocked_until_release]

5. Sponsor or management silence

The player lets sponsor, management, or schedule pressure suppress the witness boundary for immediate relief.

selected_branch: sponsor_silence
relief_any: [slot_pressure_down, sponsor_pressure_down, immediate_report_possible]
cost_any: [sponsor_silence_capture_up, false_absence_up, public_or_lawful_hostility_up]
future_effect_any: [sponsor_captured, default_armed, hostile_future_reader]

6. Recruit route ally

Lin Xi becomes a narrow route ally, not a universal follower or proof engine.

selected_branch: recruit_route_ally
relief_any: [black_box_route_unlocked_with_cost, future_signal_navigation_up, route_asset_bridge_open]
cost_any: [protection_debt_up, producer_license_pressure_up, ending_scar_pressure_up]
future_effect_any: [route_ally, accepted_with_witness_cost, black_box_opened_costlier]

7. Refuse or default

No one takes responsibility for the witness boundary.

selected_branch: refuse_or_default
default_event_or_equivalent: storyteller.event.lin_xi_signal_erasure_default.v1
relief_any: [immediate_assignment_pressure_down]
cost_any: [lin_xi_false_absence, broadcast_reality_drift_up, black_box_contradiction_hardened]
future_effect_any: [blocked, recovery_only, hostile_future_reader, black_box_opened_blocked_until_reproof]

Resolution requirements

Every resolved branch must output:

resolution:
  lin_xi_encounter_state_after: reachable | protected | missed | recruited | hostile | false_absence | recovery_only
  lin_xi_witness_state_after: private_witness | public_echo | lawful_checksum | archive_quarantine | sponsor_silenced | route_ally | hostile_future_reader
  signal_state_after: preserved | echoed | checksummed | quarantined | silenced | erased | contradicted
  future_reader_state_after: accepted_with_scope | public_only | lawful_only | sponsor_only | archive_quarantined | contradiction_pending | blocked | recovery_only
  ending_or_route_effect: <effect>
  counter_deltas:
    relief: [<at least one>]
    cost: [<at least one>]
    future: [<at least one>]

Failure cases

The rite fails if:

• it is offered without a future-broadcast docket;
• entry depends on numbered turn, fixed day/week, fame threshold, raw count, dashboard, or lens health;
• Lin Xi can be recruited without a witness boundary;
• public echo counts as lawful proof;
• lawful checksum counts as public truth;
• sponsor silence counts as consent or clean absence;
• archive quarantine opens a clean ending route;
• default changes only mood or generic trust;
• future reader, ending, route asset, or broadcast-reality state does not change.

Non-goals

• Not a generic conversation scene.
• Not a prophecy cutscene.
• Not a clean black-box solution.
• Not valid unless Lin Xi’s witness state changes future play.