Future Broadcast Witness Boundary

Future Broadcast Witness Boundary is the system-facing wrapper above the Lin Xi character route. The character storyline asks what happens to Lin Xi when she becomes reachable, protected, missed, recruited, silenced, or hostile. This storyline asks what happens to the future-broadcast row when public, lawful, archive, sponsor, management, route-asset, broadcast-reality, or black-box ending readers try to spend it as proof.

The gap is small but important: a future signal can still become a clean route flag if the wider system consumes only future_broadcast_heard and ignores the witness boundary. This wrapper keeps the signal row, Lin Xi state, excluded reader, proof bridge, and future route effect visible outside the character folder.

Playable Question

When a later reader cites a future-broadcast signal, does production preserve a private witness boundary, publish a public echo, require lawful checksum, quarantine the archive copy, accept sponsor silence with scar, recruit Lin Xi as a route ally, or let signal erasure harden into default pressure?

Every answer must name:

• the source future-broadcast row;
• the signal carrier or explicit absence;
• the contradiction surface;
• Lin Xi’s encounter and witness state or explicit absence;
• the requested future reader and intended use;
• the excluded reader or explicit absence;
• the proof bridge or explicit absence;
• the selected witness posture;
• the future route, reader, ending, or broadcast-reality effect.

State-Triggered Entry

Open this storyline only when a future reader is trying to consume a future-broadcast row:

entry_state:
  trigger_kind: state_pressure
  future_broadcast_row_present: true
  source_signal_row_visible: true
  signal_has_route_or_ending_relevance: true
  contradiction_surface_present: true
  lin_xi_candidate_or_explicit_absence_visible: true
  witness_boundary_unresolved: true
  future_reader_or_route_asset_present: true
  intended_use_visible: true
  excluded_reader_or_explicit_absence_visible: true
  player_can_assign_interview_echo_checksum_quarantine_silence_recruit_or_default: true
  no_fixed_turn_trigger: true
  no_fixed_day_or_week_trigger: true
  no_fame_threshold_trigger: true
  no_raw_count_trigger: true
  no_dashboard_or_lens_health_trigger: true

Do not open from a fixed turn, day, week, chapter quota, fame threshold, raw signal count, dashboard warning, or lens-health state. The trigger is a concrete reader trying to spend a future signal before its witness boundary is assigned.

Bound Content Pack

• Lin Xi Future Broadcast Witness defines witness states, reader effects, missability, recruitability, and default erasure.
• Lin Xi Future Broadcast Witness Storyline is the character implementation body.
• Lin Xi Future Broadcast Docket records source signal, contradiction surface, Lin Xi state, future reader, excluded reader, proof bridge, and route or ending effect.
• Lin Xi Signal Interview assigns private interview, public echo, lawful checksum, archive quarantine, sponsor silence, route ally, or default.
• Lin Xi Signal Erasure Default records durable future pressure when the signal is consumed without a valid witness state.
• Future Broadcast Witness Boundary Lens observes the system wrapper.

Storyline Spine

Beat 1 - The future signal becomes spendable proof

A future-broadcast row exists. A black-box route, ending reader, archive summary, public echo desk, lawful annex, sponsor report, route asset, or broadcast-reality repair wants to cite it.

The row cannot travel as clean proof. Before it can be used, the system must create or refresh Lin Xi Future Broadcast Docket.

Beat 2 - The docket separates signal from witness authority

The docket must expose:

future_broadcast_boundary_row:
  source_signal_row: event.future_broadcast | black_box_recording | archive_echo | pirate_relay | edit_checksum | witness_memory | equivalent
  signal_carrier_or_absence: radio_leak | black_box_fragment | archive_copy | pirate_child | editor_checksum | explicit_absence
  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 | false_absence | explicit_absence
  witness_boundary_state: 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>
  proof_bridge_or_absence: raw_signal | black_box_fragment | edit_checksum | lawful_seal | public_counterline | archive_stamp | explicit_absence | equivalent
  future_route_or_ending_effect: accepted_with_witness_cost | public_only | lawful_only | archive_quarantined | sponsor_captured | contradiction_pending | blocked | recovery_only | black_box_opened_costlier

The row is invalid if it records only future_broadcast_heard, signal_seen, Lin Xi present, or black_box_key.

Beat 3 - The witness posture is assigned

Run Lin Xi Signal Interview.

Valid posture families:

• private_interview;
• public_echo;
• lawful_checksum;
• archive_quarantine;
• sponsor_silence;
• recruit_route_ally;
• refuse_or_default.

Every branch must preserve the difference between the signal row and witness authority. Private witness is not public proof. Public echo is not lawful checksum. Lawful checksum is not public truth. Archive quarantine is not clean ending access. Sponsor silence is not consent. Route ally is not a universal black-box key.

Beat 4 - Future readers consume the boundary

Downstream systems must read the witness boundary instead of the raw signal:

• Broadcast Reality Drift Audit can accept a contradiction only when the witness reader scope fits.
• Continuity Afteruse Contempt cannot cite Lin Xi’s absence unless absence was assigned.
• Broadcast Asset Provenance Afterlife must keep signal carrier and copy lineage distinct.
• Ending Scar Ledger inherits blocked, costlier, or recovery-only ending states.
• Callback Consumption Proof may consume the signal only with the owed or excluded reader still visible.

Beat 5 - Erasure default becomes future pressure

If a future reader consumes the signal without witness authority, arm Lin Xi Signal Erasure Default.

future_broadcast_witness_default:
  event: storyteller.event.lin_xi_signal_erasure_default.v1
  source_signal_row: required
  contradiction_surface: required
  missing_or_hidden_witness_state: true
  default_author: archive | sponsor | management | editor | inspector | broadcast_reality | player | equivalent
  false_claim: signal_is_clean_memory | witness_unneeded | black_box_resolved | future_reader_satisfied | ending_route_safe | equivalent
  affected_future_reader: public | lawful | archive | route_asset | broadcast_reality | black_box_ending | artist | fan | equivalent
  future_reader_effect: hostile | contradiction_pending | lawful_only | public_only | blocked | recovery_only | false_clean_hardened
  counter_deltas_min: 3
  durable_mutation: true

Branch Map

Branch	Immediate relief	Cost / scar	Future state
private_interview	Lin Xi stays protected and the lead narrows.	Public receipt remains absent; handler burden rises.	private_only or public_addendum_required
public_echo	Public memory and contradiction visibility improve.	Witness exposure, sponsor pressure, and inspection heat rise.	public_only or lawful_checksum_required
lawful_checksum	Proof chain and ending eligibility improve.	Archive debt, edit debt, or public distrust rises.	lawful_only or black_box_opened_costlier
archive_quarantine	Source integrity is preserved.	Route delay and ending pressure rise.	archive_quarantined or recovery_only
sponsor_silence	Immediate slot or report pressure falls.	False absence and reader hostility harden.	sponsor_captured or default_armed
recruit_route_ally	A narrow black-box route can open with cost.	Protection debt and ending scar pressure rise.	route_ally and accepted_with_witness_cost
refuse_or_default	No clean relief is required.	Signal erasure, hostile future reader, and drift rise.	blocked, recovery_only, or reproof_required

Lens Contract

Future Broadcast Witness Boundary Lens passes only when the implementation proves:

• the system wrapper exists alongside the Lin Xi character route;
• entry is state pressure from a future-broadcast row and future reader, not timing or meta state;
• the docket separates signal carrier, contradiction surface, Lin Xi state, reader scope, excluded reader, proof bridge, and future effect;
• the interview branches diverge across private, public, lawful, archive, sponsor, route-ally, and default outcomes;
• the default records a false-clean future signal and mutates future play.

Non-Goals

• Do not duplicate Lin Xi’s character route.
• Do not create a second future-broadcast mechanic.
• Do not make future broadcast a fixed-turn prophecy event.
• Do not let Lin Xi become a universal follower or proof key.
• Do not allow a future signal to unlock the black box without a scoped witness boundary.