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Rosie's sampler

Alsothe cross-stitch; Rosie's presence on the plane

Rosie's presence on Episode 3's glass: a small cross-stitch that stitches itself at the edge of the light, a melon with a face and a tail, then a one-window house she unpicks, leaving one warm thread; in Episode 4 its echo is an x R stitched inside a chess teacher's box lid.

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Her sampler grown into a cottage scene for the epilogue (the presence-module still; same look as the film, test script) Used
Her sampler grown into a cottage scene for the epilogue (the presence-module still; same look as the film, test script) {E3 28:25-29:30} edit
The one-window house she stitches into it, and unpicks (presence-module still; same look, test script) Used
The one-window house she stitches into it, and unpicks (presence-module still; same look, test script) {E3 10:08-10:18} edit

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Rosie is never seen or heard; in Episode 3 she is a needle at the edge of the light. Her sampler stitches what she asks for (a melon with a face and a tail), then a small house with a warm window, which she unpicks, leaving one warm thread. It is the series' hidden house told in thread, and in Episode 4 its echo is an x R stitched inside a box lid.

What4 lines

  • On screenA small cross-stitch sampler on the glass at the lower-right edge of the light, stitching itself at 8 fps. {E3 S05-S17; S28} edit
  • On screenIts sound: a needle through linen and one music-box A per message. {E3 5:00; SOUND} edit
  • On screenRosie's chat avatar is a cross-stitch R. {E3 5:00} edit
  • RunningAida linen; sage, dusty rose, cornflower, walnut, straw, and one #FFC870 thread. {E3 CAST §6.2} edit

By episode9 lines

E3

Context Window

not released yet
  • On screen5:00: a running border and a melon slice with a face and a curly tail. {E3 5:00} edit
  • On screen10:00: a small one-window house in walnut thread, its window warm. {E3 10:08-10:18} edit
  • RunningAt 11:00 she unpicks the house; needle holes and one #FFC870 thread stay (built in S08, never checked frame by frame). {E3 S08 NOTES; E3-EGG-16 partly verified} edit
  • RunningAt 15:00 a garden grows around the gap. {E3 CAST §6.2} edit
  • On screenIn the music video she adds a stitch per beat. {E3 23:10-25:00} edit
  • RunningComplete in the epilogue: garden, fence, path, the melon, the house as holes, the warm thread hanging. {E3 S28; CAST §6.2} edit
  • EggIn the panorama an old woman, seen from behind, cross-stitches a histogram; never confirmed as Rosie. {E3 S26; CAST §6.4} edit
E4

Touch Move

not released yet
  • EggA cross-stitched x R, cornflower on linen, inside the instructor's box lid; its centre stitch is the one warm #FFC870 stitch. {E4 20:17-20:23; 21:43; E4-EGG-21} edit
  • EggThe fall at 20:00 passes through that stitching like giant ropes, the warm stitch passing like a lantern. {E4 20:01.5-20:40} edit

Look3 lines

  • On screenSelf-stitching cross-stitch at 8 fps, small, at the edge of the pool of light. {E3 S05} edit
  • RunningFinished, it reads as a cottage scene. {E3 S28 presence-module still} edit
  • IdeaFor our own reference: the back of the linen is as tidy as the front; the knots are all on one side. {lore crew 2026-10-22} edit

Ties5 lines

Must stay true2 lines

  • RunningThe warm stitch never comes out. {E3 Q-E3-09; E4 Q-E4-30} edit
  • RunningRosie stays text, a signature and stitches: never a person on screen. {NEXT_EPISODE} edit

Open5 lines

  • OpenWhether the unpicking and the warm stitch are on screen: the registry calls E3-EGG-16 partly verified, while Episode 3's summary states the warm stitch as world truth. {EGG_REGISTRY E3-EGG-16; E3 SUMMARY} edit
  • OpenWhy she stitches a house and takes it away. {E3 10:08} edit
  • IdeaThe house is her own; the warm stitch stays because the person it waited for came home. {EGGS_SWEEP} edit
  • IdeaAfter Episode 4 it is shown historic, behind museum glass, the unpicked house labelled by someone who never knew her. {series gather; Aaron 2026-10-14 framing} edit
  • IdeaShe stitched the x R in Daniel Fenn's lid the day she showed him the draw. {series gather; EGGS_SWEEP} edit

Every line on this page is drawn from the lore: 153 sheets and 8,338 lines of Markdown in Aaron's series repo, each with exactly one tier. Change a line there and run lore.py publish, and every page of this course follows (this copy: built 23 October 2026 from 3ab0458).

Sources are in braces: {E2 25:20} is Episode 2 at 25:20, {E4 S17} a scene, {Aaron 2026-10-22} a decision of Aaron's. “edit” opens the line in the series repo, which is private: it works for Aaron and the crews; the sources are everyone's. Everything that isn't steel is free to change.