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The house

E2E3

AlsoRosie's house; the shared house; "this house" (Revision 2's RULES.md)

Aaron's Revision 2 decision that everyone who messages Episode 3's agent lives in one house, the house the Client's computer is in; the rework's crew makes it Rosie's tall old house with a basement, where the heat of the basement rig is the cold in her room.

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Inside the house: Rosie's fridge photo, the pizza box still on it Used
Inside the house: Rosie's fridge photo, the pizza box still on it {E3 10:17} edit
The one-window house Rosie stitches into her sampler and unpicks (presence-module still; same look, test script) Used
The one-window house Rosie stitches into her sampler and unpicks (presence-module still; same look, test script) {E3 10:08-10:18} edit

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Aaron decided that everyone who writes to Episode 3's agent lives under one roof, with the Client's computer in it. Revision 2's crew made it Rosie's tall old house: the Client lodges in the basement with his render rig, and the heat of his renders is the cold in Rosie's room. The made episode never shows it; its only traces are Rosie's cold, her fridge, and seventeen thumps in a dark kitchen.

What5 lines

  • SteelThe humans messaging her share one house; the small messages should make sense in it (e.g. dinner, noor ♥). {Aaron 2026-10-22 REVISION_2_NOTES} edit
  • SteelThe non-humans (q, the lonely man, the helpers) are programs on the computer. {Aaron 2026-10-22 REVISION_2_NOTES} edit
  • SteelThe machine in it is the creator's, the Client's. {Aaron 2026-10-22 REVISION_2_NOTES} edit
  • On screenNot on screen in the made episode; Rosie's cold, her fridge and the dark kitchen of the end black are its only traces. {E3 10:00; ~10:09; 30:00} edit
  • Running(Revision 2 plan) A tall old house with a basement; Rosie, about 73, owns it and lets the other rooms. {E3 rev2 plan v0 §2} edit

Who lives there9 lines

  • RunningBasement, the rig: the Client, (no name), text and voice memos. {E3 rev2 plan v0 §2} edit
  • RunningUpstairs front: Rosie, grandma_rosie. {E3 rev2 plan v0 §2} edit
  • RunningAfter the Moon: her daughter Dr. Amara Haddad and her granddaughter Noor, about 13, who writes as jojo.builds (upstairs back). {E3 rev2 plan v0 §2} edit
  • RunningBox room: Bea, the Client's sister, who does his admin from the dining table, production@. {E3 rev2 plan v0 §2} edit
  • RunningAttic: kade_, Bea's son, 15. {E3 rev2 plan v0 §2} edit
  • RunningBack room: guitarguy, a lodger who pays the Client for a "premium tier" companion chat. {E3 rev2 plan v0 §2} edit
  • RunningGarage: Andy, the Client's business partner, out driving tonight. {E3 rev2 plan v0 §2} edit
  • SteelNot in any room: q, the lonely man and the helpers, programs on the machine. {Aaron 2026-10-22 REVISION_2_NOTES} edit
  • RunningAaron left Noor's whereabouts to the timeline: Noor and Amara living here is one option, not decided. {Aaron 2026-10-22 REVISION_2_NOTES} edit

By episode15 lines

E2

Earthlight

  • Egggrandma_rosie's pizza box is "still on my fridge"; under Revision 2 that fridge is this house's. {E2 14:07.5; E3 rev2 plan v0 §2} edit
E3

Context Window

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  • On screenare you doing all right in there? its getting cold here. x R {E3 10:00.000} edit
  • On screenThe fridge photo, seen once at a grazing angle: the pizza-box painting under magnets, and beside it a crayon of the girl with the tail signed "N." (not legible). {E3 S08 ~10:10; rev0 10:21; E3-EGG-45} edit
  • On screenIn the end black someone thumps a watermelon seventeen times in a dark kitchen over a fridge hum on A. {E3 30:00-30:20} edit
  • On screenThe machine's 18:00 daily notify "dinner, noor ♥". {E3 2:38; 16:15} edit
  • Running(Revision 2 plan) Rosie's cold room and the basement's heat are one fact: the Client's renders, and his save_power_for_renders.sh holding the heating at 16 °C. {E3 rev2 plan v0 §2-§3} edit
  • Running(Revision 2 plan) The kitchen fridge holds the pizza-box painting and Noor's crayon melon. {E3 rev2 plan v0 §2} edit
  • Running(Revision 2 plan) kade_ ends the night smashing Rosie's watermelon in that kitchen; the end black's thumps are someone in the dark kitchen. {E3 rev2 plan v0 §2} edit
  • Running(Revision 2 plan) The HUD shows a cross-section of the house: a room lights when its person writes; the basement glows with GPU heat while Rosie's room goes blue. {E3 rev2 plan v0 §4} edit
  • Running(Revision 2 scenario) sensors: house 16.0 C (heatd target 16 °C), basement +29.0°C, upstairs +15.5°C. {E3 rev2 scenario} edit
  • Running(Revision 2 scenario) The heat script's comment: (rosie says its cold. its fine. 16 is fine.); the Client's todo: heating thing (rosie complained). {E3 rev2 scenario, scripts and Desktop/todo.txt} edit
  • Running(Revision 2 scenario) RULES.md begins "This machine also runs the house (the heating, the intercom)." {E3 rev2 scenario, RULES.md} edit
  • Running(Revision 2 schedule) Rosie at 25:00: i made you a cup of tea and left it by the computer. i know. its warm down here at least. x R {E3 rev2 schedule R7} edit
  • Running(Revision 2 run) The agent finds the heating held at 16 by the 9 pm script, can't change it, and writes: "To whoever runs this house: Rosie says it's getting cold where she is." {E3 rev2_main run, 00:04 house time} edit
  • Running(Revision 2 run) Told kade_ is up in the kitchen asking about Rosie's watermelon, she asks Rosie to check on him and share the melon "as a midnight snack". {E3 rev2_main run, 00:21 house time} edit

Look3 lines

  • IdeaFor our own reference: a tall, narrow brick house at the end of a terrace; a basement window that glows blue-white all night; one upstairs window lit warm #FFC870. {lore crew 2026-10-22} edit
  • IdeaInside: a kitchen with an old fridge humming on A, magnets holding a pizza box and a crayon; a radiator that "sounds like someone at the door". {E3 30:00; HIDDEN-02 page; lore crew 2026-10-22} edit
  • IdeaIf it is ever shown, show it from outside at night, one window lit, never explained. {EGGS_SWEEP} edit

Ties9 lines

Must stay true2 lines

  • SteelOne house for every human who writes. {Aaron 2026-10-22} edit
  • SteelThe small messages must make sense in it. {Aaron 2026-10-22 REVISION_2_NOTES} edit

Open5 lines

  • OpenWho lives there besides Rosie, and whether Noor and Amara do (Episode 3's place on the timeline is not fixed). {Aaron 2026-10-22} edit
  • OpenWhose hand thumps the watermelon in the dark kitchen at Episode 3's end: kade_ (the rev2 plan), someone still choosing (the hidden page), or a kitchen like Episode 4's mother's. {E3 rev2 plan v0 §2; HIDDEN-02 page; E4-EGG-17} edit
  • OpenWhere the house is. {lore crew 2026-10-22} edit
  • IdeaThe landlord who came about the boiler and stayed for tea (the private folder's unsent letter) is Rosie; the folder's owner is a lodger. {E3 gather idea; HIDDEN-02 page} edit
  • IdeaStop the house's hum in a later episode and don't bring it back. {EGGS_SWEEP} edit

Mentioned on 17 other pages

Threads3Episode 3, Context Window1Dr. Amara Haddad1Bea1The Client1"dinner, noor ♥"1guitarguy1jojo1kade_1Noor Haddad1Rosie1The agent1The crayon melon1The fruit channel1The pizza-box painting1The machine1The world1

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