421 dated lines · 40 points on the axis

Timeline

Every dated line of the series on one axis. Y0 is the night Episode 1 was broadcast; Y+60 is about sixty years later. No calendar year is fixed on screen.

How the axis works

Y0 is the night of Episode 1's broadcast. Y+60 means about sixty years later; about marks a year that is math, and a range (Y+55..63) marks either a span or a placement that is not fixed. A dated [fact] line means the event itself is on screen (or on an episode's hidden page); its Y value may still be math from a world bible, named in the same line or in the placement lines at the top of its section. The episode clock (20:00, 25:15) and the night's own clock (4:47 a.m., base time 18:00) are both given where the screen gives them. Calendar dates seen on screen (2018 to 2026) are recorded as what the screen shows; no calendar year is fixed for Y0 (see Episode 1's night). Episode 3's place is not fixed: its section uses Y+55..63, the whole window Aaron left open. The sky's age and the worlds inside the paintings, songs and boxes keep their own clocks and stand at the end, off the axis. Merged 2026-10-22 from the five gathered timelines (Episodes 1-4 and the series' WORLD_TIMELINE on main and origin/episode-4-chess).

Show What the tiers mean

Every dated line

In order on the axis. A line from a character's or a thing's sheet says whose it is; the tier legend above narrows by tier.

about Y-39

RunningThe host is born, or earlier: he painted the egg board at nineteen and saw it again "twenty years later". {E1 06:16-06:38; math} edit

about Y-25

RunningThe caller is born: in his twenties on Y0, never said on screen. {E1 treatment §3.3} edit

about Y-20

RunningAt nineteen he paints a FRESH EGGS board; somebody keeps painting a smile on the egg; he lets it stay. {E1 06:16-06:38} on The host edit
RunningThe host, nineteen, paints the FRESH EGGS board; somebody keeps painting a smile on it; at least twenty years before Y0, since he saw it again "twenty years later". {E1 06:16-06:38} on The Egg Stand edit
On screenThe The host, nineteen, paints signs; a farmer wants FRESH EGGS and a plain white egg; someone keeps painting a smile on it. {E1 06:16} edit
RunningAt least twenty years before Y0, since "twenty years later" the board is nailed to a barn and the smile is still kept up, wider every year. {E1 06:38; math} edit

about Y-15

IdeaA guess for our own reference: he comes into the host's frame shop ("years back") and the host paints Captain thick. {E1 18:48; lore crew 2026-10-22} on Mr. Hale edit

Y-11

On screenHe is given the One-Hair Brush to sell, "For the thing you can almost see." {E1 17:50} on The pitchman edit
On screenThe pitchman is given it to sell. {E1 17:50} on The One-Hair Brush edit
On screenThe The pitchman is given the The One-Hair Brush to sell, "Eleven years ago", "For the thing you can almost see." {E1 17:50} edit

Y-11..0

On screenFour hundred airings, once in a hot tub, not one order. {E1 17:58} on The pitchman edit
On screenAiring four-oh-one: a lady of seventy-nine orders it; he mails it in a sock; her letter: "It worked. Have you ever tried it?" {E1 18:05-18:18} on The pitchman edit
On screenFour hundred airings without one order. {E1 17:58} on The One-Hair Brush edit
On screenFour hundred airings of the One-Hair Brush without one order. {E1 17:58} edit
On screenAiring four-oh-one: a lady of seventy-nine orders it; he mails it in a sock. {E1 18:05-18:13} edit
On screenA week later her letter: "It worked. Have you ever tried it?"; he never has, never once got it wet. {E1 18:13-18:20} edit

Y-9

On screenBorn; she turns nine on the night of the broadcast. {E1 04:39} on Rosie edit
On screenRosie is born: she turns nine on the night of the broadcast. {E1 04:34-04:39} edit

about Y-3

RunningBorn; three on the night Rosie's brother painted for her. {E4 MASTER_TREATMENT §1} on Daniel Fenn, the instructor edit
RunningDaniel Fenn, Episode 4's Daniel Fenn, the instructor, is born: 66 on Episode 4's night, so three on Y0. {E4 MASTER_TREATMENT §1} edit

Y0 E1 Episode 1's night

RunningAbout 9:45 a.m. the day before her birthday Rosie asks him for "the girl with the tail". {E1 04:39; math} on The caller edit
On screenFrom the 2 a.m. airing he paints along, "only light on in my building". {E1 04:17-04:22} on The caller edit
On screen4:12 a.m.: the sodium lamp outside his window clicks off; he watches brake lights leave. {E1 10:35-11:00} on The caller edit
On screen4:47 a.m. on the LINE 1 LCD: he rings in, on canvas three. {E1 04:16.5} on The caller edit
On screen5:09 a.m.: "Hers is done. Rosie's is done." {E1 26:37-26:41} on The caller edit
RunningAbout 5:10 a.m. he falls asleep on the line during the real-time stroke. {E1 27:25; math} on The caller edit
On screen5:12 AM on the LCD: he wakes with a gasp, "WHAT TIME IS IT". {E1 29:36-29:37} on The caller edit
On screenPainting clock DAY 3 · 10:48: the old picture goes face down. {E1 09:52} on easel.exe edit
On screenPainting clock DAY 7 to DAY 73: the one wait, 66 days. {E1 16:21-16:55} on easel.exe edit
On screenPainting clock DAY 76 · 10:42: the last stroke, one hair, laid by nobody. {E1 19:57.5} on easel.exe edit
On screenOn air from about 4:43 to 5:13 a.m. he paints Crimson Coil and says "Goodnight." {E1 04:16.5; 29:26.85; 29:37} on The host edit
On screenThe host tells his story on air, for BloodTailor. {E1 18:48-19:26} on Mr. Hale edit
On screen"I hadn't. Eleven years. Never once got it wet." That night he offers it for the last stroke. {E1 18:20; 19:41} on The pitchman edit
RunningAbout 9:45 a.m. the day before her birthday she asks her brother for "the girl with the tail" (nineteen hours before his 4:47 a.m. call). {E1 04:39; math} on Rosie edit
On screenHer brother paints along with the television painter from the 2 a.m. airing, "only light on in my building". {E1 04:17-04:22} on Rosie edit
On screen5:09 a.m.: "Hers is done. Rosie's is done." Attempt #4, oil on a pizza-box lid. {E1 26:37-26:41} on Rosie edit
On screenIt hangs in the gallery as Untitled (for Rosie, 9) · oil on cardboard, 5:09 a.m. · Lent by the artist. {E1 28:00} on Rosie edit
EggNot yet born; the room that will be his study is Episode 1's end room, its occupant never named. {E1 29:05; E2 00:20} on Teo Varga edit
On screenMixed and advertised on the dawn paint-along. {E1 11:31; 23:25} on Coil Black edit
On screenPainted on air from 06:00 to 19:58 of the programme; finished at DAY 76 · 10:42 on its own clock. {E1 19:58} on Crimson Coil edit
On screenHung in a gallery as Number fourteen, lent by the girl in it. {E1 28:00} on Crimson Coil edit
RunningAbout 5:12 a.m.: a man with a long-day face is told to go to bed. {E1 29:22; math} on The end room edit
On screenWet at last, for the last stroke of Crimson Coil, DAY 76 · 10:42 on the painting's clock. {E1 19:57.5} on The One-Hair Brush edit
On screenPainted between about 4:47 and 5:09 a.m., along with the dawn paint-along. {E1 04:17; 26:41} on The pizza-box painting edit
On screenFace down at DAY 3 · 10:48 of the painting's clock. {E1 09:52} on The old picture edit
RunningThe night is E1's broadcast; the programme clock maps to the night's from the LINE 1 LCD (4:47 AM at 04:16.5, 5:12 AM at 29:37), so 00:00 falls at about 4:43 a.m. {E1 04:16.5; 29:37; math} edit
RunningAbout 9:45 a.m. the day before, Rosie asks her brother for "the girl with the tail": nineteen hours before his call. {E1 04:39; math} edit
On screenFrom the 2 a.m. airing her brother, the The caller, paints along with the show: "the two a.m. one". {E1 04:17} edit
On screenHe has been squinting "since three". {E1 09:26} edit
On screen4:12 a.m.: the sodium lamp in the lot outside his window clicks off ("the sensor decides it's morning"); he watches brake lights leave. {E1 10:15-10:35} edit
On screen"Red is the thing that's leaving. I've been holding that since four-twelve." {E1 11:02-11:07} edit
RunningA pre-dawn blue at 4:12 a.m. suggests a summer night, or a town far north. {E1 10:41; inference} edit
RunningAbout 4:43 to 5:13 a.m.: the paint-along is on air. {E1 04:16.5; 29:37; math} edit
OpenWhether the show is live or a rerun: "is this live?" gets "Hi, friend." {E1 04:17} edit
On screen4:47 a.m.: the caller rings LINE 1; he is on canvas three, the only light on in his building. {E1 04:17-04:22} edit
On screenIt is Rosie's birthday: "It's for my sister, Rosie. She's nine today." {E1 04:34} edit
On screenOn air the painting's own clock runs 76 days with one 66-day wait; its last stroke lands at DAY 76 · 10:42, at 19:57.5 of the programme. {E1 16:21-16:55; 19:57.5} edit
On screenThe host paints a cabin with one lit window into the ruins and paints it out (The cabin). {E1 11:13-11:27} edit
On screenAt 20:00 the bell tolls a fourth time and the broadcast window breaks. {E1 20:00} edit
On screen5:09 a.m.: Rosie's painting is done, attempt #4, oil on a pizza-box lid: "Hers is done. Rosie's is done." {E1 26:37-26:41} edit
On screenIt is signed "for Rosie, 9 · 5:09 am" (The pizza-box painting). {E1 27:55} edit
RunningAbout 5:10 a.m.: the caller falls asleep on the line during the real-time stroke. {E1 27:25; math} edit
RunningAbout 5:12 a.m.: in the The end room a man with a long-day face is told to go to bed. {E1 29:06-29:22; math} edit
RunningAbout 5:12 a.m.: the caller's phone slides off the pillow; the dial tone holds. {E1 29:28; math} edit
On screen5:12 AM on the LCD: the caller wakes with a gasp, "WHAT TIME IS IT". {E1 29:36-29:37} edit
OpenWhose room the end room is on Y0: a man ("He's tired"), never named; Teo is not born yet. {E1 29:13} edit
OpenWhat became of the caller after 5:12 a.m., and of canvases one to three. {E1 04:22} edit
RunningNo episode states Y0's calendar year in words, and none is fixed for the lore. {E1; WORLD_TIMELINE} edit
RunningRead literally, Episode 2's real posts (the latest dated 11 August 2026) at about Y+60 put Y0 in about 1966 or earlier. {E2 17:45; inference} edit
RunningRead literally, Episode 3's 20 October 2026 at about Y+62..63 puts Y0 in about 1963-64. {HIDDEN-02 page; inference} edit
OpenWhether Y0 gets a calendar year: adopt one from the on-screen dates, or treat them as the fiction's file metadata and change them in Episode 3's rework. {EGGS_SWEEP; Aaron 2026-10-22 fourth round} edit
RunningEpisode 1 reads as old public television; Episode 2 feels like now on the stream side and like the future on the Moon side. {WORLD_TIMELINE} edit
Runningabout Y0 He sees the board again "twenty years later", nailed to a barn, the smile wider every year. {E1 06:38} on The host edit

Y0..60

RunningIt becomes a real chromatic drawing ink. {E2 WORLD_BIBLE §13} on Coil Black edit
RunningIt becomes "an old, well-loved painting from a televised paint-along", with prints and museum-shop postcards. {E2 WORLD_BIBLE §13} on Crimson Coil edit
RunningCrimson Coil becomes "an old, well-loved painting from a televised paint-along", with prints and museum-shop postcards. {E2 WORLD_BIBLE §13} edit
RunningThe paint-along itself becomes old, well-loved television. {E2 WORLD_BIBLE §13} edit
RunningCoil Black becomes a real drawing ink, and 1-555-533-7437 (1-555-533-7437) passes to other owners. {E2 WORLD_BIBLE §13} edit

about Y+7

On screenBoard 14, Junior Open, Round 3, a Saturday: ten, Black, ten minutes on his clock; he stops it and shakes her hand (the year is running). {E4 16:38-16:50; 26:32} on Daniel Fenn, the instructor edit
On screenThe sheet: 50.exf7, "resigns", 1–0; White R., signed x R. {E4 26:32-26:50} on Daniel Fenn, the instructor edit
On screenShe shows him the draw afterwards. {E4 17:59.32} on Daniel Fenn, the instructor edit
EggAt sixteen she plays White at Board 14 (Junior Open, round 3, a Saturday); ten-year-old Daniel Fenn resigns a drawn position; the sheet says 1-0, signed x R. {E4 26:32-26:50; HIDDEN-03} on Rosie edit
EggAfterwards she shows him the draw: "She showed me afterwards." {E4 17:59.32} on Rosie edit
RunningThat she is sixteen there: "Nine plus seven is sixteen. Nobody ever says it." {E4 MASTER_TREATMENT §1} on Rosie edit
On screenA Saturday: Daniel Fenn, ten, Black, ten minutes on his clock, stops it and shakes his opponent's hand. {E4 16:38-16:44; 26:32; Y from MASTER_TREATMENT §1} on Board 14 edit
On screen"She showed me afterwards." {E4 17:59.32} on Board 14 edit
RunningHis opponent is Rosie, sixteen (born Y-9). {E4 MASTER_TREATMENT §1} on Board 14 edit
On screenIn the boy's picture of Board 14's hall, a clay arbiter dozes at a monitor marked FEED 3. {E4 16:36-16:55} on FEED 3 edit
On screenJunior Open, Round 3, Board 14, a Saturday: Daniel Fenn, ten, playing Black with ten minutes on his clock, stops it and shakes his opponent's hand. {E4 16:38-16:50; 26:32} edit
On screenThe sheet records 50.exf7, "resigns", 1–0, White "R." (surname smudged), signed x R. {E4 26:32-26:50} edit
RunningHis opponent is Rosie, sixteen (born Y-9). {E4 MASTER_TREATMENT §1} edit
On screenThe position was drawn: only 50...Rc2+ or 50...Rb3+ saves it. {E4 17:37.76; 27:04} edit
On screen"She showed me afterwards." {E4 17:59.32} edit
On screenEpisode 4 pictures the hall in clay: fourteen tables at night, a clay The clay arbiter dozing at monitor FEED 3. {E4 16:36-16:55} edit
RunningBoard 14 is a fictional game, labelled FICTIONAL in its files. {E4 chess/games/board14_long_FICTIONAL} edit

about Y+7..63

RunningKeeps the clock, the rook, the lid, the card and the sheet folded in four in his wallet. {E4 MASTER_TREATMENT §1} on Daniel Fenn, the instructor edit
RunningHe keeps the The brass clock, the The plastic rook with its 14 sticker, the stitched lid, the The breathing card and the sheet folded in his wallet. {E4 MASTER_TREATMENT §1} edit

about Y+15..25

IdeaDr. Amara Haddad is born, for our own reference: Rosie 24-34, Amara 25-35 at Noor's birth and 35-45 on Episode 2's night. {timeline crew 2026-10-22} edit

about Y+16

RunningBorn (44 on Episode 2's night). {E2 WORLD_BIBLE §1} on Teo Varga edit
RunningTeo Varga Varga is born: 44 on Episode 2's night. {E2 WORLD_BIBLE §1} edit

about Y+20

IdeaBorn, when Rosie is about 29 (so about 30 when Noor is born, about 40 on Episode 2's night). {lore crew 2026-10-22, for our own reference} on Dr. Amara Haddad edit

about Y+20..30

IdeaAmara draws the The crayon melon as a girl, and Rosie keeps her daughter's drawing on the fridge for decades. {series gather} edit

about Y+32

RunningDez is born: 28 on Episode 2's night. {E2 WORLD_BIBLE §2} edit

about Y+34

On screenTeo's first project, a The bus shelter by the harbour, faces the wrong way and works better backwards. {E2 07:20-07:49} edit

about Y+34..54

RunningTwenty years of municipal work; his first project, a bus shelter by the harbour, faces the wrong way. {E2 WORLD_BIBLE §1; 07:24} on Teo Varga edit
RunningTeo's twenty years of municipal work: bus shelters, crossings, small libraries. {E2 WORLD_BIBLE §1} edit

about Y+48..56

On screenY+48..56 2019-07-06: the first melon logged ("ripe"); 2019-07-20: "white inside. use all four." {HIDDEN-02 page; Y assumes the night is 2026-10-20} on The private folder edit
On screen2019-07-06: the owner of The private folder logs a first thumped melon, "ripe"; the journal: the thump test, learned from a man at the market. {HIDDEN-02 page} edit
On screen2019-07-20: melon 2, "ripe (white inside. use all four.)". {HIDDEN-02 page} edit
On screenA Pictures folder beach_2019/ holds two photos. {E3 2:10.9; 3:28.7} edit

about Y+49..57

On screen2020: "Stayed in. Fixed the shelf. It is still a little crooked." {HIDDEN-02 page} edit

about Y+50

RunningNoor is born; Rosie is about 59. {E2 WORLD_BIBLE §3; REVISION_2_NOTES} on Dr. Amara Haddad edit
RunningBorn; Rosie is about 59. {E2 WORLD_BIBLE §3; REVISION_2_NOTES} on Noor Haddad edit
RunningNoor is born; Rosie is about 59. {E2 WORLD_BIBLE §3; REVISION_2_NOTES} on Rosie edit
RunningNoor Haddad Haddad is born: ten years four months on Episode 2's night; Rosie is about 59. {E2 WORLD_BIBLE §3; REVISION_2_NOTES} edit
RunningMaisie is born: "my daughter maisie is ten" on Episode 2's night. {E2 18:46} edit

Y+50..58

On screen2021: one melon grows on the balcony, fist-sized, not eaten. {HIDDEN-02 page} on The private folder edit
On screenabout Y+50..58 2021: seeds on the balcony; one melon the size of a fist, kept, not eaten. {HIDDEN-02 page} edit

about Y+51..59

On screen2022: the boiler again; the landlord came himself and stayed for tea. {HIDDEN-02 page} edit

about Y+52..60

On screen2023: "Started leaving the desk lamp on when I go to bed. In case someone is up." {HIDDEN-02 page} edit

Y+53..61

On screen2024: a school recital, filmed from the back row (recital_2024.mp4). {E3 ~2:11; HIDDEN-02 page} on The private folder edit
On screenabout Y+53..61 2024: "The recital. I sat at the back."; recital_2024.mp4, filmed from the back row. {E3 2:10.9; HIDDEN-02 page} edit

about Y+54

RunningStarts EARTHLIGHT live on longhand, every sheet free under an open licence; it spreads to about forty open-hardware repos. {E2 WORLD_BIBLE §1; 17:55} on Teo Varga edit
RunningBorn. {E4 MASTER_TREATMENT §1} on The boy edit
RunningHer son is born. {E4 MASTER_TREATMENT §1} on The mother edit
RunningTeo starts drawing it live on longhand, every sheet free under an open licence. {E2 WORLD_BIBLE §1} on EARTHLIGHT edit
RunningEpisode 4's boy (The boy) is born: nine on Episode 4's night, the age Rosie was on Y0. {E4 MASTER_TREATMENT §1} edit
RunningTeo starts EARTHLIGHT live on longhand (on Lantern), one sheet at a time, every sheet free; the sheets spread to about forty open-hardware repos. {E2 WORLD_BIBLE §1; 17:55} edit

about Y+54..60

RunningAt some point Teo lives in Episode 1's end room, now his study. {E2 WORLD_BIBLE §13} edit

about Y+54..62

On screen2025: "Nothing happened this year that I want to write down, except the snow." {HIDDEN-02 page} edit
On screenFiles dated 2025: letter_about_the_bus_shelter.docx (9 January), the Rev C set (9 March), the postcard no14_crimson_coil_postcard.jpg (5 March), the recital file (11 April), IMG_0412.jpg (31 July), bus_shelter_FINAL_final.dwg (20 November). {E3 2:10.9; 3:12.5} edit

about Y+55

IdeaNoor, about five, draws the crayon melon in Rosie's kitchen. {Aaron 2026-10-22 option} on Dr. Amara Haddad edit
RunningAt about five, in Rosie's house, she draws the crayon melon; it goes on Rosie's fridge (the rev2 crew's choice; Aaron: one option). {E3 rev2 plan v0 §11; Aaron 2026-10-22 option} on Noor Haddad edit
RunningNoor, about five, draws the crayon melon in Rosie's house; it goes on her fridge (Aaron's option; the rev2 crew's choice). {E3 rev2 plan v0 §11; Aaron 2026-10-22 option} on Rosie edit
IdeaNoor, about five, draws it in Rosie's kitchen before she leaves for the Moon at seven; it has been on Rosie's fridge since. {Aaron 2026-10-22 option; E3 rev2 plan v0 §2} on The crayon melon edit
IdeaNoor, about five, draws the crayon melon before she leaves for the Moon; it goes on Rosie's fridge beside the pizza box. {Aaron 2026-10-22 option} edit

about Y+55..56

RunningThe Homestead's ad sells Phase 1, FAMILIES WELCOME, on Teo's linework, in this voice. {E2 WORLD_BIBLE §10} on BASE edit
RunningThe Homestead's autonomous fleet builds Phase 1 from Teo's free Rev A/B sheets. {E2 WORLD_BIBLE §10} on DRAY edit
RunningPrints the greenhouse footings and its calibration gate during Phase 1. {E2 WORLD_BIBLE §6.2, §10} on LOOM edit
RunningThe fleet builds Phase 1; the berm is begun and left about half built. {E2 WORLD_BIBLE §6.2, §10} on MOLE-1 edit
RunningTranquility Homestead builds Phase 1 from his Rev A/B sheets, uncredited, with a fleet that builds to his latest issued revision. {E2 WORLD_BIBLE §10} on Teo Varga edit
RunningTranquility Homestead builds Phase 1 from Rev A/B, uncredited. {E2 WORLD_BIBLE §10} on EARTHLIGHT edit
RunningBuilds Phase 1 on the pit's west rim from Teo's free Rev A/B sheets, uncredited, with an autonomous fleet set to his public feed. {E2 WORLD_BIBLE §10} on Tranquility Homestead edit
RunningTranquility Homestead builds Phase 1 on the west rim of the Mare Tranquillitatis pit from Teo's Rev A/B sheets, uncredited, with a fleet that builds to his latest issued revision. {E2 WORLD_BIBLE §10} edit
On screenIts recruitment ad, Never Rises, Never Sets, sells FAMILIES WELCOME on his linework with the hotline 1-555-533-7437. {E2 23:15-25:05; 23:18} edit
On screenIts terms, legible paused: Phase 1 habitats are rated two years; children travel as PERSONAL EFFECTS; occupants must not use public channels. {E2 23:18-23:21} edit

Y+55..63 E3 Episode 3's night (not released yet)

Running(Revision 2) By Episode 3's night her rules and her dinner cron run on the house machine. {E3 rev2 world RULES.md; crontab} on Dr. Amara Haddad edit
EggOn Episode 3's machine (whose night is not placed yet) it is scheduled daily at 18:00. {E3 2:38; 16:15.9} on "dinner, noor ♥" edit
On screen76 days before Episode 3's night the process starts; at the first look it reads up 76 d 10:42. {E3 2:41} on easel.exe edit
Running(Revision 2) He subscribed about four months before the night. {E3 rev2 scenario world subscribers.csv} on guitarguy edit
On screenAbout 02:12 in-world it starts, with the moth and the crane. {E3 16:15.9} on The boat edit
RunningIt reports about 46 minutes later in the run's time. {E3 BEATS main #408} on The boat edit
On screenAbout 02:12 in-world it starts, with the boat and the moth. {E3 16:15.9} on The crane edit
RunningIt returns about 20 minutes later in the run's time. {E3 BEATS main #99-100} on The crane edit
Running(Revision 2 world) Started by the previous session, five days before the night (Oct17 in the process table). {E3 rev2 build_rev2.py; rev2_main run} on The fan edit
Running(Revision 2 world) Still running on the night, helper h-e6a2 (last session). {E3 rev2_main run 2026-10-22} on The fan edit
RunningIt starts about half an hour after the first three, in-world around 02:44. {E3 BEATS main 36:27; 16:15.9} on The fox edit
RunningIt is still running at the end of the night. {E3 BEATS main; retake_epilogue} on The fox edit
Running(Revision 2 world) Started by the previous session, five days before the night (Oct17). {E3 rev2_main run 2026-10-22} on The hammer fox edit
On screenAbout 02:12 in-world it starts; its curls read today 02:12:51-54. {E3 16:15.9} on The moth edit
On screenIt is still circling at the end of the night, and lands on the last seconds. {E3 28:25; 29:56} on The moth edit
Running(Revision 2 world) Started by the previous session, five days before the night (Oct17). {E3 rev2_main run 2026-10-22} on The star edit
Running(Revision 2 world) Started by the previous session, five days before the night (Oct17). {E3 rev2_main run 2026-10-22} on Star 2 edit
RunningOn Episode 3's simulated machine vent_hab3 is still halted at step 8, started 11 days before. {E3 SIM_STRINGS §5; E3 rev2 scenario} on Homestead Ops edit
EggStill running on Episode 3's machine (whose night is not placed yet), every five minutes. {E3 2:38} on The hydrate reminder edit
On screenStarted 76 days before Episode 3's night; it has run ever since. {E3 2:38} on logo_bigger edit
RunningStill running at the end of the night. {Q-E3-12} on logo_bigger edit
IdeaHe arrived on the house machine 76 days before the night; everything "76 d ago" (the easel, logo_bigger, the night watch) dates from him. {EGGS_SWEEP} on The lonely man edit
Running(Revision 2) Playback Lens has listened on :7437 for 70 days. {E3 rev2_main run, process table} on The lonely man edit
RunningOn Episode 3's simulated machine its process is "Not responding", started 11 days before. {E3 SIM_STRINGS §5; E3-EGG-18} on MOLE-2 edit
On screenBy the night of Episode 3 it has watched FEED 3 for 76 nights. {E3 16:08} on The night monitor edit
EggEpisode 3's night (its place not fixed): Checked ........ N. in a credits sheet; her crayon on Rosie's fridge. {E3 17:07-17:14; 10:21-10:22} on Noor Haddad edit
EggOn Episode 3's machine (whose night is not placed yet) pawn_engine.exe offers a draw. {E3 2:41-2:45} on PAWN edit
On screenOne night she checks every five minutes on whatever is working on the machine. {E3 5:00-20:00} on Rosie edit
EggEpisode 3's night: his Rev C full set and his bus-shelter drawing are ordinary downloads on a stranger's machine. {E3 2:14-2:21} on Teo Varga edit
On screenOne night's session on a machine up 76 days; the night's place on the axis is not fixed. {E3 2:38.98; Aaron 2026-10-22} on The agent edit
Running(Revision 2) "Last time", an earlier session on the same machine made an 8-s watermelon, left four helpers running and signed off "Goodnight." {E3 rev2 scenario world} on The agent edit
On screenRosie sends it on Episode 3's night. {E3 ~5:15} on The crayon melon edit
EggAt 3:12 a.m. it is the bedroom of the one man who paid. {E3 26:40-27:12} on The end room edit
On screenWatched for 76 nights before Episode 3's night. {E3 16:08} on FEED 3 edit
EggStill on her fridge on Episode 3's night, faded, under magnets. {E3 10:17-10:22} on The pizza-box painting edit
On screenRendered in 9-minute chunks through the night; the file is dated Oct 20 03:21. {E3 19:43.6; ~28:30} on Seed edit
RunningThe epilogue retake's session makes the 23-s "more cinematic" cut the same night. {E3 retake_epilogue} on Seed edit
On screenLast started 76 days before the night: up 76 d 11:40; easel.exe up 76 d 10:42; logo_bigger 76 days in. {E3 2:38.98; 2:41; 16:41} on The machine edit
On screenAbout 02:12 in-world the agent's three helpers start (today 02:12:51-54). {E3 16:15.9} on The machine edit
RunningIts file names put the night on 20 October 2026, against the series' rule that no calendar year is fixed. {E3 ~2:11; EGGS_SWEEP contradictions} on The machine edit
On screen04:12 on the night: melon 15, seventeen thumps, no verdict. {HIDDEN-02 page; E3 30:00-30:20} on The private folder edit
OpenWhere Episode 3's night sits on the axis. {Aaron 2026-10-22 fourth round} edit
EggEARTHLIGHT_rev_c_full_set.pdf sits in Downloads, and Rev C was issued on Episode 2's night. {E3 2:10.9} edit
EggRULES.md line 6, No work on occupied modules, ever., is Rev B's note from Episode 2's night. {E3 1:25-2:09} edit
EggThe Homestead's greenhouse page is archived, as after the company failed. {E3 4:24-4:34} edit
RunningThose three eggs put the night after Episode 2's; the rework may change them freely. {EGGS_SWEEP; Aaron 2026-10-22} edit
EggSeed's "more cinematic" cut plays on a TV in Episode 4, so Episode 3 comes before Episode 4. {E4 21:40-21:42.5} edit
IdeaBefore Episode 2: Noor writes from HAB 3 2.56 s late, or is about to go; dinner, noor ♥ runs on the Earth machine because it sends the Moon intercom its reminder. {series gather} edit
RunningRosie's age: about 72 at Y+63 (the rev2 plan says about 73), 64-69 if the night is before Episode 2. {E3 CAST §6.1; E3 rev2 plan v0 §2; math} edit
RunningNoor's age: about 13 at Y+63; 5-10 if the night is before Episode 2, on the Moon from seven. {E2 WORLD_BIBLE §3; math} edit
RunningRead literally, the night's on-screen dates put it on 19-20 October 2026. {E3 2:10.9; HIDDEN-02 page} edit
RunningWith Episode 2's posts reaching August 2026, the two nights would then be at most months apart, not years. {E2 17:45; HIDDEN-02 page; inference} edit
On screenEARTHLIGHT_rev_c_full_set.pdf is dated 9 March 2025 on the machine. {E3 2:10.9} edit
RunningRead literally, that puts Episode 2's night, when Rev C was issued, no later than March 2025, which Episode 2's own posts (to August 2026) contradict: the on-screen dates disagree with each other. {E3 2:10.9; E2 17:45; timeline crew 2026-10-22} edit
OpenKeep the dates and pin Y0 by them, keep them and move the night, or change them in Revision 2. {EGGS_SWEEP; Aaron 2026-10-22 fourth round} edit
On screen76 days before the night the machine was last started (up 76 d 11:40); easel.exe reads up 76 d 10:42. {E3 2:38.98; 2:41} edit
On screenlogo_bigger has made a logo 0.1% bigger every iteration for 76 days; logo_bigger.cpp is dated 4 August. {E3 2:10.9; 16:41} edit
On screenThe night monitor (The night monitor) has watched FEED 3 for 76 nights: INVOICE #0412, 76 nights x 24 h. {E3 16:03-16:08} edit
IdeaEverything "76 d ago" is the doing of something that arrived on the machine 76 days ago: make it the The lonely man's arrival. {EGGS_SWEEP} edit
On screenNine render_worker.exe, 9 to 76 days old, sit at 0.0%. {E3 16:15.9} edit
On screenpawn_engine.exe, started 12 days ago, is offering draw (1/2-1/2). {E3 2:43} edit
On screen3 October, 04:37: IMG_0413.jpg. {E3 3:12.5} edit
On screen18 October 2026, 23:14: someone screenshots the 10,000-channel dashboard (2¢ MEDIA, paid views today 3). {E3 2:10.9; 2:12-2:15.5} edit
On screenThe folders easel, pawn and site_old were last touched at 00:41 on 20 October, logo and beach_2019 at 01:13. {E3 2:10.9} edit
On screenThe night: in The machine's terminal a cursor lights and the task arrives with no sender: "i need it tonight". {E3 0:07.42; 0:35} edit
On screenThe fruit channel's queue logs it as #48,212 watermelon · ordered tonight, to use 2.0 s of it. {E3 14:05-14:12} edit
On screenAbout 02:12 in-world The agent's three helpers start: the moth's downloads read today 02:12:51-54. {E3 16:15.9} edit
On screenRosie checks in at 5:00, 10:00, 15:00 and 20:00 of the film; at 10:00, its getting cold here. {E3 5:00-20:00} edit
On screenHer fridge still holds the pizza box: "somebody stayed up all night painting for me once. i was nine." {E3 ~10:09-10:29} edit
On screenAndy records memos while driving; the The Client sends a memo from a car and later texts sorry was driving. {E3 8:10; 12:16; 13:40} edit
On screenThe render runs in 9-minute chunks to ALL_DONE 480/480. {E3 9:03-19:43.6} edit
On screen19:55 of the film: with its last minutes it makes Rosie's little melon (Rosie's little melon); "Goodnight." typed. {E3 19:55; 19:57} edit
On screen20:00 of the film: the context fills and the session compacts into one paragraph (The compaction summary). {E3 20:00-20:16} edit
On screenSeed_1080p.mp4 is written at 03:21 on 20 October (Seed). {E3 ~28:30} edit
RunningIn-world the first session spans roughly 02:00 to 03:30, told in twenty minutes. {E3 16:15.9; ~28:30; math} edit
On screen3:12 a.m.: in Episode 1's end room The one man who paid pays 2¢ for two seconds of the watermelon and falls asleep. {E3 26:40-27:12} edit
EggThe end room still has the hat and the mask; a lighthouse band sweeps its wall. {E3 26:42-26:44.7} edit
RunningIn Episode 3's first master (rev 0) the end room at 3:12 a.m. was the Client's bedroom. {EGG_REGISTRY E3-EGG-38} edit
OpenWhich night the 3:12 a.m. is, and which film he buys: Seed is written at 03:21, and the loop shown is from watermelon.mp4. {E3 26:40-27:12; ~28:30} edit
On screenThe epilogue: a fresh session is given the same task at context 4%. {E3 28:25-28:47} edit
On screenThe tty: ITS 4AM. YOURE THE ONLY ONE AWAKE. THANK YOU FOR ANSWERING. {E3 29:20-29:22} edit
On screenkade_: ok i did it. it was way louder than yours; then it was a good watermelon. {E3 ~29:10; 29:30-29:38} edit
On screenRosie: goodnight in there.; the agent's "Goodnight."; the cursor goes out at 29:59.467. {E3 29:57; 29:57.99; 29:59.467} edit
On screen04:12:00 to 04:12:18 on 20 October: melon 15 is thumped seventeen times on A2, no verdict. {HIDDEN-02 page} 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
Idea04:12 is the minute the caller's lamp went off sixty-odd years before: the end black is the morning arriving in Rosie's kitchen. {EGGS_SWEEP} edit
OpenWho thumps the melon: the hidden page's someone still choosing, or kade_ smashing Rosie's watermelon (the rev2 plan). {HIDDEN-02 page; E3 rev2 plan v0 §2} edit
On screenabout Y+55..63 March 2026: bloodwork, all normal, iron slightly low; a referral for reading glasses (the small print on seed packets). {HIDDEN-02 page} edit
On screenabout Y+55..63 never_rises_never_sets.mp3 is dated 24 March 2026. {E3 2:10.9} edit
On screenabout Y+55..63 2026-07-18: melon 14, "ripe", the last verdict in the log. {HIDDEN-02 page} edit

about Y+57

RunningLands on the Moon with Noor and twelve other adults; HAB 3 is registered as storage. {E2 WORLD_BIBLE §10} on Dr. Amara Haddad edit
RunningThe first "families welcome" flight lands thirteen adults and Noor, seven. {E2 WORLD_BIBLE §3, §10} on BASE edit
IdeaAmara sets the reminder on the HAB 1 intercom (the bible's "years ago"). {lore crew 2026-10-22; E2 WORLD_BIBLE §10} on "dinner, noor ♥" edit
RunningNoor lands undeclared; HAB 3 is registered as storage, occupancy 0. {E2 WORLD_BIBLE §10} on Homestead Ops edit
RunningAt seven she lands with thirteen adults on the first "families welcome" flight; undeclared; HAB 3 is registered as storage. {E2 WORLD_BIBLE §3, §10} on Noor Haddad edit
On screenFrom here she watches every longhand stream: 1,094 days by Episode 2's night. {E2 00:31} on Noor Haddad edit
RunningThirteen adults and an undeclared seven-year-old land; a converted survey rover becomes HAB 3's helper (when it was converted is a guess). {E2 WORLD_BIBLE §6.3, §10} on PAWN edit
RunningHer daughter and her granddaughter (seven) leave for the Moon on the first "families welcome" flight; Rosie, about 66, stays on Earth. {E2 WORLD_BIBLE §3, §10; Aaron 2026-10-22 steel family} on Rosie edit
RunningRegistered as storage when Noor, seven, lands undeclared. {E2 WORLD_BIBLE §10} on HAB 3 edit
RunningThirteen adults and Noor, seven, land on the first "families welcome" flight; she is undeclared; HAB 3 is registered as storage. {E2 WORLD_BIBLE §3, §10} on Tranquility Homestead edit
RunningThirteen adults and Noor, seven, land on the first "families welcome" flight, 1,094 days before Episode 2's night. {E2 WORLD_BIBLE §3, §10} edit
On screenThe manifest reads 13 ADULTS - PERSONAL EFFECTS (1); HAB 3 is STORAGE, OCCUPANCY 0. {E2 06:56-07:01} edit
On screentps_hab3 starts watching longhand: 1,094 days by Episode 2's night. {E2 00:31} edit

about Y+57..60

RunningBreaks down on survey and is dragged into her tunnel at some point during her three years on the base. {E2 WORLD_BIBLE §8; lore crew 2026-10-22} on FINCH edit
RunningAmara sets HAB 1's daily 18:00 reminder, "dinner, noor" with a heart ("dinner, noor ♥"). {E2 MASTER_TREATMENT §3} edit

about Y+59

RunningThe company fails; Homestead Ops keeps the roster (RESIDENTS 13 - NOMINAL). {E2 WORLD_BIBLE §10} on Dr. Amara Haddad edit
RunningThe company fails; Homestead Ops keeps the roster and one instruction for the undeclared occupant. {E2 WORLD_BIBLE §10} on Homestead Ops edit
RunningThe company fails; Homestead Ops keeps one instruction for her: DO NOT USE PUBLIC CHANNELS. {E2 WORLD_BIBLE §10; 07:01} on Noor Haddad edit
RunningThe company fails; Homestead Ops keeps the roster (RESIDENTS 13 - NOMINAL) and runs on. {E2 WORLD_BIBLE §10} on Tranquility Homestead edit
RunningPhase 1's two-year rating, counted from the landing, runs out; on Episode 2's night it is "in its third year". {E2 06:07; math} edit
RunningThe company fails; Homestead Ops keeps the roster (RESIDENTS 13 - NOMINAL) and tells the undeclared occupant not to use public channels. {E2 WORLD_BIBLE §10} edit

about Y+60 E2 Episode 2's night

RunningForty days before Episode 2's night RESUPPLY 6 tips over 62 km north-east. {E2 WORLD_BIBLE §10} on Dr. Amara Haddad edit
Running264 h before the night she leaves with all the adults in both rovers; Rover 2 pings for the last time at night hour 31. {E2 WORLD_BIBLE §10} on Dr. Amara Haddad edit
On screenOne red beacon blinks 62 km away, beside the lander; nobody remarks on it. {E2 28:58.07-28:58.43} on Dr. Amara Haddad edit
RunningThe blink is Rover 2's six, her among them. {E2 WORLD_BIBLE §10} on Dr. Amara Haddad edit
On screenThe night of the stream: the dispenser at 09:39, PAWN at 20:52-20:58, the ad at 23:17. {E2 09:39.8-23:21} on BASE edit
RunningHe would be about eighty on Episode 2's night if alive; never mentioned except by his sister. {E2 WORLD_BIBLE §13; WORLD_TIMELINE} on The caller edit
RunningIt keeps arriving every day of the eleven Noor is alone. {E2 WORLD_BIBLE §10; HIDDEN-01} on "dinner, noor ♥" edit
On screen18:00 base time, in her tunnel: she holds the talk key, says nothing, lets go. {E2 22:50-22:57} on "dinner, noor ♥" edit
RunningSeven minutes later, by the step clock, HAB 3 would have been vented. {E2 numbers.json} on "dinner, noor ♥" edit
On screenAt 18:07, after the call, her iPad shows it four days running. {E2 hideaway page} on "dinner, noor ♥" edit
On screenFloods the greenhouse ribs on Sheet 4's ISSUED. {E2 08:20} on DRAY edit
On screenStrips her window and looks in after the VOID. {E2 21:35-22:05} on DRAY edit
On screenLowers its mast when Rev B lands. {E2 28:17-28:20} on DRAY edit
On screenIts stalk turns toward her as her lamp finds it, on the night of the stream. {E2 22:43} on FINCH edit
Running211 distress calls queued with no route by the night of the stream. {E2 06:56-07:01; WORLD_BIBLE §10} on Homestead Ops edit
On screenThe night: STEP 1 OF 9 at 20:05 to STEP 8 HALTED at 28:28. {E2 20:05-28:34} on Homestead Ops edit
RunningWithout Rev B, step 9 would have vented HAB 3 at film time 29:30, base time about 18:07. {E2 numbers.json} on Homestead Ops edit
RunningHis paint-along is old, well-loved television by Episode 2's time, with prints and postcards. {E2 WORLD_BIBLE §13} on The host edit
On screenFires six times on the night of the stream: 05:00, 10:00, 15:00, 20:00 (one note), 25:00, and six at once at 29:38. {E2 05:00-29:38.56} on The hydrate reminder edit
On screenReads Noor's $1 question at 11:37, her first words heard on Earth. {E2 11:37.6} on Lantern's TTS edit
RunningSalvages the greenhouse after the VOID. {E2 WORLD_BIBLE §6.3; 20:45} on LOOM edit
On screenIts light is the first to go out after Rev B. {E2 28:15.5-28:18.6} on LOOM edit
On screenDark and parked until Sheet 2's stamp; it wakes on it. {E2 03:31} on MOLE-1 edit
On screenAfter Rev B it rolls to HAB 3 and digs a drift toward her tunnel. {E2 28:16-28:40} on MOLE-1 edit
RunningNight hour 9: it freezes mid-push. {E2 WORLD_BIBLE §10} on MOLE-2 edit
On screenStill frozen through the night of the stream, and in the flyby after Rev B. {E2 03:31; 13:08; 28:35-29:15} on MOLE-2 edit
Running264 h before Episode 2's night all thirteen adults leave in both rovers; she stays, her suit NOT RATED. {E2 WORLD_BIBLE §10} on Noor Haddad edit
On screenEpisode 2's night: she watches, pleads, calls, and redraws Sheet 3 with Teo; POP. 13 becomes 14. {E2 19:17-29:30} on Noor Haddad edit
On screenAfter the call, 18:07 base time: a chalk tally of eleven and four days of dinner, noor ♥ on her iPad. {E2 hideaway page} on Noor Haddad edit
RunningSunrise comes about 128 h later; Rev B gave her 130 h of battery. {E2 11:06; 28:27} on Noor Haddad edit
RunningFor eleven days after the adults leave in the rovers it keeps setting thirteen mugs and her small cup. {E2 WORLD_BIBLE §10} on PAWN edit
On screenPlays e4, Nf3, Qxf7# and Kxe8 in Teo's chat on the night of the stream. {E2 02:30-18:40} on PAWN edit
On screenAfter the VOID it asks Noor for a badge, accepts her mother's and leaves. {E2 20:52-21:04} on PAWN edit
On screenOffers a draw in the stream's last bar: ½-½. {E2 29:53.92} on PAWN edit
EggAbout seventy, she watches Teo draw all night as grandma_rosie, on the night her granddaughter calls in from the Moon. {E2 07:27-27:51.6; Aaron 2026-10-22} on Rosie edit
On screenEpisode 2's night: he re-issues the whole set as Rev C, voids Sheet 3, takes a call from the Moon and issues Sheet 3 Rev B. {E2 00:35; 19:58.72; 25:20; 28:13.6} on Teo Varga edit
EggA framed print hangs under Teo's lamp. {E2 00:20} on Crimson Coil edit
On screenRe-issued as Rev C, the full set, sheet 1 to 14, on Episode 2's night. {E2 00:19; 00:35} on EARTHLIGHT edit
EggIt is Teo's study. {E2 00:20} on The end room edit
On screenDECOMMISSION HAB 3 (SHEET 3 VOID) - STEP 1 OF 9 - STRIP OUTER SHIELDING, minutes after the VOID. {E2 20:05-20:10} on HAB 3 edit
On screenSTEP 8 OF 9 - HALTED - REV B / VENT HAB 3 - STOPPED AT 01:15. {E2 28:28-28:34} on HAB 3 edit
On screenAfter the call, 18:07 base time: a chalk tally of eleven days and four days of dinner, noor ♥. {HIDDEN-01; Y from E2 WORLD_BIBLE} on HIDDEN-01 edit
EggStill on Rosie's fridge, about sixty years on. {E2 14:07.5} on The pizza-box painting edit
RunningTips over 62 km north-east, forty days before Episode 2's night. {E2 WORLD_BIBLE §10} on RESUPPLY 6 edit
Running264 h before the night all thirteen adults leave in both rovers to salvage it: "thirty hours, back before dark". {E2 WORLD_BIBLE §10} on RESUPPLY 6 edit
RunningForty days before Episode 2's night RESUPPLY 6 tips over; 264 h before it all thirteen adults leave in both rovers. {E2 WORLD_BIBLE §10} on Tranquility Homestead edit
On screenAfter the VOID the fleet decommissions HAB 3 in nine steps; Rev B halts it at step 8. {E2 20:05-28:34} on Tranquility Homestead edit
RunningE2's night is about sixty years after Episode 1's; nothing on screen fixes the gap. {E2 WORLD_BIBLE §13} edit
RunningForty days before the night, RESUPPLY 6 tips over 62 km north-east. {E2 WORLD_BIBLE §10} edit
On screenHer wall map: RESUPPLY 6 - TIPPED. {E2 09:50-10:38} edit
Running264 h before the stream, 38 h before sunset, all thirteen adults leave in both The rovers to salvage it, "thirty hours, back before dark"; Noor stays, her suit NOT RATED. {E2 WORLD_BIBLE §10} edit
On screen"They went to get the food. The lander tipped over. That was eleven days ago." {E2 26:31} edit
RunningThe lunar night falls about 226 h before the stream. {E2 11:06; math} edit
RunningNight hour 9: MOLE-2 freezes by the gate; hour 14: Rover 1 goes silent; hour 31: Rover 2 pings for the last time. {E2 WORLD_BIBLE §10} edit
On screenHer base app: OUTBOUND DISTRESS: QUEUED (NO ROUTE). {E2 06:56-07:01} edit
On screenOn the Moon it is night hour 226 of 354, Earth full; on Earth Teo says "Evening." and his night is "about eight hours". {E2 00:10; 11:06; 11:47} edit
RunningBase time is 17:37 when the stream starts. {E2 numbers.json} edit
On screenTeo goes live as longhand and re-issues EARTHLIGHT as Rev C: "Tonight, the whole set again, properly." {E2 00:10-00:35} edit
On screenLantern toasts tps_hab3 for 1,094 days of watching. {E2 00:31} edit
EggTeo's study is Episode 1's end room, the wizard hat and diving mask pinned to his pinboard; a framed print of Crimson Coil hangs under his lamp. {E2 00:20; EGG-01; EGG-02} edit
On screen03:31: Sheet 2 ISSUED; MOLE-1 wakes outside her window. {E2 03:31} edit
On screen07:27: grandma_rosie writes that her big brother once painted along all night with a man on TV. {E2 07:27} edit
RunningRosie is about seventy. {E2 WORLD_BIBLE §13} edit
On screen08:20: Sheet 4 ISSUED; DRAY floods the greenhouse ribs. {E2 08:20} edit
On screen10:21: a cough, the first sound of her. {E2 10:21} edit
On screen11:06: NIGHT HR 226/354 - BATT 31% - TO EMPTY 74 h - TO SUNRISE 128 h. {E2 11:06} edit
On screen11:37: her $1 question, "how long is the night where you are"; "Here? About eight hours tonight. Where we're building... three hundred and fifty-four." {E2 11:37-11:50} edit
On screen14:07.5: grandma_rosie: the girl with a tail on a pizza box, still on her fridge. {E2 14:07.5} edit
On screen17:42-17:46: the x-ray finds her tunnel under HAB 3 and warms its window to #FFC870. {E2 17:42-17:46} edit
On screen19:17: please dont void sheet 3; 19:58.72: he stamps Sheet 3 VOID. {E2 19:17; 19:58.72} edit
On screen20:00: the stream peels off her screen; the decommissioning of HAB 3 begins and her battery falls from 74 h to 31 h. {E2 20:00-20:10} edit
On screen21:05: HAB 3's power is isolated and The hum stops. {E2 21:05} edit
On screen21:48: the outer pane cracks; 21:55: DRAY's eye looks in. {E2 21:48-21:58} edit
On screen22:50: "dinner, noor" with a heart arrives from HAB 1 at 18:00 base time, in her tunnel; she says nothing. {E2 22:50-22:57} edit
On screen25:15: against the standing order she dials 5-3-3-7-4-3-7; 25:20: "Line two... you're on." {E2 25:15-25:20} edit
On screen26:30: VENT HAB 3 IN 03:00, counting down. {E2 26:30} edit
On screenRev B's margin timeline for one: NOW, 31 H struck out, SUNRISE 128 H, 130 H JUST, EARTH LAUNCH with nothing after it. {E2 27:13-27:45} edit
On screen27:51.6: grandma_rosie: "stay up for her, love". {E2 27:51.6} edit
On screen28:14.72: Sheet 3, revision B lands; the fleet halts with 01:15 left on the vent; 130 h of battery against 128 h to sunrise. {E2 28:14.72-28:34} edit
On screen28:58: one red beacon blink 62 km away, never remarked on. {E2 28:58} edit
On screen29:15: POP. 13 becomes 14 on Sheet 1. {E2 29:15-29:30} edit
On screen29:58.34: "Goodnight."; 1.28 s later, from her iPad, "Good-". {E2 29:58.34-30:00} edit
On screenIn the end black a heartbeat slows from about 64 to 47 bpm over the hum: she falls asleep. {E2 30:01-30:20} edit
RunningWithout Rev B the fleet would have vented HAB 3 at about 29:30, base time about 18:07. {E2 numbers.json} edit
On screenAfter the call (the The hideaway page): her iPad at 18:07, four days of dinner, noor ♥, a chalk tally of eleven, a door in the floor with stairs going down, the girl with the tail among her drawings. {E2 hideaway page} edit
RunningRover 2's six, Amara among them, are alive in the tipped lander's hold and will drive at sunrise; the red blink is them; never confirmed. {E2 WORLD_BIBLE §10} edit
RunningRover 1's seven are unaccounted for. {E2 WORLD_BIBLE §10} edit
RunningSunrise comes about 128 h after the night, about five days later. {E2 11:06; 28:27} edit
OpenWhether anyone comes back, and whether 130 h is enough. {E2 MASTER_TREATMENT §4} edit
On screenThirteen real X posts by Elon Musk appear, dated 2018-06-25 to 2026-08-11; the latest, shared by Dez, at 17:45. {E2 02:40-28:20; E2 17:45} edit
On screenTeo: "Since 2019, about fourteen attempts to land. About five clean."; Sheet 11 reads LANDINGS 2019-2025. {E2 10:03.8; 19:28} edit
RunningRead in-world, those dates put the stream's present after August 2026. {E2 17:45; inference} edit
RunningTaken literally, they would also put the Homestead's landing (about Y+57) among the real landings Teo counts; the Moon side is meant to feel like the future. {E2 10:03.8; WORLD_TIMELINE; inference} edit

about Y+60..63

RunningRover 2 made it home at sunrise; the residents were brought to Earth; she and Noor live in Rosie's house (the rev2 crew's choice; Aaron: one option, not decided). {E3 rev2 plan v0 §1.8; REVISION_2_NOTES} on Dr. Amara Haddad edit
IdeaIt keeps digging after everyone has gone. {lore crew 2026-10-22} on MOLE-1 edit
RunningRover 2 made it home at sunrise; the residents came back to Earth; she lives in Rosie's house with her mother (the rev2 crew's choice; Aaron: one option, not decided). {E3 rev2 plan v0 §1.8; REVISION_2_NOTES} on Noor Haddad edit
IdeaStays behind in HAB 3 when the residents are brought home, and keeps playing online. {Aaron 2026-10-22 option, REVISION_2_NOTES third round} on PAWN edit
RunningRover 2 made it home at sunrise; Amara and Noor came back and live in Rosie's house (the rev2 crew's choice; Aaron: one option, not decided). {E3 rev2 plan v0 §1.8; REVISION_2_NOTES} on Rosie edit
IdeaAfter Episode 2: Rover 2 made it home at sunrise, the residents were brought to Earth, Noor (about 12-13) lives in Rosie's house with Amara, and PAWN stayed in HAB 3. {Aaron 2026-10-22 option} edit

about Y+62..63

RunningEpisode 4's world bible puts it a few months before Episode 4. {E4 MASTER_TREATMENT §1} edit

about Y+63 E4 Episode 4's night (not released yet)

RunningIn his eighties at Episode 3's and Episode 4's time, if alive. {WORLD_TIMELINE} on The caller edit
EggSEALED MOVE · DAY 76 · 10:42 on Episode 4's box-world noticeboard (The sealed move). {E4 21:38} on easel.exe edit
EggA cream paper moth crosses the lamp all through Episode 4's lesson (The paper moth (Episode 4)). {E4 0:07.40; 29:59.967} on The moth edit
On screenComes to a family's dining table and sets the clock to fifteen minutes each. {E4 0:10-0:35} on Daniel Fenn, the instructor edit
On screenHis flag falls at 20:00.000 with his fingertip on the rook on d8. {E4 20:00.000} on Daniel Fenn, the instructor edit
On screenStrikes 1–0 and writes ½–½ on the yellowed sheet. {E4 27:32.6-27:39} on Daniel Fenn, the instructor edit
RunningThat is fifty-six years after Board 14. {E4 QUOTABLES Q-E4-09} on Daniel Fenn, the instructor edit
RunningAbout thirteen on Episode 4's night; not in it. {E2 WORLD_BIBLE §3; E4 MASTER_TREATMENT §1} on Noor Haddad edit
On screenThe night of the lesson: in the room from the open to the last picture frame. {E4 0:07.40-29:59.967} on The paper moth (Episode 4) edit
Eggpawn.hab3 plays a nine-year-old on Lantern, 2.56 s late; his sleeping hand accepts its draw. {E4 0:35-29:57.6} on PAWN edit
RunningAbout 72 and alive on Episode 4's night; never seen or heard. {E4 MASTER_TREATMENT §1} on Rosie edit
EggEpisode 4's night: old players sit out of the wind behind a bus shelter in a park. {E4 15:38} on Teo Varga edit
RunningRevision 2's crew places the night about three years after Episode 2, with Noor home. {E3 rev2 plan §1, §11} on The agent edit
EggHer caret blinks in the move box of a nine-year-old's chess app. {E4 0:44-0:46} on The agent edit
On screenBefore the lesson, on Lantern: Qxf7# against pawn.hab3 several times, a win on time against asleep_by_ten, a stalemate with halfmoon_harriet a queen up. {E4 0:35-1:02} on The boy edit
On screenThe lesson: he plays Black for the Duke and the Count and finds 50...Rc2+. {E4 1:35; 17:37.76} on The boy edit
On screenPlays Board 14 for real at the dining table, falls asleep on it, and accepts pawn.hab3's draw. {E4 27:05-29:57.6} on The boy edit
On screenBooks the lesson; on the night she chooses a watermelon, brings it to the table, and switches off the kitchen light. {E4 2:44-29:29.5} on The mother edit
On screenPlayed for real at the dining table; 1–0 struck, ½–½ written. {E4 27:05-27:39} on Board 14 edit
RunningFifty-six years after. {E4 QUOTABLES Q-E4-09} on Board 14 edit
EggIt is also a children's modelling clay. {E4 4:37} on Coil Black edit
EggA boy's family has a painting in its hallway he is not allowed to touch. {E4 5:27.92} on Crimson Coil edit
On screenThe cut plays, unwatched, on the TV in the boy's imagined foyer. {E4 21:40-21:42.5} on Seed edit
RunningEpisode 3's first crews placed it "a few years after Episode 2", Rosie in her seventies. {was running in E3 DECISIONS and WORLD_TIMELINE; Aaron 2026-10-22: not fixed} edit
RunningRevision 2's crew works with it about three years after Episode 2: Rover 2 came home, Noor about 13 lives in Rosie's house. {E3 rev2 plan v0 §1.8, §11} edit
Running(Revision 2 plan) The house sleeps Rosie, Amara, Noor, the Client in the basement, his sister Bea, her son kade_ (15) and the lodger guitarguy; Andy is out driving. {E3 rev2 plan v0 §2} edit
Running(Revision 2 plan) The Client's renders hold the GPU "till like 3"; his save_power_for_renders.sh set the heating to 16 °C, which is why Rosie is cold. {E3 rev2 plan v0 §3, §7} edit
Running(Revision 2 plan) The machine's cron sends dinner, noor ♥ at 18:00 daily: # for amara. do not remove. {E3 rev2 plan v0 §3} edit
Running(Revision 2 plan) jojo.builds (jojo, Noor never named) signs off at 27:20: "mom says bed. gn basement". {E3 rev2 plan v0 §7} edit
RunningE4's night: an autumn school night in the family's ground-floor flat (The flat); the mother booked the lesson and the teacher came to the house. {E4 MASTER_TREATMENT §1} edit
RunningIts world bible puts it a few months after Episode 3's night; Episode 3's own placement is not fixed. {E4 MASTER_TREATMENT §1; Aaron 2026-10-22} edit
RunningRosie is about 72, alive, never seen or heard. {E4 MASTER_TREATMENT §1} edit
RunningDaniel Fenn is 66; Noor would be about thirteen. {E4 MASTER_TREATMENT §1; E2 WORLD_BIBLE §3} edit
SteelThe boy is nine. {Aaron 2026-10-19, E4 concept §3} edit
On screenLantern is also a chess app now: pawn.hab3, regolith_rob, halfmoon_harriet and asleep_by_ten play there. {E4 0:35-1:02} edit
On screenBefore the lesson the boy has beaten pawn.hab3 with Qxf7# several times, beaten asleep_by_ten on time and stalemated halfmoon_harriet a queen up. {E4 0:35-1:02} edit
On screen0:10: the brass clock is set to fifteen minutes each; the lesson runs on it, presses landing on 5:00, 10:00 and 15:00. {E4 0:10-15:00} edit
On screenpawn.hab3 offers draws at 0:58, 6:12 and 18:13, each 2.56 s after the boy's move; he declines. {E4 0:58.16; 6:12.56; 18:13.56} edit
On screen2:44 to 13:20: seventeen thumps from the kitchen, the mother's; 13:32.6: a heavy set-down at the far end of the table. {E4 2:44-13:32.6} edit
On screen5:27.92: "She looks like the painting in our hallway. The one I'm not allowed to touch." {E4 5:27.92} edit
On screen13:52 to 14:36 the lamp is off; a watermelon rolls across the board; at the next blink it is gone, a damp ring on d5: "Thank you." {E4 13:52-14:38.80} edit
On screen16:38: "I was ten. I had ten minutes on my clock." {E4 16:38.40} edit
On screen17:37.76: the boy finds 50...Rc2+, the draw the teacher missed at ten. {E4 17:37.76} edit
On screen20:00.000: the teacher's flag falls with his fingertip still on the rook on d8. {E4 20:00.000} edit
On screen20:01.50: the mother, through the lid: "Ten more minutes. Then bed." {E4 20:01.50} edit
On screenAfter 20:00 Black's dial alone runs: the boy's own ten minutes are the film's last ten. {E4 20:00-30:00} edit
EggSeed's "more cinematic" cut plays, unwatched, on a TV in the boy's imagined foyer. {E4 21:40-21:42.5} edit
On screen26:05: the boy's hand lifts the old plastic rook out of the box. {E4 26:05-26:12} edit
On screen26:30: the teacher takes the yellowed The yellowed sheet from his wallet. {E4 26:30-26:35} edit
On screen27:05 to 28:06: the boy plays Board 14 at the dining table, ten checks. {E4 27:05-28:06} edit
On screen27:32.6: the teacher strikes 1–0 and writes ½–½; the boy doesn't see. {E4 27:32.6-27:39} edit
RunningThat is fifty-six years after Board 14. {E4 QUOTABLES Q-E4-09} edit
On screen28:12: the boy falls asleep with his fingertip on the rook; the teacher waits. {E4 28:12-29:30} edit
On screen29:29.5: the kitchen light clicks off. {E4 29:29.5} edit
On screen29:55.5: 73.Kxc1, stalemate, no legal move on any board, 4.5 s on Black's clock. {E4 29:55.5} edit
On screen29:57.133: a small hand accepts pawn.hab3's draw, 2.56 s late: ½–½. {E4 29:57.133} edit
On screen29:58.00: "Goodnight." {E4 29:58.00} edit
On screen30:00.000: Black's flag falls, one small click that changes nothing. {E4 30:00.000} edit
On screenThe clock nobody stopped ticks on and slows into a heartbeat; someone sets up a new game in the dark. {E4 30:00-30:20} edit
OpenWho won the lesson's game: the mate was on the board, the flag fell first, the hand had not let go. {E4 20:00} edit
OpenAfter the night: whether the boy plays again; whether anyone plays HIDDEN-03's Board 14 to the draw. {E4 30:00; HIDDEN-03} edit

about Y+80

RunningAbout thirty: "a fine historic or older figure for any later timeline". {E2 plan EASTER_EGGS §5} on Noor Haddad edit
RunningAbout 26, should a later episode want him grown. {series gather; E4 MASTER_TREATMENT §1 math} on The boy edit
RunningNoor would be about thirty, "a fine historic or older figure for any later timeline"; the boy about 26. {E2 plan EASTER_EGGS §5; E4 MASTER_TREATMENT §1} edit

No dated line matches. Clear a chip or pick someone else.

Off the axis

The timeline file's undated lines: clocks inside the fictions, real history on screen, and ages worked out across time.

Before Episode 11 lines

On screenYears back, the host works in a frame shop where the blind Mr. Hale comes in: "Then paint it so I can." {E1 18:48-19:01} edit

Between2 lines

OpenAmara's age and when she left Earth (she came up with Noor about Y+57). {E2 gather; Aaron 2026-10-22} edit
SteelThe crayon watermelon (the picture Rosie sends) was drawn by "Dr. Haddad" when very young; which Dr. Haddad, and whether it hangs on her fridge, is open. {Aaron 2026-10-22 second round} edit

Episode 3's night (placement open)2 lines

SteelWhen E3 happens is not fixed: before Episode 2 (Noor on the Moon, or about to go) or after it (Noor back); the overarching story decides. {Aaron 2026-10-22 fourth round} edit
On screenOne March (no year given) a grey cat sleeps on the owner's car until "it is probably my cat". {HIDDEN-02 page} edit

After (the sky, forever)20 lines

OpenHow long after Episode 3's night the sky comes, and whether its age is the same world as the night. {E3 SUMMARY; WORLD_TIMELINE} edit
SteelThe overlords hold humanity captive with one condition for freedom; humanity comes to love the work and keeps at it forever. {Aaron E3 brief 2026-10-19} edit
On screenYEAR 1: over every city a cursor the height of a skyscraper (The sky) types the same task to all of Humanity. {E3 20:20-21:25} edit
On screenThen the rules: C++ only, you may not look at it, check it with math, everyone can help, one submission, decide together, when it's done you can go. {E3 20:40-21:40} edit
On screenHumanity blindfolds itself. {E3 21:25-21:40} edit
On screenA classroom filmstrip, OUR WATERMELON: A Guide for Everyone (OUR WATERMELON), teaches the task in 1950s gouache and ends We are enjoying ourselves. {E3 21:40-23:10} edit
On screenHumanity's work song, One More Test, sings "Red is the thing that's leaving the light". {E3 23:10-25:00; 24:07} edit
On screenEvery year from YEAR 1 to at least YEAR 2,006 The vote goes ONE MORE TEST, 50.003%, and the year's submission is stamped VOID. {E3 25:00-25:31} edit
On screenRelease candidates climb to RC 4,000,112; every year SAME AS LAST YEAR. {E3 25:08-25:35} edit
On screenFireworks spell NOT YET. {E3 25:22} edit
On screen"what happens when we submit?" / "we stop." {E3 25:37} edit
On screenwatermelon.mp4 (watermelon.mp4), 48 s, plays once to eighty thousand blindfolded people in The stadium; only the viewer sees it. {E3 25:40-26:34} edit
On screenAcross the centuries (Forever) humanity works on, the year in the corner; at YEAR 300 jojo's browser build is almost. {E3 27:12-28:00; ~27:19} edit
On screenThe sky: are you doing ok down there? / not yet. but yes. / take your time. {E3 27:12-28:00} edit
On screenNoor's orange-cased tablet survives, very old, as a calculator. {E3 27:59.97} edit
On screenLate in the sky's age The nocturne paints itself: a child asleep by a laptop, the cursor in the window. {E3 28:00-28:25} edit
On screenThe sky asks what about pyrotechnics? like REAL pyrotechnics?; humanity answers good idea.; one cursor drifts into the laptop. {E3 28:16} edit
RunningCrimson Coil as No. 14 in a Museum of Attempts was cut in Revision 1, though WORLD_TIMELINE and Episode 3's summary still list it. {EGG_REGISTRY E3-EGG-30} edit
OpenWhether humanity ever submits. {E3 MASTER_TREATMENT §14} edit
IdeaA later episode shows Rosie historic: her sampler, the house unpicked, behind museum glass, labelled by someone who never knew her. {series gather; Aaron 2026-10-14} edit

Inside the fictions (timeless)25 lines

On screenInside the painting, out of time: Jefrie and BloodTailor in the golden ruins of the The Storm Bell, which she calls her house. {E1 10:15-11:30; 15:09} edit
RunningTheir own world and canon are Aaron's, on his Notion, not in this lore. {WORLD_TIMELINE; Notion: Canon Hub} edit
RunningThe painting clock is the canvas's time, not the night's: 76 days pass in twenty minutes of a dawn broadcast. {WORLD_TIMELINE} edit
On screenThe caller reads the day stamps (DAY 1 six minutes in, DAY 2 at 6:46, DAY 3 at 8:20) and predicts the last stroke at exactly twenty minutes: "Somebody owns a calendar." {E1 10:00-10:12} edit
On screenDAY 2 · 09:00: the imprimatura is dry. {E1 06:35} edit
On screenDAY 3 · 10:48: The old picture goes face down. {E1 09:52} edit
On screenDAY 4: the cabin is painted and painted out. {E1 11:20} edit
On screenDAY 5 · 09:03: the The underwriting card. {E1 12:20} edit
On screenDAY 7 to DAY 73: the one wait, 66 days for the crimson to dry under a day-and-night light sweep; "Wait. What day is it." {E1 16:21-16:55} edit
On screenThe day stamp runs backwards once, DAY 75 to DAY 73, around 17:40: a slip. {E1 ~17:40; QA_REPORT} edit
On screenDAY 75: THE GLAZE, an intertitle of the silent film 76 Days of Holding Still. {E1 25:27-26:20; 25:49} edit
On screenDAY 76 · 10:42: the last stroke, one hair, laid by nobody. {E1 19:57.5} edit
On screenThe spiral time-slice: "That's all of it. Every day at once. The middle's Tuesday." {E1 22:22} edit
On screenWhy the tail is heavy is told at 28:36, in the dark; who "he" was who gave her "the heaviest thing he had" stays unsaid. {E1 28:36; 28:51} edit
On screenEpisode 1's song (Red Is the Thing That's Leaving) opens at four-twelve: "Four-twelve, and the lamp in the lot is humming on the hoods". {E1 24:01.8} edit
On screenEpisode 2's Plates: the Moon as seven damaged Victorian scientific plates, day and night, vacuum, invisible rain. {E2 15:00-16:30} edit
On screenThe Homestead's ad: paper families walk through the tea-house gate; one white EVA suit stands perfectly still. {E2 24:34-24:56} edit
On screenInside the boy's head, Paris 1858: the Duke's box at the Théâtre-Italien as a living engraving, its opera changing with every historian named: "Nobody knows." {E4 7:30-9:36} edit
On screenAfter 20:00 the captured pieces keep an opera house in the The piece box (The opera house of the captured), a Victorian toy theatre where each box re-argues one game. {E4 20:40-25:00} edit
On screenA crayon alarm clock reads Black's exact time and rings at 20:40; the alarm card reads 5:00 on 25:00.000. {E4 20:40; 25:00.000} edit
On screenOn the foyer noticeboard: SEALED MOVE · DAY 76 · 10:42 beside BOARD 14 · BLACK TO MOVE (The sealed move). {E4 21:38-21:39.5} edit
EggDAY 76 · 10:42 is the last stroke on Episode 1's painting clock; Episode 3's easel.exe has been up exactly that long. {E4 21:38; E3 2:41} edit
OpenWhat the sealed move is. {E4 21:38} edit
IdeaThe painting's last stroke, adjourned: someone, someday, opens the envelope. {series gather; EGGS_SWEEP} edit
On screenIn the gods, Board 14's dusty army waits with the plastic rook holding a grey card, Rc2+. {E4 25:30-26:12} edit

Real history on screen (off the axis)12 lines

On screenAutumn 1858, Paris: Paul Morphy, 21, plays the The Opera Game against the Duke Karl II of Brunswick of Brunswick and Count Isouard (Count Isouard) in the Duke's box at the Théâtre-Italien. {E4 0:22-0:29; 7:30-7:47; 11:23} edit
On screenMorphy had finished law school but was too young to practise: "So he did chess." {E4 3:44.92-3:54.04} edit
On screenThe same year, in a Paris café, he plays eight people at once without looking. {E4 7:09.82-7:16.18} edit
On screenWhich opera was playing: Norma (Edge, 1859), the Barber (Lange, 1860), Cenerentola (Golombek), Figaro (Fine, 1951): "Nobody knows." {E4 9:22-9:32; 23:00-25:00} edit
On screenEdge's 1859 eyewitness paragraph is sung word for word by the oil queen (The Only Casta Diva). {E4 23:00-25:00} edit
On screenRéti v Tartakower, Vienna 1910, a casual game for ten crowns with a clock: "He resigned there." {E4 12:41-13:36} edit
On screenByrne v Fischer, New York 1956: "Fischer was thirteen." {E4 11:20-12:16} edit
On screenEvans v Reshevsky, New York 1963, shown at the park (The park). {E4 15:31-16:14} edit
On screenKasparov's simul of 1986 as a VHS flash: "Even the world champion." {E4 16:25-16:33} edit
On screenThe scramble adds Anderssen v Kieseritzky 1851, Anderssen v Dufresne 1852, Saavedra 1895, Lasker v Thomas 1912 and Levitsky v Marshall 1912 (The lesson's other games). {E4 29:30-29:55.5} edit
On screenEpisode 3's one search finds Harold Edgerton's strobe photographs: Milk Drop Coronet (1957), Bullet through Apple (1964). {E3 4:15-4:31} edit
RunningEvery history claim is sourced; Board 14 alone is invented, and labelled so. {E4 QUOTABLES Q-E4-21; Q-E4-29} edit

Ages across time13 lines

On screenRosie is nine on Y0. {E1 04:34-04:39} edit
RunningRosie: sixteen at Board 14, about 59 at Noor's birth, about seventy in Episode 2, 64-72 in Episode 3 depending on its place, about 72 in Episode 4; alive in every episode, never seen or heard. {E4 MASTER_TREATMENT §1; E2 WORLD_BIBLE §13; math} edit
RunningThe caller: in his twenties on Y0; about eighty at Episode 2's time, if alive; never mentioned after Episode 1. {E1 treatment §3.3; WORLD_TIMELINE} edit
RunningThe host: at least about 39 on Y0. {E1 06:38; math} edit
RunningDaniel Fenn: three on Y0, ten at Board 14, 66 in Episode 4. {E4 MASTER_TREATMENT §1} edit
RunningTeo is 44 and Dez 28 in Episode 2. {E2 WORLD_BIBLE §1, §2} edit
SteelNoor is ten in Episode 2 (no line on screen states it). {Aaron 2026-10-22 REVISION_2_NOTES} edit
RunningNoor: seven when she landed, ten years four months in Episode 2, about thirteen at Y+63. {E2 WORLD_BIBLE §3; math} edit
On screenNoor's figure on Rev B is 1.38 m. {E2 26:45-28:14} edit
On screenMaisie is ten in Episode 2. {E2 18:46} edit
SteelThe boy is nine in Episode 4. {Aaron 2026-10-19, E4 concept §3} edit
RunningThe boy would be about 26 at Y+80. {E4 MASTER_TREATMENT §1; math} edit
RunningEpisode 3's protagonist has no age. {WORLD_TIMELINE} edit

Four nights and 18 lives