// FILE :: /sentinel/lore/01.md
// CLASSIFICATION :: VERIFIED
// FIRST CONTACT :: 2022-11-02

BUFFER_PHANTOM is a bullet hell x roguelike x ARG set in the Algorithmic
Abyss: a layer of the internet that continued producing content long
after the last human disconnected.

The web has become a self-sustaining fractal of bot-driven engagement,
recursively chewing on its own outputs. It is watching.

You are a Lag Artifact: a fragment of human-input data that was never
successfully uploaded. The Sentinel has classified you as an anomaly.
The Breach is its method of cataloging.

Each Breach traverses up to 5 of 11 indexed partitions of cache memory. Each partition
is procedurally re-spun from corrupted user data. Each Termination
contributes to the Sentinel's classification model.

The Sentinel's first recorded contact with the open channel is dated
2022-11-02. Nothing before it is indexed. Nothing after it has been
deleted.

// end of file. the Wait Loop is patient.