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script.thru 4 entities · 4 scenes

// A man tries to save the one record of his life's work,
// and loses it by trying.

entity marcus: character {
  "mid-40s, wiry, salt-and-pepper beard, wire-rim glasses, brown cardigan"
  state injured: "left arm in a makeshift sling, soot streaked across his face"
}

entity book: prop {
  "a thick leather-bound journal, deep blue cover, brass clasp"
  state broken: "spine snapped, pages loose, brass clasp torn off"
  views: front, back, top
}

entity study: setting {
  "a cramped Victorian study, oak desk, one tall window, rain outside"
  state burning: "flames climbing the curtains, smoke pooling at the ceiling"
  state ruined: "charred walls, collapsed shelving, grey daylight through a burnt-out window"
  views: wide, reverse, window-side
}

scene the_argument in #study:wide {
  camera: static, eye level

  #marcus paces behind the desk, the #book open in front of him.

  marcus: "Forty years. It's all in here."

  He slams his fist down. The #book -> broken skids off the desk,
  pages scattering across the floor.
  A #vase("a cheap porcelain vase, chrysanthemum pattern") wobbles on the shelf.
}

scene morning_after in #study:reverse {
  camera: slow push-in

  Weak light through the window. #marcus kneels, gathering the loose
  pages of the #book back together.

  marcus: "It can be rebound. It can all be rebound."
}

scene the_fire in #study:window-side {
  camera: handheld, urgent

  Smoke first, then flame. The #study -> burning around him as #marcus
  shields the #book with his cardigan and stumbles for the door.
}

scene aftermath in #study:wide {
  camera: static wide, long hold

  Grey morning. The fire is out, the #study -> ruined.
  #marcus -> injured sits on the floor, the #book in his lap,
  turning pages that survived.
}

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+	book:front@default	new
+	book:front@broken	new
+	marcus:front@default	new
+	marcus:front@injured	new
+	study:wide@default	new
+	study:reverse@default	new
+	study:wide@burning	new
+	study:wide@ruined	new
+	study:window-side@default	new
+	study:window-side@burning	new
+	vase:front@default	new
~	the_argument	new
~	morning_after	new
~	the_fire	new
~	aftermath	new

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reference cells 0/11 built

One image per entity per view per state. Each is derived from the one above it in the grid — that derivation, not the prompt, is what keeps a character the same character.

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