Story
Hob's Assignment
Hob gives Kip the ordinary Lamp Road assignment before departure.
Notes
The scene establishes their relationship before the tutorial journey begins.
Canonical record
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"schemaVersion": 1,
"id": "hob-briefing",
"name": "Hob's Assignment",
"aliases": [
"Hob's Briefing"
],
"summary": "Hob gives Kip the ordinary Lamp Road assignment before departure.",
"details": [
"The scene establishes their relationship before the tutorial journey begins."
],
"relations": [],
"supersededByRefs": [],
"history": [
{
"id": "hob-briefing-opening-hob-briefing",
"at": "2026-09-08T01:07:14.760Z",
"summary": "Protected the pre-departure briefing.",
"reason": "The route needs emotional context before danger enters.",
"mentions": [
"ref:hob",
"ref:kip"
],
"source": {
"kind": "review-migration",
"label": "Prototype review: opening-hob-briefing",
"locator": "archive/migrations/2026-09-08-prototype-review.json#review.answers.opening-hob-briefing"
}
},
{
"id": "hob-briefing-assignment-framing",
"at": "2026-09-08T21:43:27.000Z",
"summary": "Named the beat for its story function: Hob gives Kip the assignment.",
"reason": "The assignment is the causal start of the playable opening; the exact dialogue remains unwritten.",
"confidence": "Working description, not final scene text.",
"mentions": [
"ref:hob",
"ref:kip",
"ref:lamp-road"
],
"source": {
"kind": "conversation",
"label": "Opening story mapping discussion"
}
}
],
"kind": "story",
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"ref:opening-first-day"
],
"actorRoles": [
{
"actorRef": "ref:hob",
"roles": [
"quest-giver"
]
},
{
"actorRef": "ref:kip",
"roles": [
"protagonist"
]
}
],
"locationRefs": [
"ref:lampworks"
],
"itemRefs": [
"ref:lamp-pole"
],
"requirements": [],
"effects": []
}