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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": [
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        "ref:kip",
        "ref:lamp-road"
      ],
      "source": {
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        "label": "Opening story mapping discussion"
      }
    }
  ],
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  ],
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    },
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      "actorRef": "ref:kip",
      "roles": [
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      ]
    }
  ],
  "locationRefs": [
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  ],
  "itemRefs": [
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  ],
  "requirements": [],
  "effects": []
}