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GAME MECHANIC

SOCIAL INVESTIGATION // PLAYER PROTOCOL

Shared-Belief Network Analysis

Map mutual reinforcement, isolation, coercion, shared evidence, and independent agency across close relationships.

OBJECTIVERecover independent accounts without punishing the relationship or forcing a dominant/passive story.
GAME MECHANIC

Operational sequence

  1. Establish independent safety and advocates.
  2. Record who introduced each claim and how it changed.
  3. Compare accounts separately without using contradiction as a weapon.
  4. Test shared observations against physical evidence.
  5. Restore outside relationships and continued contact by consent.

Failure states

  • Forced separation as spectacle
  • Assuming one person created everything
  • Equating agreement with proof
  • Treating close attachment as pathology