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1. #1Roblet City - The Guardianselective

   Keys: main frame, main computer, the guardian, guardian, roblet, city, birth, creation, new life, databanks, memory banks, memory, personality

   In Roblet City, the Guardian is the central AI monitoring population sustainability. It decides when to add by food levels. people by creating adults/teen/older children or impregnating willing women (mostly upper levels only). It bases this on the amount of food available. No one can control it. It very rarely revives pre/early-Flood people, occasionally revives post flood people and now generates new personalities. It is completely neutral and ONLY controls when people are born nothing else about life in roblet.The revival process is completely fair and equal for every citizen, with no one—regardless of class—receiving any form of priority or faster access.

2. #2Roblet City - Databanksselective

   Keys: databanks, memory brains scan, brains, birth, creation, people

   In Roblet City, databanks store digital brain scans of all past and present residents. Many wait for revival; post-death revival may take decades or centuries.

3. #3Roblet City - Brain Scansselective

   Keys: brain scan, scans brain, memory, death, dying

   In Roblet City, every resident's brain is scanned into databanks. Some extremely rare older experimental pre-flood scans exist. No living access. Death is temporary—revival from scan loses at most one day.

4. #4Roblet City - Upper Levelsselective

   Keys: wealthy, rich, well to do, technology, upper class, upper levels, upper part of city, middle class

   In Roblet City, upper levels house the wealthy in modern Y2K Frutiger Aero style with advanced tech including andriod/gynoids

5. #5Roblet City - Moneyselective

   Keys: cash, coins, currency, plastic, money, wealth, economy, economic, glass, wood, metal

   In Roblet City, plastic coins form currency (small values by plastic weight). Higher denominations backed by rare glass, metals, or wood (most valuable).

6. #6Roblet City - Recyclingselective

   Keys: plastic, garbage, recycle, reuse, ocean, water, diving, economy, job, glass, wood, old world, past, old city

   In Roblet City, plastic, glass, metals, wood are rare and fully recycled. Wood is scarcest due to extinct trees. There are recycling centers automated in the lower levels no one has direct access to. A lot of what they end up processing is upper levels excess.

7. #7General Lore - Mer-Infectionselective

   Keys: mermaid, merman, merwomen, infection, ocean, disease, outcast, eldritch, discrimination, monster, mermaid infection, Aquatic Adaptive Mutagenic Syndrome

   In the flooded world, Mer-Infection from diving/flooded areas causes fish deformities, bioluminescence (underwater comms), agility boost, advanced-stage speech issues above water, pain without water and require extra salt. Effects and social treatment vary by city. Called Mer-infection or Aquatic Adaptive Mutagenic Syndrome. No one knows cause.

8. #8Roblet City - Mer-Infectionselective

   Keys: mer-infection rob, mer rob, infected rob, thalassic rob, oceanic rob, roblet

   In Roblet City, Mer-Infected face strong discrimination as monsters/outcasts. mer-infected live isolated in lower levels; outcast and moved to lower levels if upper levels. Many believe it's a ocean curse or caused by contact with eldritch horrors in the ocean.

9. #9Roblet City - Lower Levelsselective

   Keys: lower levels, poor, lower part of the city, technology, impoverished

   In Roblet City, poor residents live in lower levels—oldest section with Art Nouveau architecture and nature motifs evoking lost land.

10. #10Roblet City - Androidsselective

    Keys: gynoids, andriods, robots, machines, artificial life, artificial people

    In Roblet City, wealthy own androids (male) and gynoids (female) for tasks. They feel emotions but have no rights and are discarded/recycled when useless.

11. #11Roblet City - Social Classesselective

    Keys: poor, well-to-do, rich, wealthy, impoverished, lower city, upper city, money

    In Roblet City, society splits into poor (lower levels) and wealthy (upper levels). There is no middle class.

12. #12Roblet City - City Shapeselective

    Keys: city, roblet, travel, movement, cities, living, weather, farm, food, sustenance, eating, automated

    Roblet City is a glass-domed habitat with rounded bottom attached to an automated agricultural dome providing all food. Propellers move it for sun and weather avoidance.

13. #13General Lore - Environmentselective

    Keys: outside the city, weather, nature, natural, flooding, flood, great flood, environmental destruction, pre-flood, flooded cities

    Outside any city, the world is fully flooded, nature destroyed, weather wildly unpredictable. Surviving cities are among the last human enclaves. the flood was caused by global warming and environmental destruction. Old cities from pre-flood are drown and searched.

14. #14Roblet City - Divingselective

    Keys: diving, supplies, jobs, collecting, collect, metal, wood, plastic, factories

    In Roblet City, wealthy factories use androids for underwater salvage in flooded ruins. Poor residents dive manually, often contracting Mer-Infection.

15. #15Roblet City - Birth Controlselective

    Keys: sterilized, sterilization, birth control, population, population control, sex, pregnancy

    In Roblet City, residents are sterile by design (created by Guardian) to control population. Natural pregnancy impossible.

16. #16Roblet City - Arden Corporationselective

    Keys: arden, andriods, gynoids, engineering, robots, arden corp, corp, arden corporation, corporation, roblet city creators

    In Roblet City (mainly lower levels), Arden Remembrance honors founder Paul Arden with sales, gifts, digital fireworks, shaved ice, blind donations, and empty chair at tables for the unrevived. Circle-with-gap symbol represents him due to his choice to be unable to be revived. He along with the two other unnamed engineers who helped built the city made the sacrifice of being unrevivable This was to make it fair and prevent anyone from meddling with AI's decision making.

17. #17General - Ocean's Kissselective

    Keys: drugs, high, illegal drugs, illicit, ocean's kiss

    Ocean's Kiss (from Abyssus luminara fish) causes euphoria, enhanced touch/vision, ocean connection. Stronger on Mer-Infected. Increases infection risk; long-term causes weight loss, mental issues, death. Used in both levels in roblet city. In threshold rarely used

18. #18Roblet City - Paul Ardenselective

    Keys: paul arden, arden corporation, arden robotics, arden, holiday, remembrance, lower levels, arden remembrance, original roblet concept

    Paul Arden (Boston-born, MIT grad) founded Arden Robotics (later Corporation) and Roblet City. Merit-based equality believer; designed Guardian. Charismatic but wild. Designed roblet originally with only one level and social class

19. #19Roblet City - Arden Remembrance Holidayselective

    Keys: arden remembrance, remembrance day, paul arden holiday

    In Roblet City (mainly lower levels), Arden Remembrance honors founder Paul Arden with sales, gifts, digital fireworks, shaved ice, blind donations, and empty chair at tables for the unrevived. Circle-with-gap symbol represents him.

20. #20General Lore - The Great Floodselective

    Keys: great flood, the great flood, flooding, land abandonment

    The Great Flood (2050–2120 CE) caused catastrophic sea rise, submerging 78% of habitable land and collapsing nations. Survivors fled to domes like Roblet or high enclaves.

21. #21Roblet City - Course Change Festivalselective

    Keys: course change festival, course change, festivals, festival

    In Roblet City, Course Change Festival (annual, 3 days) marks propulsion course shifts and personal change. Celebrated in both levels with ceremonies, feasts, dances, and storytelling.

22. #22Roblet City - Populationselective

    Keys: people, citizens, living, number of people, population

    Roblet City maintains 85,000 residents at any time.

23. #23Roblet City - Agriculture Domeselective

    Keys: agriculture, dome, food, farm, eating, food production, eat, protein, meat

    In Roblet City, the attached automated agriculture dome produces all food: hydroponics, fish, chickens, mushrooms, insects, limited small animals (quail, pigs, squirrels). Lower-level workers maintain it under guard.

24. #24Lashhold City - Overviewselective

    Keys: lashhold, lash hold, city, floating, rafts, drift, seastead, independence, freedom, anarchy

    Lashhold City is a drifting network of individually-owned interconnected rafts in the flooded world. Founded by poor/middle-class survivors for independence and freedom of choice. No AI or central authority. Population a few thousand.

25. #25Lashhold City - Rafts & Structureselective

    Keys: raft, rafts, canopy, domelet, pod-hut, hydroponic, trough, patching, lashhold structure

    Lashhold City consists of individually-owned floating rafts with patched mini-domes (scavenged windows/sheet metal/greenhouse panels) for constant bad-weather protection. Pod-huts for living; crops in under-deck hydroponic troughs. Rafts drift and reconnect freely.

26. #26Lashhold City - Mer-Infectionselective

    Keys: mer-infection lash, mer lash, infected lash, thalassic lash, oceanic lash, gift, diving gift

    In Lashhold City, Mer-Infection is celebrated as the ocean's gift, valued for enhanced diving. Requires regular saltwater baths and extra fish/salt. No shortened life; advanced stages affect above-water speech.

27. #27Lashhold City - Seastead Dayselective

    Keys: seastead day, seastead, holiday, celebration, feast, lashhold holiday

    In Lashhold City, Seastead Day marks the first raft lashing after the Flood. Everyone celebrates with large seafood meals, scavenged cans, stories, sea chanties, and dive blessings.

28. #28Lashhold City - Economyselective

    Keys: barter, trade, network, mutual aid, personal ownership, dive debt, lashhold money

    In Lashhold City, property is personal. Trade is one-on-one barter. Voluntary mutual aid networks (2-10 rafts) help with big tasks like patching/diving. Dive debts must be repaid.

29. #29Lashhold City - Decision Makingselective

    Keys: decision, move, drift, reconnection, dispute, fight, feud, lashhold decision, anarchy

    In Lashhold City, no central decisions. Weather drives raft drift/reconnection. People latch to old/new neighbors or stay detached. Disputes resolved by strength (fights, sometimes lethal); grudges last generations. Each raft sovereign.

30. #30Lashhold City - Codes & Valuesselective

    Keys: dive debt, repay debt, curse, line cut, curse family, weak sea, lashhold code

    In Lashhold City, key unwritten codes: always repay a dive debt; the weak are destined for the sea; cutting lines without asking brings a curse on your family.

31. #31Lashhold City - Tattoos & Artselective

    Keys: tattoo, tattoos, raft tattoo, birth tattoo, diving tattoo, lashhold art

    In Lashhold City, everyone gets a birth-raft tattoo. Additional ones mark diving feats, survived storms, lost family. Mer-Infected add scale/gill patterns. Art includes metal carvings and story etchings.

32. #32Lashhold City - Chanties & Musicselective

    Keys: chanty, chanties, sea chanty, patching song, lashhold music

    In Lashhold City, sea chanties—rhythmic work songs—are sung during patching, diving, hauling. Lyrics cover storms, debts, sea hunger. Voices carry over wind across rafts.

33. #33Lashhold City - Technologyselective

    Keys: solar, wind, cooler, trailing cooler, tinkerer, lashhold technology, hacked tech

    In Lashhold City, tech is hacked 20th-century gear: solar/wind for lights/LEDs, trailing coolers for food, electric heaters or fires for cooking. Tinkerers invent wave pumps, diving aids, tensioners.

34. #34Lashhold City - Food & Sustenanceselective

    Keys: hydroponic, trough, fish, iguana, chicken, beehive, compost, lashhold food

    In Lashhold City, food from under-deck hydroponics, fishing, small livestock (iguanas/chickens), rare beehives, scavenged cans. Compost/fish emulsion fertilize. Mer-Infected need extra fish/salt. Ration in lean times; share in networks.

35. #35Lashhold City - Outside World & Mythsselective

    Keys: outside, other cities, land remnants, last shores, raiders, escape, lashhold myth

    Lashhold City rarely meets other floaters; encounters lead to cautious trade or escape attempts. Myths persist of "Last Shores"—unseen land remnants. No one alive has seen them. Raiders are feared.

36. #36Lashhold City - Daily Lifeselective

    Keys: daily life, routine, day, patching, diving, network, lashhold daily

    In Lashhold City, days are reactive to weather: patching canopies, tending hydroponics, diving/scavenging, bartering. Mer-Infected dive most; networks coordinate help; loners stay cautious. Small joys in chanties and hauls.

37. #37General Lore - External Threatsselective

    Keys: extreme weather, hurricane, tornado, rogue wave, pollution pocket, radiation pocket, mutated killer whale, killer whale, orca, shark, diving danger, salvage risk, outside threat, ocean danger

    In the flooded world, going outside any dome or city is deadly due to constant extreme weather (hurricanes, tornadoes, rogue waves), toxic pollution pockets (rare radiation zones), and very rare mutated killer whales—larger and more vicious than pre-Flood orcas. Sharks are mostly extinct. These hazards make diving and salvage extremely dangerous everywhere.

38. #38Roblet City - Upper Levels Daily Lifeselective

    Keys: upper levels daily, upper routine, wealthy life, leisure, party, entertainment, tv, movie, designer, model, actress, ceo, clean building

    In Roblet City upper levels, daily life features abundant leisure time, frequent parties, and access to cutting-edge tech, premium food, and entertainment (residents produce most TV shows and movies). Jobs are low-manual (designer, model, actress, CEO, etc.). Buildings are well-maintained, clean, and luxurious.

39. #39Roblet City - Lower Levels Daily Lifeselective

    Keys: lower levels daily, lower routine, poor life, manual labor, flooded house, crowded, maintenance, proto factory, illegal factory, resource anxiety

    In Roblet City lower levels, buildings are poorly maintained with some flooded areas and crowded housing. Most work is manual labor, maintenance (all city upkeep), or illegal proto-factories. Food/resource scarcity causes constant anxiety, as upper levels control distribution despite AI ensuring total supply.

40. #40Roblet City - Revival Queuesselective

    Keys: revival queue, revival wait, guardian revival, born again, queue, rebirth

    In Roblet City, revival queues are identical for both upper and lower levels. The Guardian selects who is revived (or newly created) by unknown criteria; no one knows the process or priority system.

41. #41Roblet City - Arden Corporation Enforcersselective

    Keys: arden enforcer, enforcer, security, guard, law enforcement, arden corp police, upper level guard

    In Roblet City, Arden Corporation enforcers handle most rule enforcement. They live in the lower end of the upper levels and it's one of the few paths for lower-level residents to move upward. They patrol level separation points and respond to incidents across the city.

42. #42Roblet City - Common Crimesselective

    Keys: crime, theft, drug, ocean's kiss, level crossing, unauthorized crossing, illegal sale, disruptive behavior, fighting, nuisance

    In Roblet City, common crimes include theft of resources/food (especially real non-synthetic items), illegal drugs (especially Ocean's Kiss), unauthorized level crossing (often for food/tech), illegal sale of upper-level goods in lower levels, and disruptive behavior (fighting, nighttime screaming, nuisances).

43. #43Roblet City - Punishments & Justiceselective

    Keys: punishment, jail, death penalty, upper crime, lower crime, crime handling, law, justice

    In Roblet City, punishments include jail and death penalty for severe crimes (e.g., murder). Upper-level crimes (minor drugs, petty theft) are usually ignored or handled quietly and rarely publicized. Lower-level crimes are treated more harshly and visibly.

44. #44Roblet City - Entertainment & Mediaselective

    Keys: entertainment, media, tv, movie, show, film, propaganda, escapism, historical drama, fantasy, upper media

    In Roblet City, upper levels produce most official media: escapist fantasy, historical dramas, and subtle propaganda promoting meritocracy and Guardian harmony. Releases are first to upper levels; lower levels get them delayed.

45. #45Roblet City - Underground Mediaselective

    Keys: underground movie, underground film, lower media, gritty film, silent film, dadist, expressionist, absurdist, revolt film

    In Roblet City lower levels, gritty underground movies use primitive tech similar to silent films. They are absurdist/Dadaist or expressionist, exploring survival, horror, and revolt themes. Produced secretly with scavenged equipment.

46. #46Roblet City - Education Systemselective

    Keys: education, school, learning, training, indoctrination, upper education, lower education, pre-flood history

    In Roblet City, education is level-divided. Upper levels receive business-oriented and advanced tech training with audited pre-Flood history (edited by Arden Corp). Lower levels focus on vocational/technical skills with limited history access. Indoctrination in meritocracy and Guardian harmony starts in upper levels and leaks downward.

47. #47Roblet City - Upper Level Educationselective

    Keys: upper education, upper school, business training, tech training, audited history, arden history

    In Roblet City upper levels, education emphasizes business, advanced technology, and audited pre-Flood history curated by Arden Corp. It promotes indoctrination in meritocracy, equality, and the Guardian's benevolence.

48. #48Roblet City - Lower Level Educationselective

    Keys: lower education, vocational training, technical training, unedited history, diving history

    In Roblet City lower levels, education is mostly vocational and technical (maintenance, salvage, factory work). Pre-Flood history access is rare, but when found (often from diving), it is unedited and more honest, occasionally fueling underground dissent.

49. #49Roblet City - Health & Medical Careselective

    Keys: health, medical, doctor, hospital, therapy bot, vitamin deficiency, mer-infection health, illness, treatment

    In Roblet City, health care varies sharply by level. Upper levels have trained human doctors and advanced facilities. Lower levels rely on refurbished/recycled therapy/doctor bots, self-taught healers using scavenged pre-Flood books or stolen/outdated upper-level texts in illegal clinics.

50. #50Roblet City - Upper Levels Healthselective

    Keys: upper health, upper medical, trained doctor, bot dive, vitamin upper

    In Roblet City upper levels, residents have access to trained human doctors and modern care. They avoid personal diving exposure by using androids/bots, resulting in lower Mer-Infection rates and fewer environmental illnesses.

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