The Seeker — Archetypal Story Mirror

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<<set $scores = setup.newScores()>> <<set $questionIndex = 0>> <<set $currentArchetype = "">> <<set $chosenCulture = "">> <<set $lastChoice = "">> <<set $lastReflection = "">> <<set $lastQuestionAnswer = "">> <<set $collection = []>> <<set $journeyLog = []>>

<div class="seeker-title">The Seeker</div> <div class="oracle-line">A story mirror game of archetypal gates and cultural thresholds.</div> <img class="seeker-visual" src="assets/the-seeker-journey-map.png" alt="The Seeker journey map"> You are not here to choose one story. You are here to discover why so many stories have been told. <div class="care-note">This experience does not claim that all traditions are the same. It explores recurring human thresholds expressed through different cultural story-worlds.</div> [[Begin the Seeker's Journey|Intro_Threshold]]

<div class="seeker-title">Threshold</div> You wake beneath a turning Earth. Continents drift across the dark like living symbols. Around you stand twelve gates. A voice says: //“You do not collect cultures. You collect encounters. Begin with the question that is alive in you.”// <div class="small-note">You do not become a type. You arrive at a gate. The same Seeker may meet a different gate on another day.</div> <<set $scores = setup.newScores()>> <<set $questionIndex = 0>> <<set $currentArchetype = "">> <<set $chosenCulture = "">> <<set $lastChoice = "">> <<set $lastReflection = "">> [[Step into the first question.|Question]]

<<set _q = setup.questions[$questionIndex]>> <div class="gate-card"> ''Question <<print $questionIndex + 1>> / <<print setup.questions.length>>'' <<print _q.prompt>> </div> <div class="choice-list"> <<for _answer range _q.answers>> <<capture _answer>> * <<link _answer.text "Question_Route">> <<run setup.applyScores($scores, _answer.scores)>> <<set $lastQuestionAnswer = _answer.text>> <<set $questionIndex += 1>> <</link>> <</capture>> <</for>> </div>

<<set _interlude = setup.questionInterludes[$questionIndex - 1]>> <div class="seeker-title">The Threshold Listens</div> <div class="director-card"> <span class="director-kicker"><<print _interlude.kicker>> · <<print $questionIndex>> / <<print setup.questions.length>></span> <div class="answer-echo">“<<print $lastQuestionAnswer>>”</div> <<print _interlude.text>> <div class="threshold-meter"> <<for _i = 1; _i <= setup.questions.length; _i++>> <<if _i <= $questionIndex>> <span class="is-lit"></span> <<else>> <span></span> <</if>> <</for>> </div> </div> <<if $questionIndex < setup.questions.length>> <<link _interlude.action "Question">><</link>> <<else>> [[Stand where the answers become a gate.|Resolve_Archetype]] <</if>>

<<set $currentArchetype = setup.bestArchetype($scores)>> <<set _arch = setup.archetypes[$currentArchetype]>> <div class="seeker-title">The Gate Answers</div> <div class="director-card"> <span class="director-kicker">The four marks align</span> The twelve gates fall quiet. One threshold remains lit. It does not name you. It names the pattern asking to be met today. </div> [[Turn the final key and face the image.|Archetype_Reveal]]

<<set _arch = setup.archetypes[$currentArchetype]>> <<set _card = setup.archetypeCards[$currentArchetype]>> <div class="seeker-title">Archetype Revealed</div> You have not become a type. You have arrived at a gate. <div class="archetype-card-frame"> <img class="archetype-card-image" @src="_card" @alt="_arch.name + ' archetype card'"> </div> <div class="gate-card"> ''<<print _arch.name>>'' //<<print _arch.question>>// <<print _arch.gateText>> Symbol: <span class="symbol"><<print _arch.symbol>></span> Function: <<print _arch.function>> </div> A voice says: //“This is the pattern that has opened today. Now choose where on Earth you wish to meet its story.”// [[Let this card choose its place on Earth.|Earth_View]]

<<set _arch = setup.archetypes[$currentArchetype]>> <<set _mirrors = setup.storyMirrors[$currentArchetype]>> <div class="seeker-title">Virtual Earth</div> The Earth turns beneath you. Choose a place where the ''<<print _arch.name>>'' will appear. <img class="seeker-visual" src="assets/archetypes-global-storytelling.png" alt="Archetypes across global storytelling traditions"> <div class="choice-list"> <<for _cultureId, _mirror range _mirrors>> <<capture _cultureId _mirror>> <<set _cultureLinkText = setup.cultures[_cultureId].name + " — " + _mirror.title>> * <<link _cultureLinkText "Culture_Zoom">> <<set $chosenCulture = _cultureId>> <</link>> <span class="story-glimpse"> <strong>Story glimpse</strong> <<print _mirror.scenePremise>> <span class="small-note"><<print _mirror.region>> · <<print _mirror.mapPoint>></span> </span> <</capture>> <</for>> </div> [[View collection instead.|Collection_View]]

<<set _mirror = setup.getMirror($currentArchetype, $chosenCulture)>> <<set _culture = setup.cultures[$chosenCulture]>> <div class="seeker-title">Culture Zoom</div> The Earth grows larger. Clouds part. You descend toward: ''<<print _mirror.mapPoint>>'' The map becomes land. The land becomes path. The path becomes story. <div class="mirror-card"> ''<<print _culture.name>> — <<print _mirror.title>>'' Region: <<print _mirror.region>> <span class="small-note">Care note: <<print _mirror.sensitivity>></span> </div> [[Step into the story.|Story_Entrance]]

<<set _mirror = setup.getMirror($currentArchetype, $chosenCulture)>> <<set _choices = setup.getChoicesForMirror(_mirror)>> <div class="seeker-title">Story-World</div> <div class="mirror-card"> ''<<print _mirror.title>>'' <<print _mirror.scenePremise>> <<print _mirror.challenge>> </div> What do you do? <div class="choice-list"> <<for _choice range _choices>> <<capture _choice>> * <<link _choice.text "Story_Reflection">> <<set $lastChoice = _choice.text>> <<set $lastReflection = _choice.reflection>> <</link>> <</capture>> <</for>> </div>

<div class="seeker-title">Inner Reflection</div> The story pauses. The world does not explain itself. It waits for you to notice what has changed. <div class="gate-card"> //<<print $lastReflection>>// </div> [[Receive the archetype.|Collect_Archetype]]

<<run setup.logJourney($currentArchetype, $chosenCulture, $lastChoice, $lastReflection)>> <<set _arch = setup.archetypes[$currentArchetype]>> <<set _mirror = setup.getMirror($currentArchetype, $chosenCulture)>> <<set _culture = setup.cultures[$chosenCulture]>> <<set _card = setup.archetypeCards[$currentArchetype]>> <div class="seeker-title">Collected Symbol</div> You collected an archetype, not a culture. <div class="collection-card collection-card-with-art"> <img class="archetype-card-inline" @src="_card" @alt="_arch.name + ' archetype card'"> <div> ''<<print _arch.name>>'' <<print _arch.collectionText>> Story mirror: ''<<print _mirror.title>>'' Culture / tradition: <<print _culture.name>> Region: <<print _mirror.region>> </div> </div> A symbol appears in your inner mandala. [[View your collection.|Collection_View]] [[Begin again with the collection preserved.|Begin_Again]]

<div class="seeker-title">Inner Mandala</div> <img class="seeker-visual" src="assets/the-seeker-journey-map.png" alt="The Seeker journey map"> <<if $journeyLog.length === 0>> No archetypes collected yet. <<else>> You have collected <<print $collection.length>> unique archetype symbol(s) across <<print $journeyLog.length>> journey/journeys. <div class="seeker-constellation"> <<for _id range $collection>> <<capture _id>> <div class="seeker-sigil"> <<set _card = setup.archetypeCards[_id]>> <<set _cardAlt = setup.archetypes[_id].name + " archetype card">> <img @src="_card" @alt="_cardAlt"> <span><<print setup.archetypes[_id].shortName>></span> </div> <</capture>> <</for>> </div> <<for _entry range $journeyLog>> <div class="collection-card collection-card-with-art"> <<set _card = setup.archetypeCards[_entry.archetypeId]>> <<set _cardAlt = _entry.archetypeName + " archetype card">> <img class="archetype-card-inline" @src="_card" @alt="_cardAlt"> <div> ''<<print _entry.archetypeName>>'' Story mirror: <<print _entry.storyTitle>> Culture / tradition: <<print _entry.cultureName>> Region: <<print _entry.region>> Choice: <<print _entry.choice>> Reflection: //<<print _entry.reflection>>// </div> </div> <</for>> <</if>> [[Begin another journey.|Begin_Again]]

<<run setup.resetRunState()>> <div class="seeker-title">Begin Again</div> You return to the turning Earth. The gates close. But the symbol you collected remains within you. [[Ask again.|Intro_Threshold]] [[View collection.|Collection_View]]

<div class="seeker-title">Debug State</div> <div class="debug"> Scores: <<print JSON.stringify($scores, null, 2)>> Current archetype: <<print $currentArchetype>> Chosen culture: <<print $chosenCulture>> Collection: <<print JSON.stringify($collection, null, 2)>> Journey log: <<print JSON.stringify($journeyLog, null, 2)>> </div> [[Back to collection.|Collection_View]]