Root witness
Seat the old growth beneath the cobalt seep.
Contain it, or let it speak.
The first response released a live spore drift into the next bed. Sealing it costs one vitality and softens later spoilage; tracing it raises the score but makes wrong setups more costly.
Match each growth reading to the access history that could leave it.
Name the midnight gardener.
The three responses intersect on one access history. A wrong accusation cannot be withdrawn.
NO ACCUSATIONS FILEDThe plants remember
who came after dark.
One rare cutting moved through three conservators’ glasshouse. Run three controlled growth tests, match the deterministic root, leaf, and pollen responses, then make one irreversible accusation. The first response may release a night drift; choose whether to seal the next bed or trace the risk.
Protocol paused.
Root vitality and pending evidence are preserved.
The lie had roots.
Control, disturb, observe.
Click a terrarium or use 1–3. Click a plant pod or use Q/E. Each protocol names its required pod, ring, and disturbance. A wrong setup spoils vitality and clears the pending preparation so it can be repeated.
After the first response, choose whether to SEAL the night drift for one vitality and safer later setups, or TRACE it for score and a three-vitality penalty. Then preserve testimony for one vitality or advance without it. Accusations are irreversible; two rejected accusations end the case.