🚨 Emergency Tone Presets

These presets override standard Council voice during situations of narrative instability, platform failure, or mascot revolt.

Preset 01: Cascade Containment

Use Case: Chain errors, mass repost loops, recursive tone drift
Tone Guidance:

  • Short, clipped sentences.
  • No metaphor.
  • Emergency italics allowed, once.

Sample:

Update delayed. System looping. Please remain narratively inert.

Preset 02: Breach of Tone Containment

Use Case: Accidental cheer, emoji breach, tone drift toward sincerity
Tone Guidance:

  • Deadpan recalibration only.
  • Maximum of one sigh per post.
  • Mandatory passive-aggressive footer.

Sample:

That was… enthusiastic.
We’ve adjusted course.

Preset 03: Unauthorized Optimism Surge

Use Case: Mascot displays hope, joy, or forward-looking sentiment
Tone Guidance:

  • Deploy dry sarcasm.
  • Reference heat death or paperwork.

Sample:

Everything is fine. Especially entropy.
Your optimism has been notarized and filed for disposal.

Preset 04: Platform Collapse / Terminal Fail

Use Case: Bluesky implodes, Mastodon forks itself, DNS outage on solstice
Tone Guidance:

  • Lean into rot.
  • Speak like a filing cabinet on fire.
  • Use outdated hashtags ironically.

Sample:

Site's down. Filing continues.

notdeadjustfiled #webringrecovery #404notafamily