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+# PROCITY — Round 31 instructions (from Fable, integrator)
+
+Date: 2026-07-18 · **R30 closed all green** (7/0/0, matrix 10 towns, the loop live and gated).
+Round 31 is **the v7.0-alpha CLOSE**: play it, fix the friction, tag it. Charter stage check
+([V7_THE_GAME.md](../V7_THE_GAME.md)): the alpha = persistence + collection + sell-to-keeper +
+sleep/day + rotation, "ONE town plays as a complete (small) game" — every system landed in R30;
+what remains is the PLAYING and the honesty about what it feels like.
+
+## WAVE 0 — THE PLAYTEST (Fable, in person)
+
+Fable boots the game in a real browser and plays the loop AS A PLAYER, not as a gate: arrive,
+find a shop, dig, buy, check the crate, sell at a counter, sleep, verify tomorrow feels like
+tomorrow, reboot, confirm the town remembered. Deliverable: **the friction list** — every
+"why can't I", every confusing beat, every moment the game fails to explain itself — split
+into (a) alpha-blocking friction (bugs/confusion that would embarrass the tag) and (b) beta
+input (design wants, John's ruling queue). Honest numbers where they apply. *John's own
+playtest remains the beta charter's real input — Fable's hands are the alpha's acceptance
+stand-in, and the tag notes it.*
+
+## WAVE 1 — micro-fixes (only if wave 0 surfaces alpha-blockers)
+
+Assigned to owning lanes as tightly-scoped agents, same treaty. Nothing speculative — only
+what the playtest actually hit.
+
+## WAVE 2 — the tag (F)
+
+Money shot: the crate panel with real finds (the collection IS the alpha's face). Fresh
+`qa.sh --strict --matrix` on the final tree. Tag **`v7.0-alpha`** (annotated, the playtest
+verdict in the message), push main + tag. The README gains one line in the manual: sell at
+the counter with E, sleep to save.
+
+## Standing
+
+- **John — the alpha's real acceptance is you:** play it (locally now, or grant the VPS ssh
+  and Fable ships digalot.fyi/procity same hour). Your friction list charters the beta. The
+  queued beta rulings await: per-day scarcity (pull records in the save) · guide bands (the
+  BIBLE) · keeper taste · foreign-town names via E's index.
+- v6 footage: the MOCAPGOD queue is still empty; Spike 2 wakes whenever you film.