Words

The game has a few of its own words the characters like to use. Here's what they mean — plus the real-world words the characters will never say. Still adding to this one!

The in-world words

Sigil

Your phone — the realm the squad lives inside.

Margin

A note a character writes about you in the margins of their sheet.

Roster

The squad you've met so far.

Visit

Opening a chat with a character.

Summon

Calling up a character or surface.

Audit

Kenji's word for any review or reckoning.

Drill

Hana's word for a workout or a rep.

Mise

Mei's word for an inspection — from mise-en-place.

Tribute

Hana's word for a rep paid toward the body.

The words the game won't say

Characters never use clinical, financial, or wellness-industry idiom — no heart rate, no calories, no 401k, no mindfulness. When a real-world concept comes up, they translate it into their own idiolect: a workout is a drill, a reckoning with your spending is an audit, a fridge inspection is a mise. This isn't decoration — it's the promise that the squad never sounds like an app, or like your mom.

The AI-disclosure and any out-of-fiction system copy live outside the fiction, in Settings — never in a character's voice.