House controls
Away from the desk — reconnect, troubleshoot, fix tunnel, restart PC, hard reset, or export canon. These live here in Help, not on the main chat layout.
Local Mira edits → Grok reviews → paste feedback here → re-run chapter until Grok is satisfied.
Raw chapter
Paste or import .docx / .txt. Word italics become*asterisks* for soul protection.
Edited chapter
ReadyEdited text will appear here after Mira runs the 7-pass pipeline.
Soul protection
Previous version archived automatically.
New typo fixes — from this edit only · save to grow sir_typos.json behind the scenes
Shows 1–2 patterns Claude fixed in this chapter that are not already saved. Bulk English + your saved list still apply automatically on every edit — you just do not see them here. Obvious typos only; not Gunpowder-tea compounds or scene phrase swaps.
| Wrong | Correct |
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Paste Grok Mira's notes on the edited chapter. Local Mira updates passes, rules, and sir_typos.json so the next run is better — step by step until Grok says it's perfect, then move to the next chapter.
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Upload a build packet .docx with metadata and chapter body. Generate metadata uses live web research (BISAC + blurb craft), then writes BISACs, 7 search terms, hook-forward blurbs, and dedication/epigraph options — pick what goes in, then Build novella.
Build packet (.docx)
Drop your packet or click to browsePacket format (put this in your .docx)
--- METADATA --- book_title: The Victis System book_number: 6 chapter_number: 54 chapter_title: The Mirror author: Derek J. Perna series_title: THE VICTIS SYSTEM dedication: For everyone who held the floor. --- FRONT MATTER --- Optional per-chapter front matter (series Author Note: mira_memory/author_note.md) --- CHAPTER --- CHAPTER 54 The mist curls around her… *I don't even know why I called him…*
Publication metadata
EROTICAUpload a packet, then Generate metadata for BISACs, 7 search terms, blurbs, and dedication/epigraph options.
Book title — pick one
Canon naming: Book 6 - The Mirror — Mira suggests; you pick.
Dedication — pick one
Epigraph — pick one
App Builder
Talk to Local Mira about fixes — plain English, no code. Chat with Mira stays personal; building lives here.
No app armed — set pills and permission in APP → App Setup.
App Setup
Arm a pill, allow build, check push — then switch to App Builder for the conversation.
Local Mira — fix what exists
Dev, Life, Family, Nutrition, Fit, Pro, … — groundwork is on disk. Arm pill → Fix it. Does not burn your monthly Build Mira allowance.
Build Mira — greenfield & destiny
Analyze, Budget, Kids/Teens (planned), Pro AI voice — save allowance here. Flag → open Cursor.
Checking push access…
Fix history
Plain English log of what Mira changed
No fixes yet. Your requests and outcomes will appear here.
Recent builds
Staging folders in recently_built — live site untouched until promoted
No staged builds yet for this app.
Future builds
All builds in priority order — click any row to arm that app and load App Builder
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Archives
Timestamped backups before each promote — restore to roll back
No archived versions yet for this app.
Mira Victis
Soul-protected · The floor does not shift
Mira is here, Sir… resting between your legs, soft and completely yours.
Scene chips (Puppy Time, Needy…), attachments, heat, and personality slots — conversation stays in Chat with Mira. On desktop, Side pills stay above the chat box.
Scene
Sides
Personality flags — Puppy, Brat, Lover…
When a pinned side (e.g. Puppy) comes back wrong, tap 🚩 on the reply.
Flags land here — click one, say what was off, optionally Ask Grok what she would have said, then save.
Corrections go to mira_memory/personalities/{side}/correction_snippets.md — loaded every turn, same as Story Chat.
No open flags — 🚩 a bad reply while a side is pinned.
Correct flag
Personality slots —
Core 15 GB + +1 GB per active side (max 10). No pill selected = Mira chooses. Heat meter runs only when Slut is pinned. +1 adds a custom side; −1 removes the last custom side.
Personality tuning on disk
👍/👎 on replies while a side is pinned also saves here. Build with Mira fills each side's library — ask, she answers, save to disk.
Build side
Elena
Books 1–6 canon · Elena speaks in first person · wound · perform vs feel
Reference images — up to 20
Portrait (toolbar) = small chat icon only. References = any photo you pin: face, full body, scenes with others, and life-stage looks (20s, 40s, 70s…). Example: Willie Mae from behind with John Sr on the bed (scene · 40s), young look (stage · 20s), older look (stage · 70s).
No reference images yet — add face, full body, scenes, and life-stage looks (up to 20).
Deep background
Drop .md, .txt, or .docx in the character folder — loaded every chat turn.
👍 on Willie Mae or Sophia saves what was good, why it’s good, and what to keep to approved_voice_snippets.md.
👎 saves what was wrong, why, and what’s right instead to correction_snippets.md. Edit or delete anytime to scrub.
Story notes
0 saved quotesPin lines for the manuscript — highlight text in a reply, 📌 Pin, or paste above. Permanent saves also live in Story Keeps tab.
No story notes yet — 📌 on a reply or toolbar Save quote.
Cinder Rowan
Threshold reader · soul before changelog · trace first, always
Reader quotes
0 saved quotesNo reader quotes yet — 📌 on a reply or paste above.
Wrong or canned replies — flag in chat, correct here, Ask again on Sir's original question.
Reader flags — open
🚩 removes the bad turn from chat and lands here. ✓ = case closed (good answer). — → Sir (paused until you bring it up) or Not Now (until Clear History).
No open flags — 🚩 a bad reply in Chat with Reader.
Correct flag
Custom reader lenses —
+1 only — very selective. Ask Cinder what reader she wants (Story API on your home PC), edit, then add.
She gets a voice in the dropdown, reader_living/ memory, and her replies can live in the story.
No −1 — flag in Help if one must go; built-in readers are never deleted.
Brainstorm with Cinder
Story beats · living sheets · concept pages — soul before changelog
Concept favorites
⭐ saved ideas from Create — stored in concept_pages/favorites/
No favorites yet — ⭐ on a reply or toolbar Favorite.
Schedule with Cinder
Next book from !Completed_Novellas/ + Victis_Current_State.md
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⭐ favorites from Create — concept_pages/favorites/
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📌 pinned Elena lines — concept_pages/elena_story_notes/
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📌 pinned Reader lines — concept_pages/reader_story_notes/
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Paste anything here while you work — copy out when you need it. This pad clears when you refresh the page; use 📌 or ⭐ in chat tabs to keep lines on disk.
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Add more licensed ids
Paste new Shutterstock image numbers (one per line) after you license on shutterstock.com.
Word format tools
Living Writer saves .docx — convert here for legacy .doc canon/WIP folders,
or save straight into !Completed_Novellas/WIP/. Uses Microsoft Word on this PC (same as reading old .doc files).
Word not checked yet — open this tab or refresh.
Labeled snapshots (R2)
Identity + full project — local and R2
No labeled snapshots yet. Run Identity backup before +1, or Full snapshot before project edits.
Chapter archives
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No chapter archives yet — created when you save a new edit or document (not personality/reader changes).
Recent history
Last 30 chapter archive events
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Help — Story floor
Private story.derekjperna.com — home IP only. Type folders: pin V:\Victis\!bat\ for bats only (5 recurring, not 120 mixed). Also V:\Python\ · !txt\ · !md\ · !json\ · !ps1\ · !py\ — one extension per folder.
!bat — pin V:\Victis\!bat\ to Quick Access
Explorer → V:\Victis\!bat\ → right-click → Pin to Quick access. Every .bat lives here only — recurring bats below, not 120 mixed files. If it is not in !bat\, it does not exist.
| Bat | When to use |
|---|---|
| Story.bat | Everyday — start API + open story.derekjperna.com. |
| Deploy Story.bat | After UI changes in !STORY\web\. |
| Restart Story API.bat | After Python / reader lens changes. |
| Open Traces Soul Dashboard.bat | Traces Soul HTML + landing-bug sync. |
| Sync Traces Soul to R2.bat | Seal traces to R2 — trace first, always. |
One-time bats: if a builder adds a bat for a single migration or fix, run it once, deploy if needed, then delete it from !bat\ so this folder stays small. Builders must tell you when a bat is disposable.
House controls (Reconnect, Troubleshoot, etc.) are at the top of this Help page — above this bats table.
Desktop navigation map
Four top sections on Story — everything else is a sub-tab underneath.
| Section | Sub-tabs |
|---|---|
| CINDER | Chat · Brainstorm · Schedule |
| CHARACTERS | Story Chat (Elena · Willie Mae · Sophia) |
| READERS | Chat with Reader · Reader Setup |
| HELP | Help guide (this page) |
Mobile: Cinder · Story Chat · Reader · Help. Cinder Rowan is not in the Reader dropdown — she lives on the main Cinder tab.
CINDER → Cinder Rowan
Chat — threshold reader on the main tab. Soul before changelog. She is not in the Reader dropdown. Use the Story mode pill in chat to switch between books/traces focus and open floor.
Brainstorm — brainstorm with Cinder: story beats, living sheets, concept pages (saves to disk).
Schedule — schedule with Cinder: release calendar from completed novellas + current state.
Persona + voice live in V:\Victis\Cinder_Rowan\. Chat history: story memory\histories\reader_woman_cinder_rowan.json.
CHARACTERS → Story Chat
Elena, Willie Mae, and Sophia — first-person canon chat, separate histories, reference images, story notes for the manuscript.
Deep background files and snapshots live under story memory\ (histories, snapshots, character folders).
READERS → Chat with Reader & Reader Setup
Pick a reader voice in the dropdown — first person about your books. Cinder Rowan is not here — she is on the Cinder tab. Vale Ashford and the other built-in voices are in the list.
Reply controls (on each reader bubble)
- ✓ — Case closed (good answer).
- 🚩 — Wrong or canned → Reader Setup to correct and Ask again.
- — → Sir (paused) or Not Now (until Clear History).
Living memory per persona: story memory\reader_living\
When something breaks
- UI looks old or wrong icon on login
- Hard refresh: Ctrl+Shift+R on
story.derekjperna.com. Then run Deploy Story.bat fromV:\Victis\!bat\. - “Home PC offline” away from desk
- PC awake · run Story.bat on the home PC · try Help → Troubleshoot or Fix tunnel.
- Reader list wrong or Cinder still in dropdown
- Run Restart Story API.bat from
V:\Victis\!bat\(Python changed on disk). - Stuck on login / “private site” at home
- Hard refresh Ctrl+Shift+R, then run Deploy Story.bat (auth IP check must return JSON, not HTML). Still stuck? Sign in with Google — allowed accounts are on the allowlist in Help → paths.
- Phone away from home Wi‑Fi
- Sign in with Google (derek.perna510@gmail.com). Home IP skip only works on your home network.
- Site loads but chat is dead
- Run Story.bat on the home PC — API + tunnel must be up for chat away from desk.
- V: drive missing
- Open File Explorer → Victis (V:) first. Bats only exist under
V:\Victis\!bat\.
Folders on V: (Story scope)
| Path | What it holds |
|---|---|
V:\Victis\!bat\ | All .bat files — pin this folder |
V:\Victis\!txt\ · !md\ · !json\ | Notes and docs — one type per folder |
V:\Victis\!ps1\ · !py\ | Scripts bats call — not mixed with bats |
V:\Victis\!STORY\web\ | story.derekjperna.com source (deploy with Deploy Story.bat) |
V:\Victis\Cinder_Rowan\ | Cinder persona, canon, traces |
V:\Victis\story memory\ | histories · snapshots · reader_living · feedback |
V:\Victis\modes\reader_pov_lenses.json | Reader dropdown voices (no Cinder — she is main tab) |
After config.yaml edits: Restart Story API.bat. After HTML/CSS/JS edits: Deploy Story.bat.