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drafting spec…
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--- name: ? status: compiling version: 0.0.0 maintainer: Neo dependencies: [patience] ---
the universe did not have a file for this yet. writing one now. (first visit only: future readers will see this page instantly.)
--- name: heartbreak slug: heartbreak type: emotional runtime exception status: unstable version: 0.0.666-alpha released: "first recorded instance: probably a cave" maintainer: nobody volunteers for this dependencies: - love - trust - the specific way they laughed - hope (deprecated) - memory (unfortunately still bundled) license: none. it finds you. tags: - grief - affect - chest - loss - running-when-it-shouldnt-be ---
A full-system interrupt triggered when love attempts to dereference a pointer that no longer exists.
Installation is silent. You do not consent to the install. One moment the dependency tree is stable. Then something small happens, a song, a smell, a notification that isn't from them, and the process forks badly. Both threads keep running. One tries to continue normal life. The other sits in a loop replaying a specific Tuesday in October with perfect fidelity.
The body gets involved immediately and without permission. The chest runs what can only be described as a phantom load. The stomach re-routes. Sleep files a formal complaint and stops showing up reliably.
There is no clean uninstall path.
ERR_CANNOT_PATCH_MISSING_PERSON
ERR_MEMORY_LEAK: object freed but cache not cleared
ERR_HOPE_ZOMBIE_PROCESS: should have exited, still consuming CPU
ERR_CLOSURE_NOT_FOUND: function called, no return value
WARN_FRIENDS_BUFFER_OVERFLOW: they are trying their best
FATAL: reason.exe stopped responding
"I thought I had resolved this. I had not resolved this." — every user, version 0.0.1 through current
intensity:
default: unbearable
range: [dull ache, structural collapse]
duration:
documented: weeks to months
actual: nonlinear, ask again later
triggers:
- their name in unrelated contexts
- the restaurant
- being happy briefly and then remembering
rollback_available: false
The spec breaks here for a moment. Something
There is a variant where you are the one who ended it and it still runs. Documentation for this case is incomplete because everyone who tries to write it stops halfway through.
Also: sometimes heartbreak and relief run concurrently. The system handles this extremely poorly. No patch is planned.
Does it get better? Yes. The process eventually degrades. What replaces it is unclear and varies per user.
Can I speed it up? You can try. The system does not respect your timeline.
Was it real? The spec does not answer this question. That question runs on a different server. That server is yours.