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- **Brutae** — the dying brutalism. Raw concrete. Losing ground.
- **The Gumball Rule** — characters render in their native styles and never comment on the difference.
- **Legend-compass** — when in doubt about tone, ask "would this fit in the *Legend* book series?" If no, rework.
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## 7. Writing-style rules (project-wide)
### Pronoun policy
- **Never use singular `they/them/their/themself`** in narration, action lines, or character notes. Plural `they` (referring to multiple entities) is fine.
- **Default to `he`** when a character's gender is unspecified, unknown, or strategically obscured.
- **Androgyno-mystery characters** (e.g. **Rooster**) — **default to `he`** in all public-facing prose. The room *assumes* male because the affect is loud/boisterous and because the chosen persona (rooster) implies male; neither is real evidence, but both function as social camouflage and the prose should honor the illusion. Reserve `she` **only** for writer-frame reality notes (character-sheet Identity sections, later-installment reveal beats). The voice itself is androgynous—nothing in speech or behavior concretely establishes sex—so the `he` default is the room's assumption speaking, not canon fact.
- **Noname** is **presumed male** for prose pronouns (default-he policy) regardless of in-canon gender being unknown.
- **Agate** uses **`she/her` exclusively** in all public-facing prose, narration, and writer-meta. Trans MTF in canon; the writer's private pattern-lock reads her as male, but the public film respects her preference. Never `he/him/his` for Agate in any committed file.
- This rule applies to all `.md` character notes, the `.fountain` script, and any future writing in `Story/`. Verbatim quotes in **Evidence** sections may keep their original pronouns.