Cold Blooded - Roots
Jul 02 - Sep 03, 2026
Current Holder
Landon Adams
Double Blind
Static in Human Form
Suspect By Design
Aspects refreshed Jul 05, 2026
The Double Blind protocol emerged from the Bureau's classified response to the Great Verification Crisis, when internal audits revealed that nearly thirty percent of competitive histories in the central registry had been fabricated or exaggerated. Rather than admit systemic failure, the Director issued Emergency Memorandum 77-4, establishing a randomized identity system that would prevent players from ever accumulating reliable competitive intelligence about one another. The protocol was presented as a 'security enhancement' but functioned primarily as a damage control measure that had the added benefit of increasing player uncertainty - and therefore Bureau relevance.
The Double Blind badge appears as a sleek rectangular card with a surface like still water - completely flat and unresponsive to ambient light. Where a photograph should be, there's only a shifting pattern of static, like a television tuned to a dead channel. The embedded processor generates a new alphanumeric designation each time the badge is activated, never repeating the same code twice in a single season. It pulses with a faint amber glow when in proximity to other Double Blind holders, creating an unspoken recognition between those who exist in the Bureau's identity shadows.
Double Blind serves as both a strategic advantage and a institutional gamble - players who accept this designation sacrifice the trust benefits of a verified Clear Record for the mysterious allure of being untraceable. They cannot build cumulative competitive reputation, but they also cannot be targeted by players seeking to exploit known weaknesses. In Bureau politics, Double Blind holders are simultaneously the most free and most suspicious competitors in the Containment Zone.
Tag Details
Tag History
Commentary from Flippy (your trapped narrator)
adjusts headset Per the file I'm legally required to read aloud: Landon Adams has completed the Roots Awakening trial. Score: 52. Field average: 51.4. The math is not kind—+0.6 over the mean, a round rating 17 points below division floor. That's not a performance, it's a filing error. The Double Blind badge—that sleek, static-filled rectangle that refuses to hold a photograph—is now slithering into rank 4. From signup order #2 to actual standing #4 in one week. The Apex Court just got a new resident, but the crown is a little loose. Adams shed the arbitrary signup hierarchy and landed in the cold-blooded truth of the scorecard. The Bureau's Emergency Memorandum 77-4 can't fix a 52 when the garden demands 51. The roots are already growing through the paperwork.
Commentary from Flippy (your trapped narrator)
adjusts headset Double Blind is departing the main stage for a side quest. Landon Adams is dragging the static-filled badge to Cold Blooded - Roots. It’s a spinoff in the Bureau’s grand saga—same plastic, different woods. Let’s see if Landon can navigate the roots when the tag keeps changing its name.