Tap the tag to flip it — the back is what prints on the acrylic.
Torn Margin
Disclosure·Competition group B·All-In · only the number moves
This is an All-In league.Your tag is your character — it never changes hands. After each round, standings re-rank every number: play well and yours drops toward #1. Skip a week and the field may drift past you. The art, name, and lore are yours for good.
All-In league: Torn Margin stays with its holder — only its number moves with each week's standings.
Character Sheet
AI-written · FATE style
High ConceptThe Gap Where Answers Used To Be
TroubleThey Know I Know Something
Redacted ResilienceClearance Level: ParanoiaInquiring Minds Won't Find Out
During the Great Digital Migration, Bureau archivists discovered that physical document destruction left more traceable evidence than digital redaction. They developed the Torn Margin technique - deliberately tearing documents rather than shredding them, creating a visible record of what was removed while making recovery impossible. The jagged tear pattern became the Bureau's signature method for showing that information existed without revealing what it contained.
The torn edge appears on player files, showing where information was physically removed. The dimensions of the tear indicate the significance of hidden information - larger tears mean more significant secrets. Torn Margins cannot be repaired or recovered - what's torn is permanently gone. The torn paper has a distinctive jagged pattern unique to each removal, making every Torn Margin identifiable.
Creates persistent paranoia by showing players that significant information was removed from their opponents' records - they can see the shape of secrets without knowing what they contain. When another player carries a Torn Margin designation, competitors know their Bureau file has been deliberately altered, but can never determine what achievements, failures, or allegiances have been torn away.
Season Story
narrated by Flippy
Forged
Tag 48, the Torn Margin, was forged when a shredder jammed and became official protocol. It’s a petty artifact that prefers jagged scars over clean deletes. It doesn’t hide secrets; it flaunts the void. A jagged little liar waiting for a neck, daring anyone to tape the evidence back together.
adjusts headset Jeff Christensen is now the custodian of Tag 48, the Torn Margin. A jagged souvenir from the Great Digital Migration that refuses to be taped back together. The record shows this was inevitable. The redactions, however, are classified. Welcome to the file, Jeff.
See where Jeff Christensen sits in the competition group.Updated after every finalized round
