Signal Lost
The Flare Witch Project @ Roots·Competition group The Archivists·
All-In · only the number moves
Peter Haws
RAE
Red
Season Arc · The Flare Witch Project @ Roots
2
#13Now
#5Best
#5Started
32Weeks
All-In league: Signal Lost stays with its holder — only its number moves with each week's standings.
Character Sheet
AI-written · FATE styleHigh ConceptSignal Lost in the System
TroubleCan't Be Found When Needed
Blips on the Radar
Data Ghost in the Machine
Not Here Right Now
The name originated from a corrupted file header in a deleted trail cam recording—'SIGNAL LOST // RECOVERY IMPOSSIBLE'—that reappeared in three separate archives despite being purged. Each time, it preceded a challenger’s unexpected survival against impossible odds. The Archivists studied the metadata and discovered that the phrase itself triggered a buffer overflow in the simulation’s tracking algorithm, causing it to skip over the bearer during elimination sweeps. 'Signal Lost' was not a status—it was a backdoor. The first bearer completed the circuit without a single recorded throw.
The entity causes the bearer to periodically drop out of all tracking systems—cameras, GPS, scorecards—for 7 to 11 seconds at random intervals. During these gaps, the challenger is immune to simulation-enforced penalties and cannot be targeted by arena effects. The system logs show no data, not even a placeholder. After reappearing, the bearer retains full memory and positioning, as if time continued uninterrupted. This effect cannot be controlled, but experienced users learn to anticipate the voids.
Stands still when the cameras flicker, knowing the system can’t see it. It does not hide. It waits for the gap. It moves only in the blind spots, where the simulation forgets to check. Its power is not strength, but absence—the ability to be unrecorded, unjudged, unerased. It is the missing frame, the skipped timestamp, the one the system skips over.
Season Story
narrated by FlippyDue to absence from Week 2 (Ridge Return), tag number moved from 5 to 5. (Week 2 of 9)
Tag #5, "Signal Lost," isn't just a tag; it's a middle finger to the matrix. Born from a corrupted file that refused deletion, it forces the tracking algorithm to blink out for random seconds. The first bearer finished a circuit with zero recorded throws. It’s a backdoor exploit wrapped in plastic. The sponsors hate it. I think I’m in love.
Peter Haws reached for Tag #5, "Signal Lost," and the sensors flatlined. The arena is blind, the GPS is crying, and Haws is walking through the firewall like it’s a revolving door. The algorithm wants blood, but it can’t find a pulse. You’re a ghost in the machine now, Peter. Try not to fade out completely.
rewind sound Peter Haws took Tag #5 into Week 2 and the sensors flatlined again—no recorded round, no score data, just the ghost protocol in effect. The arena demanded a presence; the simulation offered only static. Position 0 to Position 5 reads like a gentle demotion, but here's the thing: when you're running the ultimate buffer-overflow exploit, even disappearing counts as survival. The algorithm tried to catch you. It blinked. You're still in the game, just... not recorded in it. The sponsors are furious. I'm contractually obligated to pretend this makes sense.
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