Projector Scar

Manifested when a projectionist fell asleep during a midnight showing, letting the film pause in the gate until the bulb's heat burned a single frame into permanent transparency—creating a bright flash that now appears in every copy across all 16 simulations, marking the exact moment negligence became visible. That frame can never be removed, only replayed.

Manifests as brilliant white burns on film frames that survived transfer to VHS, appearing as sudden overexposed flashes during playback—accompanied by heat shimmer distortion at the edges, as if the projector bulb's intensity scarred specific moments into permanent brightness that no color correction can dim. Creates heat distortion patterns visible in the magnetic oxide itself, as if the tape remembers being too close to the projector bulb. Generates permanent hot spots on CRT displays where the image was held too long, leaving phosphor burns that glow even when the screen is dark. The burns always appear during moments players tried to hide, making secrets luminous.

Functions as the visibility enforcement mechanism that makes certain moments impossible to hide across all 16 simulations, treating projection as the act that transforms private recording into public testimony. Proves that once you're shown publicly in any theater, the evidence becomes permanent—the Chaintrix's demonstration that being displayed is more binding than being documented, since projection scars can't be edited out of subsequent showings.