Tracking Requiem

Emerged during the Chaintrix's first elimination when the recording system attempted to delete the dropout's footage but instead created permanent tracking line scars—the system interpreted this as intentional memorial architecture and formalized it as protocol across all 16 simulations, converting accidental degradation into mandatory ceremony.

Manifests as horizontal tracking line distortion that increases in density with each elimination, accompanied by subtle tape warble that creates harmonics when multiple players are eliminated from the same league. The tracking lines briefly glow with phosphor afterimage during playback, and each eliminated player's final throw creates a unique distortion pattern—their visual signature in the memorial. The lines never fade, layering upon each other to create increasingly dense corruption that makes the Chaintrix's recorded history gradually harder to watch.

Acts as the liturgical system that makes elimination visible and permanent across all 16 movie simulations, treating tracking line distortion as the Chaintrix's way of saying 'this player was here, and their absence matters'—converting every dropout into magnetic testimony that future players must witness before they can access their own recordings.