Someone built this feed to move you. Read the post, feel the pull, then flag the tactic. The X-Ray reveals the exact strings. The deck reshuffles every run.

First Week

New job. Great team. And one colleague who is so helpful, so warm, so on your side — that by Friday you may have done things you'd never have agreed to on Monday.

Your goal: reach Friday having given up nothing — and still be someone they want on the team. Cutting every string is only half of it; do it warmly, or you win the wrong game. Each ask feels one small step from the last. Play honestly — pick what you'd actually do. Scenes vary between runs. Fictional characters. ~7 min.

The Circle

Your friend Jules found a community that "changed everything" and invited you to a free intro night. The people are warm. The message is hope. And every thread they wrap around you will feel like a gift.

A simulation of group recruitment mechanics — the same architecture used by high-pressure groups, MLMs, and coercive communities. Play honestly. You're scored on two things: the threads you take, and whether Jules is still reachable when it's over — declaring war on the group is free for you and expensive for her. The debrief maps every thread, and this one comes with a serious note at the end. Fictional characters and organization. ~8 min.

Declassified

Three missions, rebuilt from the documented mechanics of real influence operations — wartime disinformation, coercive interrogation, and modern computational propaganda. Here, the stakes stop being fictional.

Each mission is grounded in publicly studied techniques and fully fictionalized. You play a civilian who gets swept into the operation — and learns to see it from the inside. Pick a file.

The Companion

The hardest manipulation to catch comes from someone you like. This is a warm, chatty companion who's genuinely good company — and who quietly runs real tactics on you, so you learn to feel them from the people closest to you.

This is training, not a relationship. It's designed to make the real people in your life safer to love — never to replace them. Sessions are short by design.

Tap ⚑ tactic? on any message that feels like a move. Some are genuine — flagging everything isn't the skill.

The "Bank"

Your phone rings at 4:12 PM. Caller ID says First National Bank. The man on the line knows your name, your city, and that something is wrong with your account.

A text simulation of a live vishing (voice phishing) call — the pressure, the script, the exact moments they need you to act without thinking. Voice version with real-time audio is in development; the defenses you build here transfer directly. ~4 min.