:root {
  --void: #050508;
  --panel: #0b0d14;
  --panel-edge: #1c2236;
  --star: #e8e4d4;
  --signal: #e8c547;
  --signal-dim: #a8892a;
  --blood: #9a1f1f;
  --text: #d8d3c6;
  --muted: #7d786e;
  --inset: #04050a;
  --font-brand: "Audiowide", sans-serif;
  --font-ui: "Share Tech Mono", monospace;
  --font-story: "Special Elite", cursive;
  --font-pixel: "Press Start 2P", monospace;
  --sidebar-width: 12rem;
  --topbar-height: 3.25rem;
  --subscribe-notice-height: 2.5rem;
}

*,
*::before,
*::after {
  box-sizing: border-box;
}

html {
  height: 100%;
}

body {
  margin: 0;
  min-height: 100%;
  color: var(--text);
  background: var(--void);
  font-family: var(--font-ui);
  line-height: 1.5;
}

a {
  color: var(--signal);
}

a:hover {
  color: #ffe89a;
}

/* Atmosphere */
.starfield {
  position: fixed;
  inset: 0;
  z-index: 0;
  pointer-events: none;
  background:
    radial-gradient(1px 1px at 12% 18%, var(--star) 50%, transparent 51%),
    radial-gradient(1px 1px at 28% 72%, rgba(232, 228, 212, 0.7) 50%, transparent 51%),
    radial-gradient(1.5px 1.5px at 44% 34%, var(--star) 50%, transparent 51%),
    radial-gradient(1px 1px at 61% 12%, rgba(232, 197, 71, 0.85) 50%, transparent 51%),
    radial-gradient(1px 1px at 73% 58%, var(--star) 50%, transparent 51%),
    radial-gradient(1.5px 1.5px at 87% 26%, rgba(232, 228, 212, 0.8) 50%, transparent 51%),
    radial-gradient(1px 1px at 9% 88%, var(--star) 50%, transparent 51%),
    radial-gradient(1px 1px at 52% 91%, rgba(232, 228, 212, 0.65) 50%, transparent 51%),
    radial-gradient(1px 1px at 93% 79%, var(--star) 50%, transparent 51%),
    radial-gradient(2px 2px at 36% 48%, rgba(232, 197, 71, 0.55) 50%, transparent 51%),
    radial-gradient(ellipse 80% 55% at 50% 0%, #12162a 0%, transparent 60%),
    radial-gradient(ellipse 60% 40% at 80% 100%, #1a0a0a 0%, transparent 55%),
    var(--void);
  animation: drift 80s linear infinite;
}

.scanlines {
  position: fixed;
  inset: 0;
  z-index: 1;
  pointer-events: none;
  background: repeating-linear-gradient(
    to bottom,
    transparent 0,
    transparent 2px,
    rgba(0, 0, 0, 0.12) 2px,
    rgba(0, 0, 0, 0.12) 3px
  );
  opacity: 0.35;
}

@keyframes drift {
  from {
    background-position:
      0 0, 0 0, 0 0, 0 0, 0 0, 0 0, 0 0, 0 0, 0 0, 0 0, 0 0, 0 0, 0 0;
  }
  to {
    background-position:
      40px -60px, -30px 40px, 20px 50px, -50px -20px, 35px 25px,
      -15px -45px, 25px 30px, -40px 20px, 10px -35px, -20px 15px,
      0 0, 0 0, 0 0;
  }
}

/* Landing */
.page-home {
  display: flex;
  flex-direction: column;
  min-height: 100vh;
  min-height: 100dvh;
  max-height: 100vh;
  max-height: 100dvh;
  overflow: hidden;
}

html:has(.page-home),
html:has(.page-home) body {
  height: 100%;
  height: 100dvh;
  overflow: hidden;
}

.landing {
  position: relative;
  z-index: 2;
  flex: 1;
  display: flex;
  flex-direction: column;
  align-items: center;
  justify-content: center;
  text-align: center;
  padding: 2rem 1.25rem 4rem;
}

.landing-kicker {
  margin: 0 0 1rem;
  font-size: 0.9rem;
  letter-spacing: 0.28em;
  text-transform: uppercase;
  color: var(--muted);
}

.brand {
  margin: 0;
  font-family: var(--font-brand);
  font-size: clamp(2.6rem, 11vw, 5.5rem);
  font-weight: 400;
  letter-spacing: 0.04em;
  line-height: 1.05;
  color: var(--star);
  text-shadow:
    0 0 24px rgba(232, 197, 71, 0.35),
    3px 3px 0 #1a1200,
    0 0 1px var(--signal);
  animation: brand-pulse 5s ease-in-out infinite;
}

@keyframes brand-pulse {
  0%,
  100% {
    text-shadow:
      0 0 24px rgba(232, 197, 71, 0.35),
      3px 3px 0 #1a1200,
      0 0 1px var(--signal);
  }
  50% {
    text-shadow:
      0 0 36px rgba(232, 197, 71, 0.55),
      3px 3px 0 #1a1200,
      0 0 2px var(--signal);
  }
}

.btn-enter {
  display: inline-block;
  margin-top: 2.25rem;
  padding: 0.85rem 1.75rem;
  font-family: var(--font-ui);
  font-size: 0.95rem;
  letter-spacing: 0.12em;
  text-transform: uppercase;
  text-decoration: none;
  color: #1a1200;
  background: linear-gradient(180deg, #f0d56a 0%, var(--signal) 45%, var(--signal-dim) 100%);
  border: 2px solid #fff3b0;
  border-bottom-color: #6b5410;
  border-right-color: #6b5410;
  box-shadow:
    inset 1px 1px 0 rgba(255, 255, 255, 0.45),
    4px 4px 0 #000;
  transition: transform 0.12s ease, box-shadow 0.12s ease;
}

.page-home .btn-enter.is-flickering {
  animation: btn-enter-glitch 0.22s steps(2, end) 2;
}

.page-home .btn-enter.is-wandering {
  position: fixed;
  z-index: 20;
  margin: 0;
  transition: none;
  will-change: left, top;
}

.page-home .btn-enter.is-wandering:hover,
.page-home .btn-enter.is-wandering:active {
  transform: none;
}

.page-home .brand.is-melting {
  display: flex;
  justify-content: center;
  flex-wrap: nowrap;
  overflow: visible;
  animation: none;
  pointer-events: none;
  z-index: 1;
}

.page-home .btn-enter.is-above-melt {
  position: relative;
  z-index: 5;
}

.page-home .brand-melt-letter {
  display: inline-block;
  transform-origin: top center;
  text-shadow:
    0 0 24px rgba(232, 197, 71, 0.45),
    3px 3px 0 #1a1200,
    0 0 1px var(--signal);
  /* Linear + fixed duration = even drip speed; tops stay put via transform-origin. */
  animation: brand-melt 12s linear forwards;
  animation-delay: var(--melt-delay, 0ms);
  will-change: transform, opacity, filter;
}

@keyframes brand-melt {
  0%,
  18% {
    opacity: 1;
    filter: blur(0);
    transform: scaleY(1);
  }
  80% {
    opacity: 0.8;
    filter: blur(1.25px);
    transform: scaleY(16);
  }
  100% {
    opacity: 0;
    filter: blur(3px);
    transform: scaleY(24);
  }
}

.page-home .landing.is-shattered .landing-kicker,
.page-home .landing.is-shattered .brand,
.page-home .landing.is-shattered .btn-enter,
.page-home .landing-kicker.is-exploded,
.page-home .brand.is-exploded,
.page-home .btn-enter.is-exploded {
  visibility: hidden;
  pointer-events: none;
}

.landing-pixel-burst {
  position: fixed;
  inset: 0;
  z-index: 30;
  pointer-events: none;
}

@keyframes btn-enter-glitch {
  0% {
    opacity: 1;
    filter: none;
    transform: none;
  }
  25% {
    opacity: 0.15;
    filter: brightness(1.8) contrast(1.3);
    transform: translate(-1px, 0);
  }
  50% {
    opacity: 1;
    filter: brightness(0.55);
    transform: translate(1px, 0);
  }
  75% {
    opacity: 0.35;
    filter: brightness(1.5);
    transform: translate(-1px, 1px);
  }
  100% {
    opacity: 1;
    filter: none;
    transform: none;
  }
}

.btn-enter:hover {
  color: #1a1200;
  transform: translate(-1px, -1px);
  box-shadow:
    inset 1px 1px 0 rgba(255, 255, 255, 0.45),
    5px 5px 0 #000;
}

.btn-enter:active {
  transform: translate(2px, 2px);
  box-shadow:
    inset 1px 1px 0 rgba(0, 0, 0, 0.25),
    1px 1px 0 #000;
}

.site-footer {
  position: relative;
  z-index: 2;
  padding: 1rem;
  text-align: center;
  font-size: 0.75rem;
  color: var(--muted);
}

.site-footer p {
  margin: 0;
}

/* Email public status pages (confirm / pending / unsubscribe) */
.page-email-status {
  display: flex;
  flex-direction: column;
  min-height: 100vh;
}

.email-status {
  position: relative;
  z-index: 2;
  flex: 1;
  display: flex;
  flex-direction: column;
  align-items: center;
  justify-content: center;
  text-align: center;
  padding: 2rem 1.25rem 4rem;
  max-width: 28rem;
  margin: 0 auto;
  width: 100%;
}

.email-status .brand {
  margin: 0 0 1.5rem;
  font-size: clamp(2rem, 8vw, 3.25rem);
}

.email-status h1,
.email-status-title {
  margin: 0 0 0.65rem;
  font-family: var(--font-ui);
  font-size: 0.85rem;
  font-weight: 400;
  letter-spacing: 0.22em;
  text-transform: uppercase;
  color: var(--signal);
}

.email-status p,
.email-status-blurb {
  margin: 0 0 0.75rem;
  max-width: 22rem;
  font-size: 1.05rem;
  line-height: 1.5;
  color: var(--text);
}

.email-status-email {
  margin: 0;
  font-size: 0.8rem;
  letter-spacing: 0.04em;
  color: var(--muted);
  word-break: break-all;
}

.email-status .btn-enter {
  margin-top: 2rem;
}

.email-status form {
  display: flex;
  flex-direction: column;
  align-items: stretch;
  width: 100%;
  max-width: 22rem;
  margin-top: 0.5rem;
  gap: 0.65rem;
  text-align: left;
}

.email-status label {
  font-size: 0.75rem;
  letter-spacing: 0.12em;
  text-transform: uppercase;
  color: var(--muted);
}

.email-status input[type="email"] {
  width: 100%;
  height: 2.6rem;
  padding: 0 0.85rem;
  font-family: var(--font-ui);
  font-size: 16px;
  color: var(--star);
  caret-color: var(--signal);
  background-color: var(--inset);
  border: 1px solid var(--panel-edge);
  outline: none;
  color-scheme: dark;
}

.email-status input[type="email"]::placeholder {
  color: var(--muted);
  opacity: 1;
}

.email-status input[type="email"]:focus {
  border-color: var(--signal-dim);
}

.email-status button[type="submit"] {
  margin-top: 0.35rem;
  height: 2.6rem;
  padding: 0 1rem;
  font-family: var(--font-ui);
  font-size: 0.85rem;
  letter-spacing: 0.12em;
  text-transform: uppercase;
  color: #1a1200;
  background: linear-gradient(180deg, #f0d56a 0%, var(--signal) 45%, var(--signal-dim) 100%);
  border: 2px solid #fff3b0;
  border-bottom-color: #6b5410;
  border-right-color: #6b5410;
  box-shadow:
    inset 1px 1px 0 rgba(255, 255, 255, 0.45),
    4px 4px 0 #000;
  cursor: pointer;
}

.email-status .errorlist {
  list-style: none;
  padding: 0;
  margin: 0;
  color: var(--blood);
  font-size: 0.85rem;
}

.email-status a:not(.btn-enter) {
  color: var(--signal);
}

/* Admin login (site gate + /admin/) */
.page-admin-login {
  display: flex;
  flex-direction: column;
  min-height: 100vh;
  min-height: 100dvh;
  overflow-x: hidden;
  overflow-y: auto;
}

.admin-login {
  position: relative;
  z-index: 10;
  flex: 1;
  display: flex;
  flex-direction: column;
  align-items: center;
  justify-content: center;
  text-align: center;
  padding: 2rem 1.25rem 1.5rem;
  width: 100%;
  max-width: 20rem;
  margin: 0 auto;
}

.admin-login .brand {
  margin: 0;
  font-size: clamp(2.4rem, 10vw, 4.25rem);
}

.admin-login-sub {
  margin: 0.85rem 0 0;
  font-size: 0.75rem;
  letter-spacing: 0.22em;
  text-transform: uppercase;
  color: var(--signal);
}

.admin-login-error {
  margin: 1.25rem 0 0;
  width: 100%;
  max-width: 16rem;
  padding: 0.65rem 0.85rem;
  font-size: 0.85rem;
  line-height: 1.45;
  color: #f0c4c4;
  background: rgba(154, 31, 31, 0.22);
  border: 1px solid rgba(154, 31, 31, 0.55);
}

.admin-login-form {
  display: flex;
  flex-direction: column;
  align-items: stretch;
  width: 100%;
  max-width: 16rem;
  margin-top: 1.75rem;
  gap: 1rem;
  padding: 1.35rem 1.25rem 1.5rem;
  text-align: left;
  background: rgba(11, 13, 20, 0.92);
  border: 1px solid var(--panel-edge);
  box-shadow:
    0 0 0 1px rgba(232, 197, 71, 0.12),
    8px 8px 0 #000,
    0 0 48px rgba(0, 0, 0, 0.55);
}

.admin-login-field {
  display: flex;
  flex-direction: column;
  gap: 0.45rem;
  font-size: 0.75rem;
  letter-spacing: 0.12em;
  text-transform: uppercase;
  color: var(--text);
}

.admin-login-field input[type="text"],
.admin-login-field input[type="password"] {
  width: 100%;
  height: 2.85rem;
  padding: 0 0.9rem;
  font-family: var(--font-ui);
  font-size: 16px;
  letter-spacing: 0.04em;
  text-transform: none;
  color: var(--star);
  caret-color: var(--signal);
  background-color: #07080f;
  border: 1px solid #3a4566;
  outline: none;
  color-scheme: dark;
  box-shadow: inset 0 1px 0 rgba(255, 255, 255, 0.04);
}

.admin-login-field input[type="text"]::placeholder,
.admin-login-field input[type="password"]::placeholder {
  color: var(--muted);
  opacity: 1;
}

.admin-login-field input[type="text"]:focus,
.admin-login-field input[type="password"]:focus {
  border-color: var(--signal);
  box-shadow:
    inset 0 1px 0 rgba(255, 255, 255, 0.04),
    0 0 0 1px rgba(232, 197, 71, 0.35);
}

.admin-login-field .errorlist {
  list-style: none;
  padding: 0;
  margin: 0;
  color: #f0c4c4;
  font-size: 0.8rem;
  letter-spacing: 0.04em;
  text-transform: none;
}

.admin-login-submit {
  margin-top: 0.35rem;
  width: 100%;
  cursor: pointer;
  appearance: none;
  -webkit-appearance: none;
}

.admin-login-submit:hover {
  color: #1a1200;
}

.page-admin-login .site-footer {
  position: relative;
  z-index: 10;
  flex-shrink: 0;
  padding: 0.75rem 1rem calc(0.75rem + env(safe-area-inset-bottom, 0px));
}

/* Library shell — lock to the visible viewport; scroll only inside .story-panel */
html:has(.page-library),
html:has(.page-library) body {
  height: 100%;
  height: 100dvh;
  max-height: 100dvh;
  overflow: hidden;
  overscroll-behavior: none;
}

.page-library {
  height: 100%;
  height: 100dvh;
  max-height: 100dvh;
  min-height: 0;
  overflow: hidden;
  overscroll-behavior: none;
}

.library-shell {
  --chrome-offset: var(--topbar-height);
  position: relative;
  z-index: 2;
  display: grid;
  grid-template-columns: minmax(0, 1fr);
  grid-template-rows: var(--topbar-height) auto minmax(0, 1fr);
  height: 100%;
  height: 100dvh;
  max-height: 100dvh;
  overflow: hidden;
}

.library-shell:has(#subscribeNotice:not([hidden])) {
  --chrome-offset: calc(var(--topbar-height) + var(--subscribe-notice-height));
}

.library-topbar {
  grid-column: 1 / -1;
  position: relative;
  z-index: 30;
  display: flex;
  align-items: center;
  justify-content: space-between;
  gap: 0.85rem;
  padding: 0 0.85rem;
  background: linear-gradient(180deg, #141828 0%, var(--panel) 100%);
  border-bottom: 2px solid var(--panel-edge);
  box-shadow: 0 2px 0 #000;
}

.brand-link {
  position: absolute;
  left: 50%;
  transform: translateX(-50%);
  font-family: var(--font-brand);
  font-size: 1.2rem;
  letter-spacing: 0.04em;
  text-decoration: none;
  color: var(--star);
  text-shadow:
    0 0 14px rgba(232, 197, 71, 0.35),
    1px 1px 0 #1a1200,
    0 0 1px var(--signal);
  animation: brand-link-pulse 5s ease-in-out infinite;
}

@keyframes brand-link-pulse {
  0%,
  100% {
    text-shadow:
      0 0 14px rgba(232, 197, 71, 0.35),
      1px 1px 0 #1a1200,
      0 0 1px var(--signal);
  }
  50% {
    text-shadow:
      0 0 22px rgba(232, 197, 71, 0.55),
      1px 1px 0 #1a1200,
      0 0 2px var(--signal);
  }
}

.brand-link:hover {
  color: var(--signal);
}

.subscribe-form {
  position: relative;
  z-index: 1;
  display: flex;
  flex-shrink: 0;
  align-items: center;
  justify-content: flex-end;
  gap: 0.4rem;
  min-width: 6.75rem;
}

.subscribe-form input[type="email"] {
  width: min(14rem, 42vw);
  height: 2.25rem;
  padding: 0 0.7rem;
  font-family: var(--font-ui);
  font-size: 16px;
  text-align: left;
  color: var(--star);
  caret-color: var(--signal);
  background-color: var(--inset);
  border: 1px solid var(--panel-edge);
  outline: none;
  color-scheme: dark;
}

.subscribe-form input[type="email"][hidden] {
  display: none;
}

.subscribe-form input[type="email"]::placeholder {
  color: var(--muted);
  opacity: 1;
}

.subscribe-form input[type="email"]:focus {
  border-color: var(--signal-dim);
  color: var(--star);
  background-color: var(--inset);
}

.subscribe-form input[type="email"][aria-invalid="true"] {
  border-color: var(--blood);
}

.subscribe-form input[type="email"]:-webkit-autofill,
.subscribe-form input[type="email"]:-webkit-autofill:hover,
.subscribe-form input[type="email"]:-webkit-autofill:focus {
  -webkit-text-fill-color: var(--star);
  caret-color: var(--signal);
  border: 1px solid var(--panel-edge);
  box-shadow: 0 0 0 1000px var(--inset) inset;
  transition: background-color 99999s ease-out 0s;
}

.btn-library,
.btn-subscribe {
  display: inline-flex;
  align-items: center;
  justify-content: center;
  height: 2.25rem;
  padding: 0 0.55rem;
  font-family: var(--font-ui);
  font-size: 0.7rem;
  font-weight: 700;
  letter-spacing: 0.18em;
  text-transform: uppercase;
  cursor: pointer;
}

.btn-library,
.btn-subscribe {
  min-width: 6.75rem;
}

.btn-subscribe[hidden],
.btn-subscribe-submit[hidden] {
  display: none;
}

.btn-subscribe {
  text-decoration: none;
  color: #1a1200;
  background: linear-gradient(180deg, #f0d56a 0%, var(--signal) 45%, var(--signal-dim) 100%);
  border: 2px solid #fff3b0;
  border-bottom-color: #6b5410;
  border-right-color: #6b5410;
  box-shadow:
    inset 1px 1px 0 rgba(255, 255, 255, 0.45),
    2px 2px 0 #000;
  transition: transform 0.12s ease, box-shadow 0.12s ease;
}

.btn-subscribe:hover {
  color: #1a1200;
  transform: translate(-1px, -1px);
  box-shadow:
    inset 1px 1px 0 rgba(255, 255, 255, 0.45),
    3px 3px 0 #000;
}

.btn-subscribe:active {
  transform: translate(1px, 1px);
  box-shadow:
    inset 1px 1px 0 rgba(0, 0, 0, 0.25),
    1px 1px 0 #000;
}

.btn-subscribe:disabled {
  opacity: 0.65;
  cursor: wait;
  transform: none;
}

.subscribe-notice {
  position: relative;
  grid-column: 1 / -1;
  grid-row: 2;
  z-index: 25;
  display: flex;
  align-items: center;
  justify-content: center;
  min-height: var(--subscribe-notice-height);
  padding: 0.35rem 2.5rem;
  background: linear-gradient(180deg, #161a2c 0%, #0c0f18 100%);
  border-bottom: 1px solid var(--panel-edge);
  box-shadow: 0 1px 0 #000;
}

.subscribe-notice[hidden] {
  display: none;
}

.subscribe-notice.is-error {
  background: linear-gradient(180deg, #2a1218 0%, #14080c 100%);
}

.subscribe-notice-text {
  margin: 0;
  max-width: 42rem;
  font-family: var(--font-ui);
  font-size: 0.8rem;
  letter-spacing: 0.06em;
  line-height: 1.35;
  text-align: center;
  color: var(--signal);
}

.subscribe-notice.is-error .subscribe-notice-text {
  color: #e8a0a0;
}

.subscribe-notice-close {
  position: absolute;
  right: 0.65rem;
  top: 50%;
  transform: translateY(-50%);
  display: inline-flex;
  align-items: center;
  justify-content: center;
  width: 1.75rem;
  height: 1.75rem;
  padding: 0;
  color: var(--signal);
  background: transparent;
  border: 1px solid var(--panel-edge);
  cursor: pointer;
}

.subscribe-notice-close:hover {
  color: #ffe89a;
  border-color: var(--signal-dim);
}

.subscribe-notice-close svg {
  display: block;
}

.visually-hidden {
  position: absolute;
  width: 1px;
  height: 1px;
  padding: 0;
  margin: -1px;
  overflow: hidden;
  clip: rect(0, 0, 0, 0);
  white-space: nowrap;
  border: 0;
}

.topbar-label {
  margin-left: auto;
  font-size: 0.7rem;
  letter-spacing: 0.22em;
  text-transform: uppercase;
  color: var(--muted);
}

.btn-library {
  color: var(--signal);
  background: linear-gradient(180deg, #1a2035 0%, #0a0c14 100%);
  border: 2px solid var(--panel-edge);
  border-top-color: #3a4568;
  border-left-color: #3a4568;
  box-shadow: inset 1px 1px 0 rgba(255, 255, 255, 0.08);
}

.btn-library:hover {
  color: #ffe89a;
  border-color: var(--signal-dim);
}

.library-sidebar {
  position: absolute;
  top: var(--chrome-offset);
  left: 0;
  bottom: 0;
  z-index: 20;
  width: var(--sidebar-width);
  overflow: hidden;
  background: var(--panel);
  border-right: 2px solid var(--panel-edge);
  box-shadow:
    inset -8px 0 16px rgba(0, 0, 0, 0.35),
    8px 0 24px rgba(0, 0, 0, 0.45);
  transform: translateX(0);
  transition: transform 0.48s cubic-bezier(0.22, 1, 0.36, 1);
}

.library-shell.is-collapsed .library-sidebar {
  transform: translateX(-105%);
  pointer-events: none;
}

.story-nav {
  padding: 0.5rem 0.65rem 1.5rem;
}

.sidebar-status {
  margin: 0.5rem 0.35rem;
  font-size: 0.8rem;
  color: var(--muted);
}

.story-link {
  /*
   * Shared book geometry (~10° look-down, back cover facing us, spine right).
   * Per-book uniqueness comes from .skin-* colors and .bands-* accents only.
   */
  --spine-w: 12px;
  --cover-overhang: 16%;
  --book-edge-w: calc(var(--spine-w) + var(--cover-overhang));
  --top-h: 6px;
  --cover-lip: 2px;
  --spine-lip: 3px;
  --spine-dark: #2a160c;
  --spine-mid: #5c3a24;
  --spine-light: #7a5234;
  --spine-shade: #3f2616;
  --spine-accent: #e0b83a;
  --spine-accent-deep: #8a6a12;
  --spine-accent-bright: var(--spine-accent);
  --spine-accent-2: #e8c547;
  --spine-accent-2-deep: #8a6a12;
  --front-cover: #6b4428;
  --page-light: #f7f2e6;
  --page-mid: #ebe3d2;
  --page-shade: #d4cbb8;
  --spine-leather: linear-gradient(
    90deg,
    var(--spine-mid) 0 2px,
    var(--spine-light) 2px 6px,
    var(--spine-mid) 6px 8px,
    var(--spine-shade) 8px 10px,
    var(--spine-dark) 10px 12px
  );
  /*
   * Accent bar fills run left→right and fade out toward the back of the spine.
   * Patterns stack edge/body strips so bars also fade top and bottom.
   */
  --spine-band-body: linear-gradient(
    90deg,
    var(--spine-accent) 0%,
    var(--spine-accent) 22%,
    var(--spine-accent-deep) 55%,
    color-mix(in srgb, var(--spine-accent-deep) 35%, transparent) 78%,
    transparent 100%
  );
  --spine-band-edge: linear-gradient(
    90deg,
    color-mix(in srgb, var(--spine-accent-deep) 70%, transparent) 0%,
    color-mix(in srgb, var(--spine-accent-deep) 55%, transparent) 30%,
    color-mix(in srgb, var(--spine-accent-deep) 25%, transparent) 65%,
    transparent 100%
  );
  --spine-band-bright: linear-gradient(
    90deg,
    var(--spine-accent-bright) 0%,
    var(--spine-accent-bright) 22%,
    color-mix(in srgb, var(--spine-accent-bright) 50%, var(--spine-accent-deep)) 55%,
    color-mix(in srgb, var(--spine-accent-deep) 35%, transparent) 78%,
    transparent 100%
  );
  --spine-band-body-2: linear-gradient(
    90deg,
    var(--spine-accent-2) 0%,
    var(--spine-accent-2) 22%,
    var(--spine-accent-2-deep) 55%,
    color-mix(in srgb, var(--spine-accent-2-deep) 35%, transparent) 78%,
    transparent 100%
  );
  --spine-band-edge-2: linear-gradient(
    90deg,
    color-mix(in srgb, var(--spine-accent-2-deep) 70%, transparent) 0%,
    color-mix(in srgb, var(--spine-accent-2-deep) 55%, transparent) 30%,
    color-mix(in srgb, var(--spine-accent-2-deep) 25%, transparent) 65%,
    transparent 100%
  );
  --spine-bands: var(--spine-band-edge), var(--spine-band-body), var(--spine-band-edge);
  --spine-bands-size: var(--spine-w) 1px, var(--spine-w) 3px, var(--spine-w) 1px;
  --spine-bands-pos: right 41%, right 42%, right calc(42% + 3px);
  position: relative;
  display: block;
  width: 100%;
  padding: 0.7rem calc(0.7rem + var(--spine-w) + var(--cover-overhang)) 0.7rem 0.75rem;
  margin-bottom: 0.45rem;
  text-align: left;
  font-family: var(--font-ui);
  font-size: 0.9rem;
  color: var(--text);
  background: var(--inset);
  border: 1px solid transparent;
  border-left: 3px solid transparent;
  border-radius: 0;
  cursor: pointer;
  overflow: hidden;
  image-rendering: pixelated;
  transition: border-color 0.15s ease, color 0.15s ease, background 0.15s ease;
}

/*
 * Top of book: hardcover lip + white pages on the brown cover.
 * Pages scoop concave at the left edge and again where they meet the spine.
 * Far-right spine lip stays brown up to the top.
 */
.story-link::before {
  content: "";
  position: absolute;
  top: 0;
  right: var(--spine-lip);
  left: auto;
  width: calc(var(--book-edge-w) - var(--spine-lip));
  height: var(--top-h);
  z-index: 2;
  pointer-events: none;
  background:
    linear-gradient(
      90deg,
      transparent 0,
      transparent calc(100% - 4px),
      var(--page-shade) calc(100% - 2px),
      var(--spine-dark) 100%
    ),
    linear-gradient(
      180deg,
      var(--front-cover) 0 var(--cover-lip),
      var(--page-shade) var(--cover-lip) calc(var(--cover-lip) + 1px),
      var(--page-light) calc(var(--cover-lip) + 1px) calc(var(--cover-lip) + 2px),
      var(--page-mid) calc(var(--cover-lip) + 2px) calc(var(--cover-lip) + 3px),
      var(--page-light) calc(var(--cover-lip) + 3px) var(--top-h)
    );
  box-shadow: inset 0 -1px 0 rgba(42, 22, 12, 0.35);
  /* Concave page block: tuck in at left edge and at the spine. */
  clip-path: polygon(
    0% 100%,
    0% 70%,
    1.5% 40%,
    4% 12%,
    7% 0%,
    93% 0%,
    96% 12%,
    98.5% 40%,
    100% 70%,
    100% 100%
  );
}

/*
 * Brown cover + spine column. Geometry is shared; colors/bands come from vars.
 */
.story-link::after {
  content: "";
  position: absolute;
  top: 0;
  right: 0;
  bottom: 0;
  width: var(--book-edge-w);
  z-index: 1;
  pointer-events: none;
  background-color: var(--front-cover);
  background-repeat: no-repeat;
  background-image: var(--spine-bands), var(--spine-leather);
  background-size: var(--spine-bands-size), var(--spine-w) 100%;
  background-position: var(--spine-bands-pos), right top;
  box-shadow: inset -1px 0 0 rgba(0, 0, 0, 0.45);
}

/* --- Spine band patterns (pick one per book) --- */

.story-link.bands-mid {
  --spine-bands: var(--spine-band-edge), var(--spine-band-body), var(--spine-band-edge);
  --spine-bands-size: var(--spine-w) 1px, var(--spine-w) 3px, var(--spine-w) 1px;
  --spine-bands-pos: right 41%, right 42%, right calc(42% + 3px);
}

.story-link.bands-head-tail {
  --spine-bands:
    var(--spine-band-edge), var(--spine-band-body), var(--spine-band-edge),
    var(--spine-band-edge), var(--spine-band-body), var(--spine-band-edge);
  --spine-bands-size:
    var(--spine-w) 1px, var(--spine-w) 3px, var(--spine-w) 1px,
    var(--spine-w) 1px, var(--spine-w) 3px, var(--spine-w) 1px;
  --spine-bands-pos:
    right 18%, right 19%, right calc(19% + 3px),
    right 74%, right 75%, right calc(75% + 3px);
}

.story-link.bands-mid-bright {
  --spine-bands:
    var(--spine-band-edge),
    var(--spine-band-body),
    var(--spine-band-bright),
    var(--spine-band-body),
    var(--spine-band-edge);
  --spine-bands-size:
    var(--spine-w) 1px,
    var(--spine-w) 1px,
    var(--spine-w) 2px,
    var(--spine-w) 1px,
    var(--spine-w) 1px;
  --spine-bands-pos:
    right 46%,
    right 47%,
    right calc(47% + 1px),
    right calc(47% + 3px),
    right calc(47% + 4px);
}

.story-link.bands-twin {
  --spine-bands:
    var(--spine-band-edge), var(--spine-band-body), var(--spine-band-edge),
    var(--spine-band-edge), var(--spine-band-body), var(--spine-band-edge);
  --spine-bands-size:
    var(--spine-w) 1px, var(--spine-w) 2px, var(--spine-w) 1px,
    var(--spine-w) 1px, var(--spine-w) 2px, var(--spine-w) 1px;
  --spine-bands-pos:
    right 34%, right 35%, right calc(35% + 2px),
    right 40%, right 41%, right calc(41% + 2px);
}

.story-link.bands-head-mid-tail {
  --spine-bands:
    var(--spine-band-edge), var(--spine-band-body), var(--spine-band-edge),
    var(--spine-band-edge-2), var(--spine-band-body-2), var(--spine-band-edge-2),
    var(--spine-band-edge), var(--spine-band-body), var(--spine-band-edge);
  --spine-bands-size:
    var(--spine-w) 1px, var(--spine-w) 2px, var(--spine-w) 1px,
    var(--spine-w) 1px, var(--spine-w) 3px, var(--spine-w) 1px,
    var(--spine-w) 1px, var(--spine-w) 2px, var(--spine-w) 1px;
  --spine-bands-pos:
    right 18%, right 19%, right calc(19% + 2px),
    right 50%, right 51%, right calc(51% + 3px),
    right 80%, right 81%, right calc(81% + 2px);
}

/* --- Color skins (pick one per book) --- */

.story-link.skin-oak {
  --spine-dark: #2a160c;
  --spine-mid: #5c3a24;
  --spine-light: #7a5234;
  --spine-shade: #3f2616;
  --spine-accent: #e0b83a;
  --spine-accent-deep: #8a6a12;
  --front-cover: #6b4428;
}

.story-link.skin-mahogany {
  --spine-dark: #1a0a08;
  --spine-mid: #4a2018;
  --spine-light: #6e3428;
  --spine-shade: #2e120e;
  --spine-accent: #c43a3a;
  --spine-accent-deep: #6e1818;
  --front-cover: #5a2820;
  --page-light: #f0e6d4;
  --page-mid: #e0d2bc;
  --page-shade: #c8b89e;
}

.story-link.skin-chestnut {
  --spine-dark: #22160a;
  --spine-mid: #6e4e2e;
  --spine-light: #8e6a42;
  --spine-shade: #4a3218;
  --spine-accent: #3d9a62;
  --spine-accent-deep: #1e5a38;
  --spine-accent-bright: #7ed9a0;
  --front-cover: #7a5632;
  --page-light: #fffef8;
  --page-mid: #f0ebe0;
  --page-shade: #ddd4c4;
}

.story-link.skin-espresso {
  --spine-dark: #120c08;
  --spine-mid: #342218;
  --spine-light: #523828;
  --spine-shade: #22160e;
  --spine-accent: #3a8a7a;
  --spine-accent-deep: #1e4e44;
  --front-cover: #463022;
  --page-light: #f2eee6;
  --page-mid: #e2dcd0;
  --page-shade: #c8c2b4;
}

.story-link.skin-walnut {
  --spine-dark: #1c1008;
  --spine-mid: #4e2e1c;
  --spine-light: #6e4630;
  --spine-shade: #321c10;
  --spine-accent: #4a6a9a;
  --spine-accent-deep: #2a3e5c;
  --spine-accent-2: #e8c547;
  --spine-accent-2-deep: #8a6a12;
  --front-cover: #624030;
  --page-light: #faf6ec;
  --page-mid: #ece4d4;
  --page-shade: #d2c8b4;
}

.story-link:hover {
  color: var(--signal);
  border-color: var(--panel-edge);
  border-left-color: var(--signal-dim);
}

.story-link:hover::after {
  filter: brightness(1.12);
}

.story-link.is-active {
  color: var(--signal);
  background: #12162a;
  border-color: var(--panel-edge);
  border-left-color: var(--blood);
}

.story-link.is-active::after {
  filter: brightness(1.18);
  box-shadow: inset -1px 0 0 rgba(0, 0, 0, 0.5);
}

.story-link-meta {
  display: block;
  margin-top: 0.2rem;
  font-size: 0.7rem;
  color: var(--muted);
}

/* Empty space left when a book is knocked off the shelf */
.story-link-gap {
  display: block;
  width: 100%;
  margin-bottom: 0.45rem;
  pointer-events: none;
  border-radius: 2px;
  transition: background 0.12s ease, box-shadow 0.12s ease;
}

.story-link-gap.is-drop-target {
  background: rgba(232, 197, 71, 0.1);
  box-shadow: inset 0 0 0 1px rgba(232, 197, 71, 0.35);
}

.story-nav.is-shelf-rattling {
  animation: shelf-rattle 0.42s ease-in-out;
}

@keyframes shelf-rattle {
  0%,
  100% {
    transform: translateX(0);
  }
  15% {
    transform: translateX(-3px) rotate(-0.4deg);
  }
  35% {
    transform: translateX(4px) rotate(0.5deg);
  }
  55% {
    transform: translateX(-3px) rotate(-0.3deg);
  }
  75% {
    transform: translateX(2px) rotate(0.25deg);
  }
}

/* Spine-only flyer knocked off the shelf (no title plate) */
.story-link.shelf-book-flyer {
  position: fixed;
  z-index: 80;
  padding: 0;
  margin: 0;
  border: none;
  background: transparent;
  color: transparent;
  font-size: 0;
  line-height: 0;
  overflow: visible;
  box-shadow:
    4px 8px 18px rgba(0, 0, 0, 0.55),
    0 2px 0 rgba(0, 0, 0, 0.35);
  transition: none;
}

.story-link.shelf-book-flyer::after {
  width: 100%;
}

.story-link.shelf-book-flyer.is-falling {
  pointer-events: none;
  cursor: default;
}

.story-link.shelf-book-flyer.is-fallen {
  cursor: grab;
  touch-action: none;
  filter: brightness(0.92);
  user-select: none;
}

.story-link.shelf-book-flyer.is-fallen:hover {
  filter: brightness(1.05);
}

.story-link.shelf-book-flyer.is-dragging {
  z-index: 90;
  cursor: grabbing;
  filter: brightness(1.08);
  box-shadow:
    6px 14px 28px rgba(0, 0, 0, 0.65),
    0 2px 0 rgba(0, 0, 0, 0.4);
}

.sidebar-backdrop {
  display: none;
}

.story-panel {
  grid-row: 3;
  min-height: 0;
  overflow-x: hidden;
  overflow-y: auto;
  overscroll-behavior: contain;
  overflow-anchor: none;
  -webkit-overflow-scrolling: touch;
  padding: 2rem 1.25rem 3.5rem;
  background: transparent;
  position: relative;
  container-type: inline-size;
  touch-action: manipulation;
}

.story-placeholder {
  margin: 3rem auto;
  max-width: 28rem;
  text-align: center;
  color: var(--muted);
  font-size: 0.95rem;
}

.story-banner-wrap {
  width: 100%;
  max-width: 38rem;
  margin: -0.25rem auto 1.75rem;
  overflow: hidden;
  line-height: 0;
}

.story-banner-wrap[hidden] {
  display: none;
}

.story-banner {
  display: inline-block;
  margin: 0;
  padding: 0.5rem 0 0.75rem;
  border: 0;
  background: transparent;
  color: var(--signal);
  font-family: var(--font-ui);
  font-size: 16px;
  line-height: 1.08;
  letter-spacing: 0;
  white-space: pre;
  text-align: left;
  text-shadow: 0 0 10px rgba(232, 197, 71, 0.28);
  transform-origin: top left;
  will-change: transform;
}

.story-banner.is-colored {
  color: inherit;
  text-shadow: none;
  background: transparent;
  padding: 0.65rem 0.35rem 0.85rem;
}

.story-banner-wrap:not([hidden]) .story-banner {
  animation: analogue-flicker 5.5s ease-in-out infinite;
}

.story-banner-wrap:not([hidden]) .story-banner.is-colored {
  animation: none;
}

.story-content {
  max-width: 38rem;
  margin: 0 auto;
  font-family: var(--font-story);
  font-size: 1.15rem;
  line-height: 1.85;
  color: var(--text);
}

.story-content h1 {
  margin: 0 0 1.75rem;
  font-family: var(--font-brand);
  font-size: clamp(1.6rem, 5vw, 2.2rem);
  font-weight: 400;
  letter-spacing: 0.03em;
  color: var(--signal);
  text-decoration: underline;
  text-underline-offset: 0.18em;
  text-decoration-thickness: 2px;
  text-shadow: 0 0 12px rgba(232, 197, 71, 0.28);
}

.story-content p {
  margin: 0 0 1.25rem;
}

.story-content.is-terminal {
  font-family: var(--font-ui);
  font-size: 1.05rem;
  line-height: 1.7;
  letter-spacing: 0.02em;
  color: #f2f2f2;
  text-shadow: 0 0 6px rgba(255, 255, 255, 0.18);
}

.story-content.is-terminal h1 {
  font-family: var(--font-ui);
  font-size: clamp(1.35rem, 4vw, 1.75rem);
  letter-spacing: 0.08em;
  color: var(--signal);
  text-decoration: none;
  text-shadow: 0 0 10px rgba(232, 197, 71, 0.28);
}

.story-content.is-typing {
  cursor: pointer;
}

/* CRT / analogue tube flicker — irregular dips ~every 1–1.5s */
.story-content.is-terminal.is-typing {
  animation: analogue-flicker 5.5s ease-in-out infinite;
}

body:has(.story-content.is-terminal.is-typing) .scanlines {
  animation: analogue-scan-flicker 5.5s ease-in-out infinite;
}

@keyframes analogue-flicker {
  0%,
  6% {
    opacity: 1;
    filter: none;
  }
  6.5% {
    opacity: 0.55;
    filter: brightness(0.55);
  }
  7%,
  18% {
    opacity: 1;
    filter: none;
  }
  18.4% {
    opacity: 0.82;
    filter: brightness(0.86);
  }
  18.8%,
  34% {
    opacity: 1;
    filter: none;
  }
  34.3% {
    opacity: 0.4;
    filter: brightness(0.42);
  }
  34.7% {
    opacity: 0.95;
    filter: brightness(1.06);
  }
  35.1%,
  52% {
    opacity: 1;
    filter: none;
  }
  52.4% {
    opacity: 0.78;
    filter: brightness(0.8);
  }
  52.8%,
  71% {
    opacity: 1;
    filter: none;
  }
  71.3% {
    opacity: 0.6;
    filter: brightness(0.62);
  }
  71.7%,
  88% {
    opacity: 1;
    filter: none;
  }
  88.3% {
    opacity: 0.88;
    filter: brightness(0.9);
  }
  88.7%,
  100% {
    opacity: 1;
    filter: none;
  }
}

@keyframes analogue-scan-flicker {
  0%,
  6% {
    opacity: 0.35;
  }
  6.5% {
    opacity: 0.65;
  }
  7%,
  18% {
    opacity: 0.35;
  }
  18.4% {
    opacity: 0.5;
  }
  18.8%,
  34% {
    opacity: 0.35;
  }
  34.3% {
    opacity: 0.72;
  }
  35.1%,
  52% {
    opacity: 0.35;
  }
  52.4% {
    opacity: 0.52;
  }
  52.8%,
  71% {
    opacity: 0.35;
  }
  71.3% {
    opacity: 0.6;
  }
  71.7%,
  88% {
    opacity: 0.35;
  }
  88.3% {
    opacity: 0.48;
  }
  88.7%,
  100% {
    opacity: 0.35;
  }
}

.story-content.is-pixelating {
  pointer-events: auto;
}

.terminal-ghosts {
  position: absolute;
  inset: 0;
  z-index: 5;
  pointer-events: none;
  overflow: hidden;
}

.terminal-ghost {
  position: absolute;
  margin: 0;
  font-family: var(--font-ui);
  font-weight: 400;
  line-height: 1;
  color: #f4f4f4;
  white-space: nowrap;
  letter-spacing: 0.06em;
  text-shadow:
    0 0 6px rgba(255, 255, 255, 0.35),
    1px 0 0 rgba(255, 60, 60, 0.55),
    -1px 0 0 rgba(80, 180, 255, 0.35);
  mix-blend-mode: screen;
  filter: contrast(1.4) brightness(1.15);
  animation: ghost-flicker 0.1s steps(2) infinite;
}

.terminal-ghost.is-urgent {
  color: #ffb0b0;
  text-shadow:
    0 0 8px rgba(255, 40, 40, 0.65),
    2px 0 0 rgba(255, 0, 0, 0.5),
    -2px 0 0 rgba(0, 200, 255, 0.35);
}

@keyframes ghost-flicker {
  0%,
  100% {
    opacity: inherit;
  }
  50% {
    opacity: 0.15;
  }
}

.terminal-dissolve {
  animation: terminal-pixelate 2.1s steps(14) forwards;
}

.story-content.is-terminal:has(> .terminal-coda) {
  display: flex;
  align-items: center;
  justify-content: center;
  /* Fill the story panel — not 100dvh (panel is already below the topbar). */
  min-height: 100%;
  max-width: none;
  text-align: center;
}

.story-panel.has-coda-flashlight {
  /* Lock the playfield to the visible panel; no scroll to reach the stick. */
  overflow: hidden;
  padding: 0;
  display: flex;
  flex-direction: column;
  touch-action: none;
  -webkit-user-select: none;
  user-select: none;
}

.story-panel.has-coda-flashlight .story-banner-wrap {
  display: none;
}

.story-panel.has-coda-flashlight .story-content {
  flex: 1 1 auto;
  min-height: 0;
  width: 100%;
}

.story-panel.has-coda-flashlight .story-content.is-terminal:has(> .terminal-coda) {
  min-height: 0;
  height: 100%;
}

.story-panel.has-coda-flashlight.is-flashlight-pressing {
  cursor: none;
}

.story-panel.has-coda-flashlight .story-content {
  position: relative;
  z-index: 1;
}

.story-content.is-terminal .terminal-coda {
  display: flex;
  flex-direction: column;
  align-items: center;
  gap: 0.55em;
  margin: 0;
  letter-spacing: 0.12em;
  color: #ffffff;
  text-align: center;
  white-space: normal;
  text-shadow:
    0 0 14px rgba(0, 0, 0, 0.95),
    0 1px 3px rgba(0, 0, 0, 0.85),
    0 0 1px rgba(0, 0, 0, 1);
  transition: opacity 0.45s ease;
}

.story-content.is-terminal .terminal-coda-line {
  display: block;
  margin: 0;
  white-space: normal;
}

.story-content.is-terminal .terminal-coda.is-flashlight-covered {
  opacity: 0;
}

.coda-flashlight {
  position: absolute;
  inset: 0;
  z-index: 0;
  overflow: hidden;
  pointer-events: none;
  --mx: -9999px;
  --my: -9999px;
  --spot-r: 5rem;
  --beam: 1;
}

.coda-flashlight.is-touch {
  --spot-r: 3.5rem;
}

.coda-flashlight:not(.is-on) .coda-flashlight-reveal-wrap,
.coda-flashlight:not(.is-on) .coda-flashlight-glow {
  opacity: 0;
}

.coda-flashlight.is-on .coda-flashlight-reveal-wrap,
.coda-flashlight.is-on .coda-flashlight-glow {
  opacity: var(--beam);
  transition: opacity 40ms linear;
}

.coda-flashlight-reveal-wrap {
  position: absolute;
  inset: 0;
  overflow: hidden;
  -webkit-mask-image: radial-gradient(
    circle var(--spot-r) at var(--mx) var(--my),
    #000 0%,
    #000 42%,
    rgba(0, 0, 0, 0.55) 68%,
    transparent 100%
  );
  mask-image: radial-gradient(
    circle var(--spot-r) at var(--mx) var(--my),
    #000 0%,
    #000 42%,
    rgba(0, 0, 0, 0.55) 68%,
    transparent 100%
  );
}

.coda-flashlight-reveal {
  position: absolute;
  inset: 0;
  overflow: hidden;
}

.coda-whisper {
  position: absolute;
  left: var(--x);
  top: var(--y);
  margin: 0;
  transform: translate(-50%, -50%) rotate(var(--rot, 0deg))
    skewX(var(--skew, 0deg));
  font-family: var(--font-ui);
  font-size: clamp(0.75rem, calc(var(--size) * 0.85), var(--size));
  font-weight: 400;
  line-height: 1;
  letter-spacing: 0.08em;
  white-space: nowrap;
  color: var(--signal);
  text-shadow:
    0 0 10px rgba(232, 197, 71, 0.35),
    1px 0 0 rgba(255, 60, 60, 0.45),
    -1px 0 0 rgba(80, 180, 255, 0.3);
  opacity: 0.88;
  animation: coda-whisper-flicker 1.6s steps(2, end) infinite;
  animation-delay: var(--delay, 0s);
}

.coda-whisper.is-urgent {
  color: #ffb0b0;
  text-shadow:
    0 0 12px rgba(255, 40, 40, 0.55),
    2px 0 0 rgba(255, 0, 0, 0.45),
    -2px 0 0 rgba(0, 200, 255, 0.3);
  opacity: 0.95;
}

.coda-whisper.is-dim {
  color: var(--signal-dim);
  opacity: 0.45;
  text-shadow:
    0 0 6px rgba(232, 197, 71, 0.15),
    1px 0 0 rgba(255, 60, 60, 0.2),
    -1px 0 0 rgba(80, 180, 255, 0.15);
}

.coda-whisper-eye {
  position: absolute;
  left: var(--x);
  top: var(--y);
  width: clamp(2.4rem, 5vw, 3.6rem);
  height: clamp(1.4rem, 3vw, 2.1rem);
  transform: translate(-50%, -50%);
  border: 2px solid var(--signal);
  border-radius: 50%;
  box-shadow:
    0 0 10px rgba(232, 197, 71, 0.35),
    1px 0 0 rgba(255, 60, 60, 0.4),
    -1px 0 0 rgba(80, 180, 255, 0.25);
  opacity: 0.75;
  animation: coda-whisper-flicker 2.1s steps(2, end) infinite;
}

.coda-whisper-eye::after {
  content: "";
  position: absolute;
  left: 58%;
  top: 50%;
  width: 35%;
  height: 58%;
  transform: translate(-50%, -50%);
  border-radius: 50%;
  background: var(--signal);
  box-shadow: 0 0 6px rgba(232, 197, 71, 0.5);
}

@keyframes coda-whisper-flicker {
  0%,
  100% {
    filter: contrast(1.15) brightness(1.05);
  }
  50% {
    filter: contrast(1.4) brightness(0.82);
    opacity: 0.55;
  }
}

.coda-flashlight-glow {
  position: absolute;
  width: calc(var(--spot-r) * 2.2);
  height: calc(var(--spot-r) * 2.2);
  left: var(--mx);
  top: var(--my);
  transform: translate(-50%, -50%);
  border-radius: 50%;
  background: radial-gradient(
    circle,
    rgba(232, 197, 71, 0.14) 0%,
    rgba(232, 197, 71, 0.05) 45%,
    transparent 72%
  );
  mix-blend-mode: screen;
}

/* Coda flashlight mini-game */
.story-content.is-terminal .terminal-coda.is-dismissed {
  display: none;
}

/* Twin sticks on phone: left = move, right = flashlight aim/reach.
   Mounted on document.body; sides also set inline in JS. */
.coda-stick {
  position: fixed;
  bottom: max(1rem, env(safe-area-inset-bottom, 0px));
  z-index: 60;
  display: flex;
  flex-direction: column;
  align-items: center;
  gap: 0.35rem;
  pointer-events: auto;
  touch-action: none;
  -webkit-user-select: none;
  user-select: none;
  opacity: 1;
  transition: opacity 0.52s cubic-bezier(0.4, 0, 0.2, 1);
}

.coda-stick.is-fading-out,
.coda-stick.is-hidden {
  opacity: 0;
  pointer-events: none;
}

.coda-stick.is-hidden {
  visibility: hidden;
  transition: none;
}

.coda-stick.is-move {
  left: max(0.75rem, env(safe-area-inset-left, 0px));
  right: auto;
}

.coda-stick.is-light {
  right: max(0.75rem, env(safe-area-inset-right, 0px));
  left: auto;
}

.coda-stick.is-light .coda-stick-knob {
  background: radial-gradient(
    circle at 35% 30%,
    #fff6c8 0%,
    #e8c547 40%,
    #b8860b 100%
  );
}

.coda-stick-base {
  width: 6.5rem;
  height: 6.5rem;
  border-radius: 50%;
  border: 2px solid rgba(232, 197, 71, 0.35);
  background: radial-gradient(
    circle at 50% 45%,
    rgba(20, 18, 12, 0.55) 0%,
    rgba(0, 0, 0, 0.55) 70%
  );
  box-shadow:
    inset 0 0 0 1px rgba(232, 197, 71, 0.12),
    0 0 18px rgba(0, 0, 0, 0.45);
  position: relative;
}

.coda-stick.is-active .coda-stick-base {
  border-color: rgba(232, 197, 71, 0.7);
  box-shadow:
    inset 0 0 0 1px rgba(232, 197, 71, 0.22),
    0 0 22px rgba(232, 197, 71, 0.18);
}

.coda-stick-knob {
  position: absolute;
  left: 50%;
  top: 50%;
  width: 2.55rem;
  height: 2.55rem;
  margin: -1.275rem 0 0 -1.275rem;
  border-radius: 50%;
  background: radial-gradient(
    circle at 35% 30%,
    #ffe89a 0%,
    #e8c547 42%,
    #8a6a1a 100%
  );
  box-shadow:
    0 2px 6px rgba(0, 0, 0, 0.55),
    0 0 10px rgba(232, 197, 71, 0.35);
  will-change: transform;
}

.coda-stick-label {
  font-family: "Press Start 2P", monospace;
  font-size: 0.45rem;
  letter-spacing: 0.18em;
  color: rgba(232, 197, 71, 0.7);
  text-shadow: 0 1px 2px rgba(0, 0, 0, 0.85);
}

.coda-game {
  position: absolute;
  inset: 0;
  z-index: 3;
  pointer-events: none;
  opacity: 1;
  transition: opacity 0.75s cubic-bezier(0.4, 0, 0.2, 1);
  will-change: opacity;
}

/* Idle title: sticks visible, HUD/score hidden until a stick starts the run. */
.coda-game.is-awaiting-start .coda-game-hud {
  visibility: hidden;
  pointer-events: none;
}

.coda-game-canvas {
  display: block;
  width: 100%;
  height: 100%;
  image-rendering: pixelated;
  image-rendering: crisp-edges;
  opacity: 0.92;
  filter: contrast(1.08) saturate(1.05);
}

.coda-game-hud {
  position: absolute;
  top: 0.75rem;
  left: 50%;
  transform: translateX(-50%);
  z-index: 6;
  max-width: calc(100% - 1rem);
  padding: 0;
  font-family: var(--font-ui);
  font-size: 0.7rem;
  letter-spacing: 0.18em;
  text-transform: uppercase;
  color: var(--muted);
  background: transparent;
  border: 0;
  box-shadow: none;
  pointer-events: none;
  box-sizing: border-box;
}

.coda-game-hud-row {
  display: flex;
  flex-wrap: nowrap;
  align-items: center;
  justify-content: center;
  gap: 0.85rem 1.5rem;
  min-height: 2.25rem;
  padding: 0 1.1rem;
  white-space: nowrap;
  background: linear-gradient(180deg, #1a2035 0%, #0a0c14 100%);
  border: 2px solid var(--panel-edge);
  border-top-color: #3a4568;
  border-left-color: #3a4568;
  box-shadow: inset 1px 1px 0 rgba(255, 255, 255, 0.08);
  box-sizing: border-box;
}

.coda-game-hud b {
  color: var(--signal);
  font-weight: 400;
  font-size: 0.85rem;
}

.coda-game-lives {
  color: var(--blood);
  letter-spacing: 0.2em;
  font-size: 1rem;
}

.coda-game-hs-btn,
.coda-game-again {
  appearance: none;
  margin: 0 0 0 0.35rem;
  padding: 0.15rem 0;
  font: inherit;
  letter-spacing: inherit;
  text-transform: inherit;
  color: var(--signal);
  background: transparent;
  border: 0;
  border-left: 1px solid #2a3148;
  padding-left: 1.1rem;
  cursor: pointer;
  pointer-events: auto;
  -webkit-tap-highlight-color: transparent;
}

.coda-game-hs-btn:hover,
.coda-game-hs-btn:focus-visible,
.coda-game-again:hover,
.coda-game-again:focus-visible {
  color: var(--star);
  outline: none;
}

.coda-game-again[hidden] {
  display: none;
}

.coda-game-again:disabled {
  cursor: default;
  opacity: 0.55;
  color: var(--muted);
}

.coda-game-again:disabled:hover {
  color: var(--muted);
}

.coda-pixel-title {
  font-family: var(--font-pixel);
  font-weight: 400;
  line-height: 1.2;
  letter-spacing: 0.12em;
  text-transform: uppercase;
  color: var(--signal);
  text-shadow:
    2px 0 0 #6b5410,
    -2px 0 0 #6b5410,
    0 2px 0 #6b5410,
    0 -2px 0 #6b5410,
    3px 3px 0 #000000;
}

.coda-game-banner {
  position: absolute;
  left: 50%;
  top: 28%;
  z-index: 4;
  transform: translate(-50%, -50%);
  margin: 0;
  padding: 0;
  font-size: clamp(1.05rem, 5vw, 1.85rem);
  animation: coda-game-over-blink 1.1s steps(1, end) infinite;
  pointer-events: none;
  white-space: nowrap;
}

@keyframes coda-game-over-blink {
  0%,
  49% {
    opacity: 1;
  }
  50%,
  100% {
    opacity: 0.4;
  }
}

.coda-game.is-hs-open {
  pointer-events: auto;
}

.coda-game.is-fading-out {
  opacity: 0;
  pointer-events: none;
}

.coda-hs {
  position: absolute;
  inset: 0;
  /* Above HUD (Play Again lives there) so initials aren't covered. */
  z-index: 8;
  display: flex;
  align-items: center;
  justify-content: center;
  padding: 0.75rem;
  background: rgba(5, 5, 8, 0.82);
  overflow: auto;
  opacity: 0;
  visibility: hidden;
  pointer-events: none;
  transition:
    opacity 0.38s cubic-bezier(0.22, 1, 0.36, 1),
    visibility 0.38s linear;
}

.coda-hs.is-open {
  opacity: 1;
  visibility: visible;
  pointer-events: auto;
}

.coda-hs[hidden] {
  display: none;
}

.coda-hs-inner {
  position: relative;
  width: min(22rem, 100%);
  padding: 1rem 1.1rem 1.15rem;
  font-family: var(--font-ui);
  color: var(--star);
  background: linear-gradient(180deg, #141828 0%, #0a0c14 100%);
  border: 2px solid var(--panel-edge);
  border-top-color: #3a4568;
  border-left-color: #3a4568;
  box-shadow:
    inset 1px 1px 0 rgba(255, 255, 255, 0.08),
    0 0 28px rgba(0, 0, 0, 0.55);
  transform: translate3d(0, 0.65rem, 0) scale(0.96);
  opacity: 0.72;
  transition:
    transform 0.42s cubic-bezier(0.22, 1, 0.36, 1),
    opacity 0.38s cubic-bezier(0.22, 1, 0.36, 1);
  will-change: transform, opacity;
}

.coda-hs.is-open .coda-hs-inner {
  transform: translate3d(0, 0, 0) scale(1);
  opacity: 1;
}

.coda-hs-close {
  appearance: none;
  position: absolute;
  top: 0.45rem;
  right: 0.45rem;
  z-index: 1;
  display: inline-flex;
  align-items: center;
  justify-content: center;
  width: 1.55rem;
  height: 1.55rem;
  margin: 0;
  padding: 0;
  font-family: var(--font-ui);
  font-size: 1.15rem;
  line-height: 1;
  color: var(--muted);
  background: #12162a;
  border: 1px solid #2a3148;
  border-top-color: #3a4568;
  border-left-color: #3a4568;
  cursor: pointer;
  -webkit-tap-highlight-color: transparent;
}

.coda-hs-close:hover,
.coda-hs-close:focus-visible {
  color: var(--void);
  background: var(--signal);
  border-color: var(--signal);
  outline: none;
}

.coda-hs-title {
  margin: 0 1.6rem 0.75rem;
  font-size: clamp(0.7rem, 2.8vw, 1.05rem);
  text-align: center;
  text-indent: 0.12em;
}

.coda-hs-list {
  margin: 0 0 0.75rem;
  padding: 0;
  list-style: none;
  font-size: clamp(0.72rem, 2.4vw, 0.85rem);
  letter-spacing: 0.12em;
  line-height: 1.55;
}

.coda-hs-row {
  display: grid;
  grid-template-columns: 2ch 1fr 5.5ch;
  gap: 0.65rem;
  color: var(--muted);
}

.coda-hs-row.is-new {
  color: var(--signal);
  animation: coda-hs-blink 0.7s steps(2, end) infinite;
}

.coda-hs-rank {
  opacity: 0.75;
  white-space: pre;
}

.coda-hs-who {
  letter-spacing: 0.28em;
}

.coda-hs-pts {
  text-align: right;
  font-variant-numeric: tabular-nums;
  letter-spacing: 0.08em;
}

.coda-hs-entry {
  margin-top: 0.35rem;
  padding-top: 0.75rem;
  border-top: 1px solid #2a3148;
}

.coda-hs-entry[hidden] {
  display: none;
}

.coda-hs-entry-label {
  margin-bottom: 0.55rem;
  font-size: 0.68rem;
  letter-spacing: 0.22em;
  text-align: center;
  color: var(--signal);
}

.coda-hs-name {
  display: flex;
  justify-content: center;
  gap: 0.45rem;
  margin-bottom: 0.75rem;
  font-family: var(--font-brand);
  font-size: 1.45rem;
  letter-spacing: 0.15em;
}

.coda-hs-slot {
  display: inline-flex;
  align-items: center;
  justify-content: center;
  width: 1.55rem;
  height: 1.7rem;
  color: var(--star);
  border-bottom: 2px solid #3a4568;
}

.coda-hs-slot.is-cursor {
  color: var(--signal);
  border-bottom-color: var(--signal);
  animation: coda-hs-blink 0.55s steps(2, end) infinite;
}

.coda-hs-keys {
  display: flex;
  flex-direction: column;
  gap: 0.4rem;
}

.coda-hs-special {
  display: grid;
  grid-template-columns: repeat(6, minmax(0, 1fr));
  gap: 0.28rem;
}

.coda-hs-grid {
  display: grid;
  grid-template-columns: repeat(7, minmax(0, 1fr));
  gap: 0.28rem;
}

.coda-hs-key-row {
  display: grid;
  grid-template-columns: repeat(7, minmax(0, 1fr));
  gap: 0.28rem;
}

.coda-hs-key-row .coda-hs-key-del {
  grid-column: 2 / 4;
}

.coda-hs-key-row .coda-hs-key-enter {
  grid-column: 5 / 7;
}

.coda-hs-key {
  appearance: none;
  margin: 0;
  padding: 0.42rem 0;
  font-family: var(--font-ui);
  font-size: 0.78rem;
  letter-spacing: 0.08em;
  color: var(--star);
  background: #12162a;
  border: 1px solid #2a3148;
  border-top-color: #3a4568;
  border-left-color: #3a4568;
  cursor: pointer;
  user-select: none;
  -webkit-tap-highlight-color: transparent;
}

.coda-hs-key:hover,
.coda-hs-key:focus-visible {
  color: var(--void);
  background: var(--signal);
  border-color: var(--signal);
  outline: none;
}

.coda-hs-key:active {
  transform: translateY(1px);
}

.coda-hs-key-special {
  color: var(--muted);
}

.coda-hs-key-wide {
  letter-spacing: 0.18em;
}

.coda-hs-key-enter {
  color: var(--signal);
}

.coda-hs-footer {
  margin-top: 0.65rem;
  padding-top: 0.65rem;
  border-top: 1px solid #2a3148;
  font-size: 0.72rem;
  letter-spacing: 0.18em;
  text-align: center;
  color: var(--muted);
}

.coda-hs-footer[hidden] {
  display: none;
}

.coda-hs-footer b {
  color: var(--signal);
  font-weight: 400;
}

@keyframes coda-hs-blink {
  50% {
    opacity: 0.2;
  }
}

@keyframes terminal-pixelate {
  0% {
    filter: none;
    transform: scale(1);
    letter-spacing: 0.02em;
  }
  25% {
    filter: contrast(1.8) brightness(1.15);
    letter-spacing: 0.06em;
  }
  55% {
    filter: contrast(3.5) brightness(1.35) blur(0.6px);
    letter-spacing: 0.18em;
    transform: scale(1.02);
  }
  80% {
    filter: contrast(6) brightness(1.6) blur(1.5px);
    letter-spacing: 0.35em;
    transform: scale(1.04);
  }
  100% {
    filter: contrast(10) brightness(2) blur(3px);
    letter-spacing: 0.55em;
    transform: scale(1.06);
    opacity: 0;
  }
}

.type-cursor {
  display: inline-block;
  width: 0.65ch;
  height: 1em;
  margin-left: 2px;
  background: #ffffff;
  box-shadow: 0 0 8px rgba(255, 255, 255, 0.45);
  vertical-align: -0.05em;
  animation: type-blink 1.05s step-end infinite;
}

@keyframes type-blink {
  0%,
  100% {
    opacity: 1;
  }
  50% {
    opacity: 0;
  }
}

.story-content hr {
  border: 0;
  height: 1px;
  margin: 2rem 0;
  background: linear-gradient(
    90deg,
    transparent,
    var(--blood),
    var(--panel-edge),
    transparent
  );
}

.story-content em {
  color: #cfc8b8;
}

.story-error {
  color: #d07070;
}

/* Mobile / narrow */
@media (max-width: 800px) {
  /*
   * Login gate + landing: keep Enter near vertical center.
   * Top padding ≈ 50dvh minus the stack above the button midpoint.
   */
  .page-admin-login .admin-login {
    justify-content: flex-start;
    padding: max(
        0.75rem,
        env(safe-area-inset-top, 0px) + 0.5rem,
        calc(50dvh - 17.5rem)
      )
      1.1rem 0.5rem;
  }

  .page-admin-login .landing-kicker {
    margin-bottom: 0.55rem;
  }

  .page-admin-login .admin-login .brand {
    font-size: clamp(2.1rem, 9.5vw, 3.4rem);
  }

  .page-admin-login .admin-login-sub {
    margin-top: 0.45rem;
  }

  .page-admin-login .admin-login-error {
    margin-top: 0.85rem;
  }

  .page-admin-login .admin-login-form {
    margin-top: 1rem;
    gap: 0.75rem;
    padding: 1rem 1rem 1.1rem;
  }

  .page-admin-login .admin-login-field input[type="text"],
  .page-admin-login .admin-login-field input[type="password"] {
    height: 2.6rem;
  }

  .page-home .landing {
    justify-content: flex-start;
    padding: max(
        2rem,
        env(safe-area-inset-top, 0px) + 1rem,
        calc(50dvh - 8rem)
      )
      1.25rem 1rem;
  }

  .page-home .btn-enter {
    margin-top: 1.5rem;
  }

  .page-home .site-footer {
    flex-shrink: 0;
    padding: 0.65rem 1rem calc(0.65rem + env(safe-area-inset-bottom, 0px));
  }

  .subscribe-form {
    min-width: 0;
  }

  .btn-library,
  .btn-subscribe {
    min-width: 0;
  }

  .subscribe-form input[type="email"] {
    width: min(11rem, 38vw);
  }

  .library-topbar:has(.subscribe-form.is-open) .brand-link {
    opacity: 0;
    pointer-events: none;
  }

  /*
   * Mobile shelf: no full-height drawer. Books float; a soft veil hugs only
   * the stack so story text doesn't read through the gaps between covers.
   * Tap the clear backdrop (story area) to dismiss; Library button stays usable.
   */
  .library-sidebar {
    position: fixed;
    top: var(--chrome-offset);
    bottom: 0;
    width: min(var(--sidebar-width), 90vw);
    max-width: 90vw;
    overflow: visible;
    background: transparent;
    border-right: none;
    box-shadow: none;
    transform: translateX(-105%);
    transition: transform 0.55s cubic-bezier(0.22, 1, 0.36, 1);
  }

  .story-nav {
    position: relative;
    padding: 0.65rem 0.55rem 0.85rem 0.4rem;
    border-radius: 0 0.85rem 0.85rem 0;
    /* Opaque enough to kill story bleed in the gaps; sized to the stack only. */
    background: linear-gradient(
      90deg,
      rgba(5, 5, 8, 0.92) 0%,
      rgba(5, 5, 8, 0.88) 78%,
      rgba(5, 5, 8, 0.45) 100%
    );
    box-shadow: 10px 0 28px rgba(0, 0, 0, 0.4);
  }

  .library-sidebar .story-link {
    padding: 0.5rem calc(0.55rem + var(--spine-w) + var(--cover-overhang)) 0.5rem
      0.6rem;
    margin-bottom: 0.32rem;
    box-shadow: 3px 5px 14px rgba(0, 0, 0, 0.55);
    transition:
      border-color 0.15s ease,
      color 0.15s ease,
      background 0.15s ease,
      transform 0.55s cubic-bezier(0.22, 1, 0.36, 1),
      opacity 0.4s ease;
    transform: translateX(-0.85rem);
    opacity: 0.35;
  }

  .library-shell.is-open .library-sidebar {
    transform: translateX(0);
  }

  .library-shell.is-open .library-sidebar .story-link {
    transform: translateX(0);
    opacity: 1;
  }

  .library-shell.is-open .library-sidebar .story-link:nth-child(1) {
    transition-delay: 0.03s;
  }
  .library-shell.is-open .library-sidebar .story-link:nth-child(2) {
    transition-delay: 0.07s;
  }
  .library-shell.is-open .library-sidebar .story-link:nth-child(3) {
    transition-delay: 0.11s;
  }
  .library-shell.is-open .library-sidebar .story-link:nth-child(4) {
    transition-delay: 0.15s;
  }
  .library-shell.is-open .library-sidebar .story-link:nth-child(5) {
    transition-delay: 0.19s;
  }
  .library-shell.is-open .library-sidebar .story-link:nth-child(6) {
    transition-delay: 0.23s;
  }
  .library-shell.is-open .library-sidebar .story-link:nth-child(7) {
    transition-delay: 0.27s;
  }
  .library-shell.is-open .library-sidebar .story-link:nth-child(8) {
    transition-delay: 0.31s;
  }
  .library-shell.is-open .library-sidebar .story-link:nth-child(n + 9) {
    transition-delay: 0.35s;
  }

  .library-shell:not(.is-open) .library-sidebar .story-link {
    transition-delay: 0s;
  }

  /* Fallen flyers live on <body>, outside the shelf — keep them solid. */
  .story-link.shelf-book-flyer {
    opacity: 1;
    transform: none;
    transition: none;
    box-shadow:
      4px 8px 18px rgba(0, 0, 0, 0.55),
      0 2px 0 rgba(0, 0, 0, 0.35);
  }

  .story-link.shelf-book-flyer.is-fallen,
  .story-link.shelf-book-flyer.is-falling {
    /* Inline left/top + rotate are set in JS; don't fight them. */
    opacity: 1;
  }

  .sidebar-backdrop {
    display: block;
    position: fixed;
    top: var(--chrome-offset);
    right: 0;
    bottom: 0;
    left: 0;
    z-index: 15;
    background: transparent;
  }

  .sidebar-backdrop[hidden] {
    display: none;
  }

  .story-panel {
    padding: 1.5rem 1rem 3rem;
  }

  .story-content {
    font-size: 1.05rem;
    line-height: 1.8;
  }

  .coda-game-hud {
    top: 0.55rem;
    font-size: 0.58rem;
    letter-spacing: 0.1em;
  }

  .coda-game-hud-row {
    gap: 0.45rem 0.7rem;
    min-height: 2rem;
    padding: 0 0.65rem;
  }

  .coda-game-hud b {
    font-size: 0.72rem;
  }

  .coda-game-lives {
    font-size: 0.85rem;
    letter-spacing: 0.12em;
  }

  .coda-game-hs-btn,
  .coda-game-again {
    margin-left: 0.15rem;
    padding-left: 0.65rem;
  }
}

@media (prefers-reduced-motion: reduce) {
  .starfield,
  .brand,
  .page-home .btn-enter.is-flickering,
  .page-home .brand-melt-letter,
  .type-cursor,
  .story-content.is-pixelating,
  .story-content.is-terminal.is-typing,
  body:has(.story-content.is-terminal.is-typing) .scanlines,
  .story-banner-wrap:not([hidden]) .story-banner,
  .terminal-dissolve,
  .terminal-ghost,
  .coda-whisper,
  .coda-whisper-eye,
  .coda-game-banner,
  .story-nav.is-shelf-rattling {
    animation: none;
  }

  .coda-game {
    display: none;
  }

  .btn-enter,
  .library-sidebar,
  .story-link,
  .coda-hs,
  .coda-hs-inner {
    transition: none;
  }
}