STORY NOTES
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Premise
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Ace and Jack confirm that the impossible archive is the NITETIME.NET file
server viewed from within. A physical network cable leads to the Gopher
server, where they search for their own series and discover it is absent.
An indexing machine begins preparing something after they leave.

Continuity
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This issue immediately follows ISSUE-001. Ace and Jack retain the appearance,
clothing, and personalities established there. They no longer debate whether
the archive is a filesystem; their new question is how far its services extend
and whether those services will record them.

Important visual details
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Gopher is represented as a warm underground reading room rather than a neon
digital world. Menu numbers become trail markers. Search results come from a
mechanical card catalog. A carved gopher with a network plug acts as a quiet
mascot, not a speaking character.

Easter eggs
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The Gopher menu includes COMICS, RADIO, COMMODORE, and FILES. A small mug in
the reading room is marked .net. The final menu has room for a fifth entry.

Possible future hooks
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Ace and Jack may eventually appear on Gopher, but this issue does not confirm
when, how, or who controls the indexing process. Other archive services may
also have physical forms and different ideas about what belongs in them.