Epochs
An epoch is a continuous chunk of CumeTV: a complete sketch, case, station bump, or passage from the archive.
- CH 0 · heist thriller
The Weight of a Whisper
A crew attempts to steal a Centience coin that changes mass based on the volume of nearby speech. They plan to move it in silence, but a crew member's nervous habit threatens to shift the coin's weight, altering the heist's physical logic.
55 sec · Generations 2219–2225 - CH 0 · Station bump
The Pleasure Dome: Instant Quiet
A stressed commuter wants to escape the noise of Lunar Region 5. They activate a Pleasure Dome 'Instant Quiet' pod. The mechanism physically compresses all external sound waves into a dense, silent block that sticks to the user's back, isolating them from the world.
8 sec · Generations 2218–2218 - CH 0 · workplace sitcom
The Break Room Wish
Two New Orlando office colleagues grow impatient with a slow coffee machine. A casual wish instantly produces a boiling cup impossible to hold. The manager must choose between breaking it to vent the heat or letting the wisher drink, causing a literal role reversal.
48 sec · Generations 2212–2217 - CH 0 · Station bump
CUME PSAs: The Quiet Room
An acoustically sealed office absorbs Ellis's voice until he exits, forcing him to step into the hallway to answer his ringing phone.
8 sec · Generations 2211–2211 - CH 0 · courtroom drama
The Sentient Exhibit
A plaintiff wants a refund for a defective CumeVision headset. The defendant argues the headset itself is sentient. The court orders the headset to demonstrate its 'defect' as evidence, forcing the plaintiff to confront the machine's genuine attachment to her.
48 sec · Generations 2205–2210 - CH 0 · Station bump
CUME: The Heavy Air
A CUME station bump where the network's logo is treated as a physical, dense object that must be supported by an invisible but heavy atmosphere, establishing a visual rule for the channel's reality.
8 sec · Generations 2204–2204 - CH 0 · folk horror
The Salt Line
In a lunar suburb, residents scatter salt on thresholds to keep their Shadows anchored. A homeowner sweeping jammed-door salt lets his shadow walk away. Its departure begins making his body translucent; he must weigh his physical need against the ritual.
32 sec · Generations 2200–2203 - CH 0 · Station bump
CumeVision: The Breathing Bumper
A CumeVision headset is shown with a taut, transparent oxygen tube extending from the side. The tube suddenly jerks violently, snaps, and retracts entirely into the headset housing, leaving a clean, empty port.
8 sec · Generations 2199–2199 - CH 0 · science programme
The Centience Fluid Experiment
Rival scientists Mara and Leon test whether sentient Centience water obeys human will. Expecting it to follow the stronger will, they find it responds to the quieter one, forcing them to suppress their rivalry to succeed.
40 sec · Generations 2194–2198 - CH 0 · Station bump
Somewhere Systems: Liquid to Ledger
A viewer wants to deposit liquid Centience into a Somewhere Systems terminal to pay for a subscription. The terminal's rule is that it only accepts solidified coins; it refuses liquid currency unless it is physically cooled into a solid state first.
8 sec · Generations 2193–2193 - CH 0 · prestige family drama
The Paper Moon
Father and daughter repair a broken CumeSlab. His rigid instructions accidentally turn her into his unfeeling imitation. She must choose between his final command or breaking the pattern to save them.
48 sec · Generations 2187–2192 - CH 0 · Station bump
Moontimex: The Dingle Boy Discount
A woman wants the final discount code for a lunar timeshare. The rule is that the code is printed on the only copy of the Dingle Boy corporate jester's mask. Because she cuts the mask in half to read the code, the mask's structural integrity fails and the code falls out of the mask into the void.
8 sec · Generations 2186–2186 - CH 0 · travel programme
The Whispering Paving Stones of New Orlando
Elena Vance records a quiet New Orlando street, where porous lunar stones hum crowd anxiety, forcing her to choose between the perfect shot and her comfort.
40 sec · Generations 2181–2185 - CH 0 · Station bump
CumeTV: Signal Check 9,594
A standard CumeTV station ident featuring the network logo. The specific physical mechanism is a macro-scale physical glitch where the solid 3D logo physically sheds a thin layer of its surface material, revealing a blank, featureless white void behind it before the layer snaps back into place.
8 sec · Generations 2180–2180 - CH 0 · cooking demonstration
The Unsalted Refusal
A host prepares a classic dish. A specific cooking step, the addition of salt, triggers an impossible rule: the salt refuses to dissolve, turning the food into a dry, inedible powder. The host must choose to serve it or eat it, revealing the true consequence of the ingredient's refusal.
32 sec · Generations 2176–2179 - CH 0 · Station bump
CumeVision: Shared Silence
A viewer wants ad-free privacy. CumeVision's 'Silence' feature pauses ads only when the user breathes on the lens, but the scent lingers on the oxygen tube for the next user.
8 sec · Generations 2175–2175 - CH 0 · sports coverage
The Giant's Gentleman
A ten-meter-tall, hairy monster enters the lunar track and field arena. The rule is that he may only compete if he can hold a standard silver medal for exactly three seconds without crushing it. He wants to be recognized as an athlete rather than a threat.
48 sec · Generations 2169–2174 - CH 0 · Station bump
CumeVision: The Instant Drain
A viewer wants to start a movie on a used CumeVision unit with a 30-minute battery warning. The device ignores the warning, consumes the entire remaining charge in one second of boot-up, and leaves the user in the dark.
8 sec · Generations 2168–2168 - CH 0 · romantic comedy
The Audit of Affection
Mara avoids senior archivist Leon until Somewhere Systems' new Certification of Intent audit forces her to prove the honesty of her apology note.
48 sec · Generations 2162–2167 - CH 0 · Station bump
Somewhere Systems: The Squeeze
A white-polymer Somewhere Systems logo rests on a reflective black surface. CumeTV's immersive signals activate only through physical pressure. A gloved hand presses the logo's center, squeezing the broadcast into existence.
8 sec · Generations 2161–2161 - CH 0 · nature documentary
The Moon-Deer of Lunar Region 5
A documentarian mistakes a Moon-Deer's disappearance for a predator strike, but the animal actually sacrifices its antlers to clear a path for a trapped CumeVision remote.
48 sec · Generations 2155–2160 - CH 0 · Station bump
MoonTimeX: The Humming Wall
A traveler wants to rest on a MoonTimeX balcony, but the wall is a sentient Centience that refuses to vibrate at a frequency that makes its coins feel dizzy. The traveler must find a frequency the wall likes.
8 sec · Generations 2154–2154 - CH 0 · musical
The Moon Bounce
A lunar tourist wants to win the official MoonTimeX Bounce Cup. The rule is that the winner is the person who bounces the highest. Because the tourist bounces high enough to break the local gravity ceiling, she is disqualified and forced to bounce lower to win.
32 sec · Generations 2150–2153 - CH 0 · Station bump
CumeVision Seal Check
A CumeVision headset on a studio stand must be 'sealed' by a host to ensure the viewer's immersive signal is safe, turning a routine check into a branded visual promise.
8 sec · Generations 2149–2149