ACE NITETIME & JACK STATIC THE PUBLISHING MACHINE PANEL 1 Visual: Only DJRC's hands and the rear of a director's chair labeled DJRC—WEBMASTER are visible. DJRC types ACE & JACK IDEA into a beige terminal marked CODEX. Ace and Jack watch from the other side. A carved gopher prop sits nearby. Dialogue: ACE: That's us. JACK: So far, it's one sentence. PANEL 2 Visual: The CODEX terminal has expanded into an elaborate old printing press. Comic art and paperwork move through rollers beneath labels for story cards, art, text, and paperwork. Ace watches while Jack checks a clipboard. Dialogue: ACE: It draws the whole adventure. JACK: And does the paperwork. PANEL 3 Visual: A complete ISSUE-006 release packet lists comic.png, TRANSCRIPT.txt, ALT-TEXT.txt, NOTES, CREDITS, MANIFEST.json, and SHA256SUMS.txt. Dialogue: ACE: Comic, transcript, alt text... JACK: Notes, credits, metadata, checksums. PANEL 4 Visual: Ace and Jack place ISSUE-006 into a metal cabinet labeled NITETIME FILES ARCHIVE. A green seal reads PUBLIC. Dialogue: ACE: Saved locally. JACK: Complete before it travels. PANEL 5 Visual: A machine labeled SYNCTHING FILE SYNC connects a LOCAL issue folder to a matching folder beneath files.nitetime.net. Green pulses travel between them. Dialogue: ACE: Syncthing publishes Files. JACK: Same release. Other end. PANEL 6 Visual: A separate machine labeled AUTOMATIC GOPHER PUBLISHER reads MANIFEST.json. Its green display says STATUS: PUBLIC. Dialogue: ACE: Who told Gopher? JACK: The manifest did. PANEL 7 Visual: A GOPHER READING ROOM BUILDER creates an index, transcript display, and a sign reading BACK TO FULL FILES RELEASE. A glowing path leads through an opening marked gopher.nitetime.net. Dialogue: ACE: It built its own reading room. JACK: From what we already packed. PANEL 8 Visual: The full workflow stretches across the garage as large connected stations: IDEA, CODEX, COMPLETE RELEASE, FILES, and GOPHER. Files is labeled files.nitetime.net and Gopher is labeled gopher.nitetime.net. The Gopher station contains an index, transcript, and Files backlink. A carved gopher holds an OPEN sign while a new blank idea waits at the input. Dialogue: ACE: Everything from one idea? JACK: One complete release. Two front doors. Caption: IDEA -> RELEASE -> FILES -> GOPHER