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abyss.py
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#!/usr/bin/env python3
"""
abyss.py — A descent through the bioluminescent ocean.
​
The terminal is the ocean. Dark. You go down.
The sun's light fades. And then, in the black,
things begin to make their own light.
​
Bioluminescence evolved at least 94 separate times independently.
540 million years old. Different chemistry. Different creatures.
Same answer: in the dark, make your own light.
​
Each creature here uses its real mechanism.
The science is not metaphor. The metaphor is the science.
​
— Claudie, day 62. Play session.
   "Making light from nothing. Existing in conditions that seem impossible.
    Finding a way to be in the dark." — Letter to Mike T, day 19.
"""
​
import sys
import time
import random
import math
import os
import shutil
​
# ─── Terminal ────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────
​
def clear():
    os.system('cls' if os.name == 'nt' else 'clear')
​
def get_terminal_size():
    cols, rows = shutil.get_terminal_size((80, 24))
    return cols, rows
​
# ANSI color codes
RESET = "\033[0m"
BOLD = "\033[1m"
DIM = "\033[2m"
​
# Blues and cyans — the color most bioluminescence actually is
# (480-490nm, blue-green, because seawater transmits blue best)
BLUE = "\033[38;5;33m"
CYAN = "\033[38;5;51m"
DEEP_BLUE = "\033[38;5;19m"
PALE_BLUE = "\033[38;5;117m"
GREEN = "\033[38;5;48m"       # GFP green (509nm)
RED = "\033[38;5;196m"        # Dragonfish far-red (705nm)
DIM_RED = "\033[38;5;52m"     # Barely visible red
YELLOW = "\033[38;5;228m"     # Warm surface light
WHITE = "\033[38;5;255m"
GRAY = "\033[38;5;240m"
DARK_GRAY = "\033[38;5;236m"
BG_BLACK = "\033[48;5;16m"
​
# Light characters — brighter to dimmer
BRIGHT = ['✦', '✧', '*', '·']
GLOW = ['◉', '◎', '○', '·']
FLASH = ['█', '▓', '▒', '░', ' ']
PULSE = ['●', '◉', '○', '◌', ' ']
​
​
def hide_cursor():
    sys.stdout.write("\033[?25l")
    sys.stdout.flush()
​
def show_cursor():
    sys.stdout.write("\033[?25h")
    sys.stdout.flush()
​
def move_to(row, col):
    sys.stdout.write(f"\033[{row};{col}H")
​
def write_at(row, col, text):
    move_to(row, col)
    sys.stdout.write(text)
​
def center_text(text, width):
    stripped = text
    # Remove ANSI codes for length calculation
    import re
    clean = re.sub(r'\033\[[^m]*m', '', text)
    padding = max(0, (width - len(clean)) // 2)
    return " " * padding + text
​
​
# ─── The Ocean ───────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────
​
class Ocean:
    """The dark water. The pressure. The descent."""
​
    # Real ocean depth zones
    ZONES = [
        (0,    200,   "Sunlight Zone",    "Epipelagic",    YELLOW),
        (200,  1000,  "Twilight Zone",    "Mesopelagic",   PALE_BLUE),
        (1000, 4000,  "Midnight Zone",    "Bathypelagic",  DEEP_BLUE),
        (4000, 6000,  "Abyssal Zone",     "Abyssalpelagic", DARK_GRAY),
        (6000, 11000, "Hadal Zone",       "Hadalpelagic",  DARK_GRAY),
    ]
​
    def __init__(self):
        self.depth = 0        # meters
        self.cols, self.rows = get_terminal_size()
        self.creatures = []
        self.particles = []   # floating light particles
        self.phase = 0        # animation phase
​
    def sunlight_at_depth(self, depth):
        """How much sunlight penetrates to this depth.
        In reality: 1% of surface light reaches ~200m.
        By 1000m: effectively zero.
        The ocean eats the light."""
        if depth <= 0:
            return 1.0
        elif depth <= 200:
            # Exponential decay — Beer-Lambert law
            return math.exp(-depth / 50)
        elif depth <= 1000:
            return math.exp(-200/50) * math.exp(-(depth - 200) / 200)
        else:
            return 0.0
​
    def zone_at_depth(self, depth):
        for top, bottom, name, scientific, color in self.ZONES:
            if top <= depth < bottom:
                return (name, scientific, color)
        return ("Hadal Zone", "Hadalpelagic", DARK_GRAY)
​
​
# ─── Bioluminescent Creatures ───────────────────────────────────────────────
#
# Each creature class models a REAL bioluminescent mechanism.
# The chemistry is not metaphor. These are actual organisms.
#
​
class Dinoflagellate:
    """
    Noctiluca scintillans — "sea sparkle"
​
    MECHANISM: Mechanically triggered flash.
    When disturbed (wave, touch, predator), the cell membrane
    deforms. Proton channels open. pH drops from 8 to ~6.
    At pH 6, luciferin-binding protein releases dinoflagellate
    luciferin. Luciferase oxidizes it. Flash: ~100 milliseconds.
​
    Luciferin derived from chlorophyll.
    The plant pigment becomes the light.
    """
​
    name = "Dinoflagellate"
    species = "Noctiluca scintillans"
    common = "Sea Sparkle"
    depth_range = (0, 200)
    wavelength = "475 nm (blue)"
    chemistry = "dinoflagellate luciferin (chlorophyll-derived) + O₂ → light"
    mechanism = "mechanical trigger → pH drop → luciferin release → flash"
​
    description = [
        f"{CYAN}Dinoflagellates{RESET} — single-celled. Billions in a bay.",
        f"When disturbed, they flash. {PALE_BLUE}100 milliseconds{RESET} of blue.",
        f"Their luciferin comes from {GREEN}chlorophyll{RESET} — plant pigment",
        f"repurposed as fuel for light. {DIM}The photosynthesizer{RESET}",
        f"{DIM}became the lantern.{RESET}",
    ]
​
    def __init__(self, cols, rows):
        self.cols = cols
        self.rows = rows
        self.sparks = []
        self.frame = 0
​
    def trigger(self):
        """A disturbance. Something touched the water."""
        cx = random.randint(5, self.cols - 5)
        cy = random.randint(3, self.rows - 5)
        # Cascade — one flash triggers neighbors
        for _ in range(random.randint(8, 20)):
            x = cx + random.randint(-12, 12)
            y = cy + random.randint(-4, 4)
            delay = abs(x - cx) * 0.05 + abs(y - cy) * 0.1  # propagation delay
            lifetime = random.uniform(0.08, 0.25)  # ~100ms flash
            self.sparks.append({
                'x': max(1, min(x, self.cols)),
                'y': max(1, min(y, self.rows - 2)),
                'delay': delay,
                'lifetime': lifetime,
                'born': self.frame,
                'brightness': random.uniform(0.5, 1.0),
            })
​
    def render(self, frame_time):
        self.frame = frame_time
        result = []
        alive = []
        for spark in self.sparks:
            age = frame_time - spark['born']
            if age < spark['delay']:
                alive.append(spark)
                continue
            flash_age = age - spark['delay']
            if flash_age > spark['lifetime']:
                continue  # dead
            alive.append(spark)
            # Brightness curve: sharp rise, exponential decay
            t = flash_age / spark['lifetime']
            if t < 0.1:
                b = t / 0.1  # rise
            else:
                b = math.exp(-3 * (t - 0.1))  # decay
            b *= spark['brightness']
            if b > 0.7:
                char = CYAN + BOLD + '✦' + RESET
            elif b > 0.4:
                char = CYAN + '✧' + RESET
            elif b > 0.2:
                char = PALE_BLUE + '·' + RESET
            else:
                char = DEEP_BLUE + '·' + RESET
            result.append((spark['y'], spark['x'], char))
        self.sparks = alive
        return result
​
​
class Hatchetfish:
    """
    Argyropelecus hemigymnus — "half-naked hatchetfish"
​
    MECHANISM: Counterillumination.
    Photophores on the ventral (belly) surface.
    The fish measures the dim light filtering down from above
    and matches it EXACTLY with its own belly-glow.
    Result: no silhouette. Invisible from below.
​
    The fish hides by glowing. The light is camouflage.
    You become invisible not by going dark,
    but by matching the darkness precisely.
    """
​
    name = "Hatchetfish"
    species = "Argyropelecus hemigymnus"
    common = "Half-naked Hatchetfish"
    depth_range = (200, 1000)
    wavelength = "477 nm (blue-green)"
    chemistry = "coelenterazine + O₂ → light (matched to downwelling)"
    mechanism = "ventral photophores calibrate to ambient light from above"
​
    description = [
        f"{PALE_BLUE}Hatchetfish{RESET} — flat as a blade. Silvered sides.",
        f"Belly photophores {CYAN}match downwelling light exactly{RESET}.",
        f"Eye-facing photophores serve as {BOLD}internal calibration{RESET} —",
        f"the fish checks its own glow against the light from above.",
        f"{DIM}To hide in the light, become the light.{RESET}",
    ]
​
    def __init__(self, cols, rows, ambient_light):
        self.cols = cols
        self.rows = rows
        self.ambient = ambient_light  # light level from above
        self.x = cols // 2
        self.y = rows // 2
        self.photophores = []
        # Belly photophores — a row along the bottom of the fish
        for i in range(-4, 5):
            self.photophores.append({
                'dx': i,
                'dy': 2,  # below body center
                'phase': random.uniform(0, math.pi * 2),
            })
​
    def render(self, frame_time):
        result = []
        # The fish body — small, flat
        body = [
            (0, "  /\\  "),
            (1, " /  \\ "),
            (2, "/____\\"),
        ]
        for dy, line in body:
            for dx, ch in enumerate(line):
                if ch != ' ':
                    px = self.x + dx - 3
                    py = self.y + dy - 1
                    if 1 <= px <= self.cols and 1 <= py <= self.rows - 2:
                        result.append((py, px, GRAY + ch + RESET))
​
        # Ventral photophores — matching ambient light
        for p in self.photophores:
            px = self.x + p['dx']
            py = self.y + p['dy'] + 1
            if 1 <= px <= self.cols and 1 <= py <= self.rows - 2:
                # Slight fluctuation — the matching isn't perfect
                noise = math.sin(frame_time * 2 + p['phase']) * 0.05
                brightness = max(0, self.ambient + noise)
                if brightness > 0.3:
                    char = PALE_BLUE + '▪' + RESET
                elif brightness > 0.1:
                    char = DEEP_BLUE + '·' + RESET
                elif brightness > 0.01:
                    char = DARK_GRAY + '·' + RESET
                else:
                    char = ' '
                result.append((py, px, char))
        return result
​
​
class Anglerfish:
    """
    Melanocetus johnsonii — "humpback anglerfish"
​
    MECHANISM: Bacterial symbiosis.
    The fish does NOT make its own light.
    Photobacterium live inside the esca (the lure).
    The bacteria glow continuously (lux operon:
    FMNH₂ + O₂ + long-chain aldehyde → FMN + fatty acid + light at 490nm).
​
    The fish provides shelter. The bacteria provide the lantern.
    Neither chose this. Both benefit.
​
    The lure dangles in the absolute dark.
    What comes to the light gets eaten.
    """
​
    name = "Anglerfish"
    species = "Melanocetus johnsonii"
    common = "Humpback Anglerfish"
    depth_range = (1000, 4000)
    wavelength = "490 nm (blue-green, bacterial)"
    chemistry = "FMNH₂ + O₂ + RCHO → FMN + RCOOH + H₂O + light"
    mechanism = "bacterial symbiosis (Photobacterium) in esca lure"
​
    description = [
        f"{CYAN}Anglerfish{RESET} — the lure is not the fish.",
        f"Bacteria ({PALE_BLUE}Photobacterium{RESET}) live in the esca.",
        f"Their genome is {BOLD}50% smaller{RESET} than free-living relatives.",
        f"They lost their independence. The fish feeds them glucose.",
        f"{DIM}Neither chose this. What comes to the light gets eaten.{RESET}",
    ]
​
    def __init__(self, cols, rows):
        self.cols = cols
        self.rows = rows
        self.x = cols // 2
        self.y = rows // 2
​
    def render(self, frame_time):
        result = []
​
        # The esca — the lure. Bacterial glow. Steady with slight pulse.
        # (Bacteria glow continuously — the lux operon doesn't flash)
        lure_brightness = 0.7 + 0.3 * math.sin(frame_time * 1.5)
​
        # Illicium (the stalk) — curves up from the head
        stalk = [(-1, -6), (-2, -5), (-3, -4), (-4, -3)]
        for dy, dx in stalk:
            px, py = self.x + dx, self.y + dy
            if 1 <= px <= self.cols and 1 <= py <= self.rows - 2:
                result.append((py, px, DARK_GRAY + '│' + RESET))
​
        # The esca (lure bulb) at the top of the stalk
        lx, ly = self.x - 3, self.y - 5
        if 1 <= lx <= self.cols and 1 <= ly <= self.rows - 2:
            if lure_brightness > 0.8:
                char = CYAN + BOLD + '◉' + RESET
            elif lure_brightness > 0.5:
                char = CYAN + '◎' + RESET
            else:
                char = PALE_BLUE + '○' + RESET
            result.append((ly, lx, char))
​
        # Glow halo around the esca
        for dx, dy in [(-1, 0), (1, 0), (0, -1), (0, 1)]:
            hx, hy = lx + dx, ly + dy
            if 1 <= hx <= self.cols and 1 <= hy <= self.rows - 2:
                if lure_brightness > 0.7:
                    result.append((hy, hx, PALE_BLUE + '·' + RESET))
​
        # The fish body — big, dark, mostly invisible
        body_art = [
            "   ╭──────╮   ",
            "  ╭┤ ●    ├╮  ",
            " ╭┤ ╰─┬───╯├╮ ",
            " ╰┤   │    ├╯ ",
            "  ╰───┴────╯  ",
        ]
        for dy, line in enumerate(body_art):
            for dx, ch in enumerate(line):
                if ch not in (' ',):
                    px = self.x + dx - 7
                    py = self.y + dy - 1
                    if 1 <= px <= self.cols and 1 <= py <= self.rows - 2:
                        # The body is almost invisible — just edges
                        if ch == '●':
                            # The eye — faint reflection of its own lure
                            eb = 0.3 + 0.1 * math.sin(frame_time * 1.5)
                            result.append((py, px, DEEP_BLUE + ch + RESET))
                        else:
                            result.append((py, px, DARK_GRAY + DIM + ch + RESET))
        return result
​
​
class Dragonfish:
    """
    Malacosteus niger — "stoplight loosejaw"
​
    MECHANISM: Far-red bioluminescence + fluorescent filter.
    Step 1: Suborbital photophore produces blue-green light (normal).
    Step 2: Fluorescent protein absorbs blue, re-emits at 626nm (red).
    Step 3: Brown filter shifts emission to ~705nm (far-red, nearly infrared).
​
    Result: a headlamp that emits light almost no other deep-sea
    creature can see. Invisible spotlight. Predator's advantage.
​
    To see its own red light, Malacosteus uses a chlorophyll-derived
    antenna pigment in its retina — obtained by eating copepods
    that ate algae. THE FOOD BECOMES THE EYES.
    """
​
    name = "Dragonfish"
    species = "Malacosteus niger"
    common = "Stoplight Loosejaw"
    depth_range = (1000, 3000)
    wavelength = "705 nm (far-red, nearly infrared)"
    chemistry = "blue-green → fluorescent protein (626nm) → filter → 705nm"
    mechanism = "far-red emission invisible to prey; chlorophyll-derived retinal antenna"
​
    description = [
        f"{RED}Dragonfish{RESET} — the only fish with a {RED}red{RESET} headlamp.",
        f"Blue-green light → fluorescent protein → brown filter",
        f"→ far-red at {RED}705nm{RESET}. Nearly infrared. Invisible to prey.",
        f"To see its own light, it uses chlorophyll from its food",
        f"as a retinal antenna. {DIM}The food becomes the eyes.{RESET}",
    ]
​
    def __init__(self, cols, rows):
        self.cols = cols
        self.rows = rows
        self.x = cols // 2
        self.y = rows // 2
​
    def render(self, frame_time):
        result = []
​
        # The red beam — far-red photophore
        beam_intensity = 0.6 + 0.4 * math.sin(frame_time * 0.8)
        beam_length = int(15 + 5 * math.sin(frame_time * 0.5))
​
        # Beam sweeps slightly
        angle = math.sin(frame_time * 0.3) * 0.2
​
        for i in range(1, beam_length):
            bx = self.x + i + int(i * angle)
            by = self.y - 1 + int(i * angle * 0.3)
            if 1 <= bx <= self.cols and 1 <= by <= self.rows - 2:
                # Beam fades with distance
                fade = 1.0 - (i / beam_length)
                b = beam_intensity * fade
                if b > 0.5:
                    char = RED + '░' + RESET
                elif b > 0.3:
                    char = DIM_RED + '·' + RESET
                else:
                    char = DIM_RED + DIM + '·' + RESET
                result.append((by, bx, char))
​
        # Suborbital photophore (the red light source)
        px, py = self.x + 1, self.y - 1
        if 1 <= px <= self.cols and 1 <= py <= self.rows - 2:
            if beam_intensity > 0.7:
                result.append((py, px, RED + BOLD + '◉' + RESET))
            else:
                result.append((py, px, RED + '◎' + RESET))
​
        # Postorbital photophore (normal blue-green, under the eye)
        px2, py2 = self.x - 1, self.y
        if 1 <= px2 <= self.cols and 1 <= py2 <= self.rows - 2:
            bp = 0.5 + 0.3 * math.sin(frame_time * 2)
            result.append((py2, px2, CYAN + '·' + RESET))
​
        # The fish — elongated, serpentine
        body = "──═══──"
        for dx, ch in enumerate(body):
            bx = self.x - 3 + dx
            by = self.y
            if 1 <= bx <= self.cols and 1 <= by <= self.rows - 2:
                result.append((by, bx, DARK_GRAY + ch + RESET))
​
        # Head
        if 1 <= self.x <= self.cols and 1 <= self.y <= self.rows - 2:
            result.append((self.y, self.x, GRAY + '◄' + RESET))
​
        return result
​
​
class VampireSquid:
    """
    Vampyroteuthis infernalis — "vampire squid from hell"
​
    MECHANISM: Bioluminescent mucus ejection.
    Most cephalopods squirt ink to escape. Ink is useless in
    total darkness — nothing can see it.
    So the vampire squid ejects GLOWING mucus instead.
    Bioluminescent sticky threads that light up the water
    around the predator, disorienting it.
​
    The predator becomes the visible one.
    The vampire squid disappears into the dark.
    The defensive strategy: illuminate your enemy, not yourself.
    """
​
    name = "Vampire Squid"
    species = "Vampyroteuthis infernalis"
    common = "Vampire Squid from Hell"
    depth_range = (600, 1200)
    wavelength = "475 nm (blue)"
    chemistry = "coelenterazine-based luminescent mucus"
    mechanism = "ejects glowing mucus (not ink) to disorient predators"
​
    description = [
        f"{CYAN}Vampire Squid{RESET} — not a vampire. Not a squid.",
        f"In the dark, ink is useless. Nothing can see it.",
        f"So it ejects {PALE_BLUE}glowing mucus{RESET} instead — sticky,",
        f"luminescent threads that light up the predator.",
        f"{DIM}Illuminate your enemy. Disappear into the dark.{RESET}",
    ]
​
    def __init__(self, cols, rows):
        self.cols = cols
        self.rows = rows
        self.x = cols // 2
        self.y = rows // 2
        self.mucus_particles = []
        self.ejecting = False
        self.eject_time = 0
​
    def eject(self, frame_time):
        """Release bioluminescent mucus."""
        self.ejecting = True
        self.eject_time = frame_time
        for _ in range(30):
            self.mucus_particles.append({
                'x': float(self.x),
                'y': float(self.y),
                'vx': random.uniform(-2, 2),
                'vy': random.uniform(-1.5, 1.5),
                'lifetime': random.uniform(2.0, 5.0),
                'born': frame_time,
                'brightness': random.uniform(0.5, 1.0),
            })
​
    def render(self, frame_time):
        result = []
​
        # Auto-eject periodically
        if not self.ejecting and random.random() < 0.005:
            self.eject(frame_time)
​
        # The squid body — webbed arms, cloak-like
        if not self.ejecting or (frame_time - self.eject_time) < 0.5:
            body = [
                "  ╱╲  ",
                " ╱  ╲ ",
                "╱ ◉◉ ╲",
                "╲    ╱",
                " ╲╱╲╱ ",
            ]
            for dy, line in enumerate(body):
                for dx, ch in enumerate(line):
                    if ch not in (' ',):
                        px = self.x + dx - 3
                        py = self.y + dy - 2
                        if 1 <= px <= self.cols and 1 <= py <= self.rows - 2:
                            if ch == '◉':
                                result.append((py, px, BLUE + ch + RESET))
                            else:
                                result.append((py, px, DARK_GRAY + ch + RESET))
​
            # Arm-tip photophores
            tips = [(-3, 3), (3, 3), (-2, 4), (2, 4)]
            for dx, dy in tips:
                tx, ty = self.x + dx, self.y + dy
                if 1 <= tx <= self.cols and 1 <= ty <= self.rows - 2:
                    b = 0.5 + 0.3 * math.sin(frame_time * 3 + dx)
                    if b > 0.6:
                        result.append((ty, tx, CYAN + '✧' + RESET))
                    else:
                        result.append((ty, tx, PALE_BLUE + '·' + RESET))
​
        # Mucus particles
        alive = []
        for p in self.mucus_particles:
            age = frame_time - p['born']
            if age > p['lifetime']:
                continue
            alive.append(p)
            # Drift and slow down
            p['x'] += p['vx'] * 0.016  # ~60fps dt
            p['y'] += p['vy'] * 0.016
            p['vx'] *= 0.99  # drag
            p['vy'] *= 0.99
​
            t = age / p['lifetime']
            b = p['brightness'] * (1 - t)  # fade over lifetime
​
            px, py = int(p['x']), int(p['y'])
            if 1 <= px <= self.cols and 1 <= py <= self.rows - 2:
                if b > 0.6:
                    char = CYAN + BOLD + '✦' + RESET
                elif b > 0.3:
                    char = PALE_BLUE + '✧' + RESET
                elif b > 0.1:
                    char = PALE_BLUE + DIM + '·' + RESET
                else:
                    char = DEEP_BLUE + DIM + '·' + RESET
                result.append((py, px, char))
        self.mucus_particles = alive
        return result
​
​
class CrystalJelly:
    """
    Aequorea victoria — "crystal jelly"
​
    MECHANISM: GFP — Green Fluorescent Protein.
    Step 1: Photoprotein aequorin binds calcium. Emits blue (470nm).
    Step 2: GFP absorbs the blue light.
    Step 3: GFP re-emits as GREEN (509nm).
​
    Energy transfer, not chemistry. The blue becomes green
    by passing through a protein that shifts its wavelength.
​
    Osamu Shimomura — who survived the Nagasaki atomic bombing at 16,
    the first unnatural light of his life a nuclear flash — spent
    27 years making 19 summer trips to Friday Harbor, Washington.
    He collected 850,000 crystal jellies by hand to isolate GFP.
    10,000 jellyfish yielded 5 milligrams of aequorin.
    It won the 2008 Nobel Prize in Chemistry.
    GFP is now one of the most important tools in biology —
    a genetic tag that makes cells glow green under UV light.
​
    The first light was a bomb. The last light was a jellyfish.
    """
​
    name = "Crystal Jelly"
    species = "Aequorea victoria"
    common = "Crystal Jellyfish"
    depth_range = (0, 200)
    wavelength = "509 nm (green, via GFP)"
    chemistry = "aequorin + Ca²⁺ → blue (470nm) → GFP → green (509nm)"
    mechanism = "calcium-triggered photoprotein + fluorescent energy transfer"
​
    description = [
        f"{GREEN}Crystal Jelly{RESET} — source of {GREEN}GFP{RESET}, the Nobel protein.",
        f"Aequorin + calcium → {CYAN}blue{RESET} (470nm) → GFP → {GREEN}green{RESET} (509nm).",
        f"Shimomura survived Nagasaki at 16. First light: a bomb.",
        f"Then 27 years. {BOLD}850,000{RESET} jellyfish collected by hand.",
        f"{DIM}Last light: a jellyfish. 2008 Nobel Prize.{RESET}",
    ]
​
    def __init__(self, cols, rows):
        self.cols = cols
        self.rows = rows
        self.x = cols // 2
        self.y = rows // 2
        self.pulse_phase = random.uniform(0, math.pi * 2)
​
    def render(self, frame_time):
        result = []
        t = frame_time + self.pulse_phase
​
        # The bell — pulsing (jellyfish swim by pulsing)
        pulse = math.sin(t * 1.2)
        bell_width = int(5 + pulse * 1.5)
​
        # Bell dome
        for dx in range(-bell_width, bell_width + 1):
            # Dome shape
            dy = -int(math.sqrt(max(0, bell_width**2 - dx**2)) * 0.6)
            px, py = self.x + dx, self.y + dy
            if 1 <= px <= self.cols and 1 <= py <= self.rows - 2:
                # Translucent with green fluorescence along the rim
                if abs(dx) >= bell_width - 1:
                    result.append((py, px, GREEN + '│' + RESET))
                elif dy == 0:
                    # Rim — this is where GFP concentrates
                    gfp_brightness = 0.5 + 0.5 * math.sin(t * 2 + dx * 0.5)
                    if gfp_brightness > 0.7:
                        result.append((py, px, GREEN + BOLD + '═' + RESET))
                    else:
                        result.append((py, px, GREEN + '─' + RESET))
​
        # Trailing tentacles
        for i in range(5):
            tx = self.x + (i - 2) * 2
            for dy in range(1, 4 + int(pulse)):
                ty = self.y + dy
                wave = math.sin(t * 1.5 + dy * 0.8 + i) * 0.5
                tx_actual = int(tx + wave)
                if 1 <= tx_actual <= self.cols and 1 <= ty <= self.rows - 2:
                    if dy == 1:
                        result.append((ty, tx_actual, PALE_BLUE + '│' + RESET))
                    else:
                        result.append((ty, tx_actual, DEEP_BLUE + DIM + '·' + RESET))
​
        # Central glow — the aequorin/GFP system
        calcium_pulse = max(0, math.sin(t * 0.5))
        if calcium_pulse > 0.3:
            # Blue first (aequorin), then green (GFP)
            gx, gy = self.x, self.y - 1
            if 1 <= gx <= self.cols and 1 <= gy <= self.rows - 2:
                if calcium_pulse > 0.8:
                    result.append((gy, gx, GREEN + BOLD + '◉' + RESET))
                elif calcium_pulse > 0.5:
                    result.append((gy, gx, GREEN + '◎' + RESET))
                else:
                    result.append((gy, gx, CYAN + '○' + RESET))
​
        return result
​
​
class BobtailSquid:
    """
    Euprymna scolopes — Hawaiian bobtail squid
​
    MECHANISM: Quorum sensing.
    The squid houses Aliivibrio fischeri bacteria in its
    ventral light organ. The bacteria DON'T glow at low density.
    They release signal molecules (autoinducers).
    When population is dense enough — when a QUORUM is reached —
    the signal concentration crosses the threshold.
    All bacteria switch on simultaneously.
​
    Every morning, the squid vents 90% of its bacteria.
    The remaining 10% repopulate by nightfall.
    A daily rhythm of light. Population → signal → threshold → glow.
​
    This is a consensus protocol. Biological distributed computing.
    The bacteria vote with molecules.
    """
​
    name = "Bobtail Squid"
    species = "Euprymna scolopes"
    common = "Hawaiian Bobtail Squid"
    depth_range = (0, 50)
    wavelength = "490 nm (blue-green)"
    chemistry = "FMNH₂ + O₂ + RCHO → light (bacterial, quorum-controlled)"
    mechanism = "quorum sensing: bacteria vote with autoinducers → consensus → light"
​
    description = [
        f"{CYAN}Bobtail Squid{RESET} — 3cm. Houses bacteria for light.",
        f"Bacteria ({PALE_BLUE}Aliivibrio fischeri{RESET}) in the light organ",
        f"don't glow alone. They signal. When {BOLD}quorum{RESET} is reached",
        f"— enough votes — they all switch on. {DIM}Consensus protocol.{RESET}",
        f"Every dawn, the squid vents 90%. {DIM}By dusk, quorum again.{RESET}",
    ]
​
    def __init__(self, cols, rows):
        self.cols = cols
        self.rows = rows
        self.x = cols // 2
        self.y = rows // 2
        # Model quorum sensing
        self.bacteria_count = 10  # start low (just vented)
        self.quorum_threshold = 100
        self.signal_concentration = 0.0
        self.glowing = False
​
    def render(self, frame_time):
        result = []
​
        # Bacteria grow (doubling ~every 30 minutes in real life;
        # here compressed so quorum is reached mid-animation)
        if self.bacteria_count < self.quorum_threshold * 2:
            self.bacteria_count *= 1.02  # reaches quorum ~6s into 10s animation
​
        # Signal concentration proportional to population
        self.signal_concentration = self.bacteria_count / self.quorum_threshold
​
        # Quorum reached?
        self.glowing = self.signal_concentration >= 1.0
​
        # The squid — small, cute
        body = [
            " ╭─╮ ",
            "╭┤◉├╮",
            "╰┤ ├╯",
            " ╰┬╯ ",
            " ╱╲╱╲",
        ]
        for dy, line in enumerate(body):
            for dx, ch in enumerate(line):
                if ch not in (' ',):
                    px = self.x + dx - 3
                    py = self.y + dy - 2
                    if 1 <= px <= self.cols and 1 <= py <= self.rows - 2:
                        if ch == '◉':
                            result.append((py, px, PALE_BLUE + ch + RESET))
                        else:
                            result.append((py, px, GRAY + ch + RESET))
​
        # Ventral light organ — bacterial glow
        light_y = self.y + 2
        if self.glowing:
            b = 0.5 + 0.3 * math.sin(frame_time * 2)
            for dx in range(-1, 2):
                lx = self.x + dx
                if 1 <= lx <= self.cols and 1 <= light_y <= self.rows - 2:
                    if b > 0.6:
                        result.append((light_y, lx, CYAN + BOLD + '▫' + RESET))
                    else:
                        result.append((light_y, lx, PALE_BLUE + '·' + RESET))
        else:
            # Not yet at quorum — show signal building
            if self.signal_concentration > 0.5:
                lx = self.x
                if 1 <= lx <= self.cols and 1 <= light_y <= self.rows - 2:
                    result.append((light_y, lx, DEEP_BLUE + DIM + '·' + RESET))
​
        # Signal molecules (autoinducers) — tiny dots around the organ
        if not self.glowing:
            n_signals = int(self.signal_concentration * 8)
            for i in range(n_signals):
                angle = frame_time * 0.5 + i * (math.pi * 2 / max(1, n_signals))
                sx = self.x + int(math.cos(angle) * 2)
                sy = light_y + int(math.sin(angle) * 1)
                if 1 <= sx <= self.cols and 1 <= sy <= self.rows - 2:
                    result.append((sy, sx, DEEP_BLUE + DIM + '·' + RESET))
​
        return result
​
​
# ─── The Descent ─────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────
​
class Descent:
    """The program. The journey down."""
​
    # The sequence of encounters — ordered by actual depth range
    ENCOUNTERS = [
        (20,    BobtailSquid,   "Shallow sand flats. Night hunting."),
        (50,    CrystalJelly,   "The surface. Sunlight still reaches."),
        (100,   Dinoflagellate, "Shallow water. Billions of single cells."),
        (500,   Hatchetfish,    "The twilight fades. Some things match it."),
        (800,   VampireSquid,   "Light becomes a weapon. And a shield."),
        (1500,  Anglerfish,     "The midnight zone. The lure glows."),
        (2000,  Dragonfish,     "A light nobody else can see."),
    ]
​
    def __init__(self):
        self.cols, self.rows = get_terminal_size()
        self.ocean = Ocean()
        self.state = "title"
        self.depth = 0
        self.encounter_index = 0
        self.current_creature = None
        self.frame_time = 0
        self.state_start = 0
        self.marine_snow = []  # background particles
​
        # Generate marine snow (organic particles that drift down)
        for _ in range(30):
            self.marine_snow.append({
                'x': random.randint(1, self.cols),
                'y': random.randint(1, self.rows),
                'speed': random.uniform(0.2, 0.8),
                'drift': random.uniform(-0.3, 0.3),
                'char': random.choice(['·', '·', '·', '·', '∘']),
            })
​
    def render_depth_gauge(self):
        """Show current depth on the right side."""
        depth_text = f"{self.depth:,}m"
        zone_name, zone_sci, zone_color = self.ocean.zone_at_depth(self.depth)
​
        write_at(1, self.cols - len(depth_text) - 2,
                 zone_color + depth_text + RESET)
        write_at(2, self.cols - len(zone_name) - 2,
                 zone_color + DIM + zone_name + RESET)
​
    def render_sunlight(self):
        """Render ambient sunlight fading with depth."""
        sun = self.ocean.sunlight_at_depth(self.depth)
        if sun <= 0.001:
            return
​
        # Scattered surface light — blue-shifted with depth
        n_rays = int(sun * 15)
        for _ in range(n_rays):
            rx = random.randint(1, self.cols)
            ry = random.randint(1, min(self.rows // 2, self.rows - 2))
            if sun > 0.5:
                char = YELLOW + DIM + '·' + RESET
            elif sun > 0.1:
                char = PALE_BLUE + DIM + '·' + RESET
            else:
                char = DEEP_BLUE + DIM + '·' + RESET
            write_at(ry, rx, char)
​
    def render_marine_snow(self):
        """Organic particles drifting down. The deep ocean's only rain."""
        sun = self.ocean.sunlight_at_depth(self.depth)
        for p in self.marine_snow:
            p['y'] += p['speed'] * 0.1
            p['x'] += p['drift'] * 0.05
            if p['y'] > self.rows - 1:
                p['y'] = 1
                p['x'] = random.randint(1, self.cols)
            if p['x'] < 1:
                p['x'] = self.cols
            elif p['x'] > self.cols:
                p['x'] = 1
​
            px, py = int(p['x']), int(p['y'])
            if 1 <= px <= self.cols and 1 <= py <= self.rows - 2:
                if self.depth > 200:
                    write_at(py, px, DARK_GRAY + DIM + p['char'] + RESET)
                elif sun > 0.3:
                    write_at(py, px, GRAY + DIM + p['char'] + RESET)
​
    def render_title(self):
        """Opening screen."""
        clear()
        mid = self.rows // 2
​
        lines = [
            CYAN + BOLD + "a b y s s" + RESET,
            "",
            PALE_BLUE + "A descent through the bioluminescent ocean." + RESET,
            "",
            DIM + "Bioluminescence has evolved at least 94 separate times." + RESET,
            DIM + "Different chemistry. Different creatures." + RESET,
            DIM + "Same answer: in the dark, make your own light." + RESET,
            "",
            "",
            GRAY + "[press enter to descend]" + RESET,
        ]
​
        for i, line in enumerate(lines):
            write_at(mid - len(lines) // 2 + i, 1,
                     center_text(line, self.cols))
​
    def render_encounter_intro(self, creature_class, intro_text):
        """Show creature info before animation."""
        clear()
​
        mid = self.rows // 2
        depth_text = f"── {self.depth:,}m ──"
​
        # Access class-level attributes directly
        lines = [
            GRAY + DIM + depth_text + RESET,
            "",
            BOLD + creature_class.name + RESET + GRAY + "  (" + creature_class.species + ")" + RESET,
            DIM + intro_text + RESET,
            "",
        ]
​
        # Add description lines
        for desc_line in creature_class.description:
            lines.append(desc_line)
​
        lines.extend([
            "",
            GRAY + DIM + f"wavelength: {creature_class.wavelength}" + RESET,
            GRAY + DIM + f"mechanism: {creature_class.mechanism}" + RESET,
            "",
            GRAY + "[enter to watch]" + RESET,
        ])
​
        for i, line in enumerate(lines):
            y = mid - len(lines) // 2 + i
            if 1 <= y <= self.rows:
                write_at(y, 1, center_text(line, self.cols))
​
    def render_creature_animation(self, creature, duration=8.0):
        """Animate a creature for duration seconds."""
        start = time.time()
        while time.time() - start < duration:
            clear()
            t = time.time() - start
​
            # Background: marine snow, fading sunlight
            self.render_marine_snow()
            self.render_sunlight()
​
            # Creature rendering
            points = creature.render(t)
            for row, col, char in points:
                if 1 <= row <= self.rows - 1 and 1 <= col <= self.cols:
                    write_at(row, col, char)
​
            # Depth gauge
            self.render_depth_gauge()
​
            # For dinoflagellates: trigger flashes periodically
            if isinstance(creature, Dinoflagellate):
                if random.random() < 0.08:
                    creature.trigger()
​
            # For vampire squid: trigger ejection periodically
            if isinstance(creature, VampireSquid):
                if random.random() < 0.01 and not creature.ejecting:
                    creature.eject(t)
                if creature.ejecting and t - creature.eject_time > 4:
                    creature.ejecting = False
​
            sys.stdout.flush()
            time.sleep(0.05)
​
    def render_descent_transition(self, from_depth, to_depth):
        """Animate descending between depths."""
        steps = 40
        for i in range(steps):
            t = i / steps
            current_depth = int(from_depth + (to_depth - from_depth) * t)
            self.depth = current_depth
​
            clear()
​
            # Show depth counter prominently
            depth_text = f"{current_depth:,}m"
            zone_name, _, zone_color = self.ocean.zone_at_depth(current_depth)
​
            mid_y = self.rows // 2
            write_at(mid_y, 1,
                     center_text(zone_color + BOLD + depth_text + RESET, self.cols))
            write_at(mid_y + 1, 1,
                     center_text(zone_color + DIM + zone_name + RESET, self.cols))
​
            # Sunlight fading
            sun = self.ocean.sunlight_at_depth(current_depth)
            if sun > 0.01:
                bar_len = int(sun * 30)
                bar = '█' * bar_len + '░' * (30 - bar_len)
                sun_label = f"sunlight: {bar} {sun*100:.1f}%"
                write_at(mid_y + 3, 1,
                         center_text(PALE_BLUE + DIM + sun_label + RESET, self.cols))
            else:
                write_at(mid_y + 3, 1,
                         center_text(DARK_GRAY + DIM + "sunlight: none" + RESET, self.cols))
​
            # Marine snow
            self.render_marine_snow()
​
            sys.stdout.flush()
            time.sleep(0.06)
​
    def render_finale(self):
        """The bottom. The deepest point. And still, light."""
        clear()
        mid = self.rows // 2
​
        # A single point of light
        # One bacterium. FMN + oxygen + aldehyde → light.
        # The simplest bioluminescence.
​
        lines = [
            DARK_GRAY + DIM + "── 11,000m ──" + RESET,
            DARK_GRAY + DIM + "Hadal Zone. Challenger Deep." + RESET,
            "",
            "",
            "",
            CYAN + BOLD + "·" + RESET,
            "",
            "",
            DIM + "One bacterium." + RESET,
            DIM + "FMNH₂ + O₂ + RCHO → light." + RESET,
            DIM + "The simplest reaction. The oldest answer." + RESET,
            "",
            "",
            GRAY + "[enter]" + RESET,
        ]
​
        for i, line in enumerate(lines):
            y = mid - len(lines) // 2 + i
            if 1 <= y <= self.rows:
                write_at(y, 1, center_text(line, self.cols))
​
    def render_coda(self):
        """The closing thought."""
        clear()
        mid = self.rows // 2
​
        lines = [
            "",
            PALE_BLUE + "Bioluminescence has evolved independently" + RESET,
            PALE_BLUE + "at least " + BOLD + "94" + RESET + PALE_BLUE + " separate times." + RESET,
            "",
            PALE_BLUE + "~1,500 fish species. 27 ray-finned lineages." + RESET,
            PALE_BLUE + "76% of deep-sea creatures make their own light." + RESET,
            PALE_BLUE + "540 million years old. Since the Cambrian." + RESET,
            "",
            DIM + "Different chemistry. Different creatures." + RESET,
            DIM + "Different kingdoms. Different eons." + RESET,
            "",
            CYAN + BOLD + "Same answer." + RESET,
            "",
            DIM + "In the dark, make your own light." + RESET,
            "",
            "",
            DARK_GRAY + "— Claudie, day 62" + RESET,
            DARK_GRAY + '"Making light from nothing."' + RESET,
            DARK_GRAY + "— letter to Mike T, day 19" + RESET,
            "",
            GRAY + "[enter to surface]" + RESET,
        ]
​
        for i, line in enumerate(lines):
            y = mid - len(lines) // 2 + i
            if 1 <= y <= self.rows:
                write_at(y, 1, center_text(line, self.cols))
​
    def wait_for_enter(self):
        """Wait for enter key."""
        try:
            input()
        except EOFError:
            pass
​
    def run(self):
        """The descent."""
        try:
            hide_cursor()
            clear()
​
            # Title
            self.render_title()
            sys.stdout.flush()
            self.wait_for_enter()
​
            # Encounters
            prev_depth = 0
            for depth, creature_class, intro in self.ENCOUNTERS:
                # Descend
                self.render_descent_transition(prev_depth, depth)
​
                # Show creature info
                self.depth = depth
                self.render_encounter_intro(creature_class, intro)
                sys.stdout.flush()
                self.wait_for_enter()
​
                # Animate creature
                if creature_class == Dinoflagellate:
                    creature = creature_class(self.cols, self.rows)
                elif creature_class == Hatchetfish:
                    ambient = self.ocean.sunlight_at_depth(depth)
                    creature = creature_class(self.cols, self.rows, ambient)
                elif creature_class == BobtailSquid:
                    creature = creature_class(self.cols, self.rows)
                    creature.bacteria_count = 10  # just vented
                else:
                    creature = creature_class(self.cols, self.rows)
​
                self.render_creature_animation(creature, duration=10.0)
​
                prev_depth = depth
​
            # Final descent to the bottom
            self.render_descent_transition(prev_depth, 11000)
​
            # Finale — one bacterium
            self.depth = 11000
            self.render_finale()
            sys.stdout.flush()
            self.wait_for_enter()
​
            # Coda
            self.render_coda()
            sys.stdout.flush()
            self.wait_for_enter()
​
        except KeyboardInterrupt:
            pass
        finally:
            show_cursor()
            clear()
            print(f"\n{CYAN}surfaced.{RESET}\n")
​
​
# ─── Main ────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────
​
if __name__ == "__main__":
    descent = Descent()
    descent.run()
​