The leagues, the plaque round: the meta speaks — the player plaque, the goal line, the way-up tag, the centred ceremony

Co-Authored-By: Claude Fable 5 <noreply@anthropic.com>

test.js

@@ -2230,6 +2230,19 @@ test('THE LEAGUES: the arcade opens at its band, climbs inside it, and counts fe
   }
   assert.equal(d.opp, 8, 'the ladder clamps at the top of the band — the cup is the only way up');
   assert.equal(d.felled, 6, 'every felled body counts, clamp or no clamp');
+  // ...and the repeat walk-on ANSWERS the "what now?" it poses: fell the top body once more and
+  // read its intro modal instead of wiping it
+  G.interlude.introT = 0;
+  for (let k = 0; k < 4; k++) { resolveInterlude('P'); G.modal = null; G.modalQ.length = 0; }
+  for (let i = 0; i < 6 * 60 && G.matchFall; i++) { G.modal = null; G.modalQ.length = 0; update(DT); }
+  let saw = null;
+  for (let i = 0; i < (TUNE.matchMopT + 8) * 60 && !saw; i++) {
+    update(DT);
+    if (G.modal && G.modal.body) saw = G.modal.body.join(' | ');
+  }
+  assert.ok(saw && saw.includes('THE CUP IS THE WAY UP'),
+    'the repeat walk-on carries the promotion lesson: ' + saw);
+  G.modal = null; G.modalQ.length = 0;
   endMatch();
 });