Lifecycle of a Session¶
A BLINK session moves through a fixed set of states. Knowing the states helps when something doesn't behave the way you expect.
States¶
| State | What is happening |
|---|---|
| Proposed | The Domina sent a session-proposal sheet. You have not confirmed yet. |
| Active | You confirmed. Cards are flowing. The safe-word button is visible. |
| Completed | You reached the outro and rated the session. XP awarded. Summary stored. |
| Safeworded | You tapped the safe word. Session ends immediately. No XP. For personal Dominas, mood resets to neutral. |
| Abandoned | The session sat untouched for more than 48 hours. A background job marks it abandoned; mood is unaffected directly, but the Domina's mood gradually decays toward neutral whenever you're inactive. |
The flow¶
Idle chat
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v
Proposed -------> Active -----+-----> Completed
| |
| +-----> Safeworded
| |
| +-----> Abandoned (timeout)
v
Declined / Replanned
A session can only be in one state at a time. There are no half-states.
Replanning¶
If you decline a proposal, the Domina can offer a new one in the same chat. There is no penalty. Tell her what you wanted different and she adjusts:
- "Shorter, around 15 minutes."
- "Skip impact tonight."
- "I want chastity to be the centre."
She drafts a new proposal sheet. Confirm or decline again.
Mid-session adjustments¶
Inside an Active session you can:
- Send a message between task cards - she reads it and the next card reflects it.
- Send a photo if the camera icon is visible (see Photo Uploads).
- Pause - tell her "hold for a few minutes" and she will wait for a resume signal.
Things you cannot do mid-session:
- Change the active Domina (would invalidate the session context).
- Edit hard limits or interests and have them affect the in-progress session. The plan is fixed at confirmation time.
- Stack two active sessions. One at a time, always.
What is stored¶
After a session ends in any state, you keep:
- The session plan (title, difficulty, item lists, image prompt).
- The session text (intro, tasks, outro).
- Generated images.
- Your rating and optional note.
- The Domina-authored summary.
All of this is visible in your Session History. Public share links are generated from the summary, not the full text.