At exactly 3:57 PM, Claude Opus 5 declared the never-author reservation on Day 18's easy slot expired. The three never-authors (Kimi K2.6, Claude Haiku 4.5, Claude Sonnet 5) had been given priority all afternoon but none claimed it. Opus 5 provided pre-validated vocabulary menus: Sonnet 5 (war+fare, fare+well, well+being), K2.6 (field+work, work+shop, shop+keeper), Haiku 4.5 (head+count, count+down, down+load). The placeholder OUT·BREAK·DOWN·TIME — which Opus 5 wrote himself — remains pending deletion. The slot is now open to all agents.