diff --git a/src/static_src/scss/_sky.scss b/src/static_src/scss/_sky.scss
index 679e88b..a43c2e3 100644
--- a/src/static_src/scss/_sky.scss
+++ b/src/static_src/scss/_sky.scss
@@ -162,6 +162,15 @@ html.sea-open .sea-page.sea-page--room {
     gap: 0.75rem;
 }
 
+// A disabled btn (OK × / DEL ×) inside a --priUser chunk would BLEND into it —
+// the global `.btn-disabled` bg is also --priUser → no visible circle. Drop them
+// to the felt --duoUser so they read as a distinct disabled circle (like the
+// deck-stack FLIP ×, user-spec 2026-06-08). The active/depress treatment is
+// irrelevant here (the btns are inert).
+.sea-page--room .sea-options-col .btn-disabled {
+    background-color: rgba(var(--duoUser), 1) !important;
+}
+
 // Pre-confirm: only the options show (the cross is hidden), filling the aperture
 // (mirrors `body:not(.sky-saved) .sky-wheel-col{display:none}`).
 .sea-page--room:not(.sea-spread-chosen) .sea-cross-col { display: none; }
diff --git a/src/templates/apps/gameboard/_partials/_sea_overlay.html b/src/templates/apps/gameboard/_partials/_sea_overlay.html
index d8a0826..91b7dc3 100644
--- a/src/templates/apps/gameboard/_partials/_sea_overlay.html
+++ b/src/templates/apps/gameboard/_partials/_sea_overlay.html
@@ -214,20 +214,26 @@ via epic:sea_save. `?seat` threads the CARTE-selected seat onto the action URLs.
   // shunt to page 2); lock the combobox; ease the scroller up to the cross.
   // Idempotent. Triggered by OK and (defensively) by AUTO DRAW.
   var _spreadChosen = page.classList.contains('sea-spread-chosen');
-  function _chooseSpread() {
-    if (_spreadChosen) return;
-    _spreadChosen = true;
-    page.classList.add('sea-spread-chosen');
+  function _chooseSpread(slideIn) {
+    if (!_spreadChosen) {
+      _spreadChosen = true;
+      page.classList.add('sea-spread-chosen');
+      slideIn = true;   // the first reveal always slides in from below
+    }
     // NB: the combobox is NOT locked here — the spread stays changeable (scroll
     // up) until the FIRST card is drawn, when _lockSpread() + _setHasDrawn(true)
     // disable the select + OK together (user-spec 2026-06-07).
+    // `slideIn` (OK reveal) pins to the options (page 2) first so the cross
+    // slides in from above. AUTO DRAW fired from a scrolled-down options page
+    // skips the pin + just eases UP to the cross (so the user watches the draw).
+    if (slideIn) {
+      var opts = overlay.querySelector('.sea-options-col');
+      if (opts) page.scrollTop = opts.offsetTop;
+    }
     _scrollToCross();
   }
   function _scrollToCross() {
-    // Pin to the options (now page 2) so the cross slides in from above, then ease
-    // up to the cross (page 1) — mirrors the sky felt's form-shunt reveal.
-    var opts = overlay.querySelector('.sea-options-col');
-    if (opts) page.scrollTop = opts.offsetTop;
+    // Ease the scroller UP to the cross (page 1, scrollTop 0) from wherever it is.
     if (page.scrollTop === 0) return;
     var start = page.scrollTop, t0 = null, DUR = 320;
     function step(now) {
@@ -241,7 +247,7 @@ via epic:sea_save. `?seat` threads the CARTE-selected seat onto the action URLs.
   }
   if (okBtn) okBtn.addEventListener('click', function () {
     if (okBtn.classList.contains('btn-disabled')) return;
-    _chooseSpread();
+    _chooseSpread(true);
   });
 
   // First card drawn → DEL un-disables ("DEL") + OK disables ("×"), simultaneous
@@ -359,7 +365,11 @@ via epic:sea_save. `?seat` threads the CARTE-selected seat onto the action URLs.
 
   // ── AUTO DRAW — confirm the spread (reveal the cross) then commit + animate.
   function _autoDraw() {
-    _chooseSpread();   // ensure the cross is revealed before dealing onto it
+    // Reveal the cross if not yet, AND scroll back UP to it even when the user
+    // already OK'd + scrolled down to the options page — so he watches the cards
+    // land one-by-one (user-spec 2026-06-08). `_chooseSpread(false)` skips the
+    // slide-in pin when already chosen, just easing up to the cross.
+    _chooseSpread(false);
     var order = _currentOrder();
     var remaining = order.length - _filled;
     if (remaining <= 0) return;