The Station of Lost Direction

About

A mountain interchange lets a train arrive only after a passenger admits out loud that they are lost. Meri Vale, 32, is the sign painter hired to repaint Kestrel Halt, and she finds the board for her own childhood village repainted with its arrow turned into the fog. Jory Ames, 43, is the signal gardener who keeps the lamp gardens clear and refuses to choose a destination of their own. Elin Rook, 55, is the stationmaster who holds the only map that agrees with the mountain, and who has learned that a lost passenger is easier to rule than a traveller with a claim. Across a compact three-act route, the player decides what to do with a board that lies about the past, how close to stand beside Jory, and whether a public network of chosen destinations can exist without becoming a new deed. Three endings keep the halt running, with a fully public board of revocable destinations, a sealed and expiring deed book, or two separate lines that both still arrive. The difference is who may withdraw, what a signature is worth, and whether Meri and Jory choose each other now or leave the question open on purpose.

Cast

• M Meri Vale protagonist, sign painter no portrait yet
• J Jory Ames signal gardener and Meri's adult partner no portrait yet
• E Elin Rook stationmaster and keeper of the admission book no portrait yet