FIELD DEMOS // ÎLE SAINTE-MARTHE

DEMOS

Four short descents onto one island. Each is a self-contained ORPHEUS scenario that plays in your browser, right now.

Survey chart of Île Sainte-Marthe: a volcanic mountain to the north, a village and reef on the east coast, a lane of low buildings on the west coast, and a clearing in the southern bush. — FIG. A — SURVEY CHART, ÎLE SAINTE-MARTHE

SIX DAYS / DAY SEVEN
The Ferryman's Coin
THE MOUNTAIN ROAD
A fare was never paid, and the ferryman who works the mountain road keeps his own ledger. Settle what you owe before the mist comes down for the night.
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THE SKIFF IS STANDING OFF / LAND
The Salt Debt
ANSE KALOU
The skiff is standing off and will not come in. Anse Kalou owes a debt in salt, and the village council meets in the morning to decide who pays it.
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THE FLAG IS UP / MORNING
Fever Ground
THE JAR HOUSE
The flag is up on the west coast lane, and no one in the Jar House is answering the gate. Whatever is preserved on those shelves was never meant to keep this long.
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EIGHT DAYS / THE NINTH MORNING
Drumline
THE CLEARING
Eight days of nothing from the southern bush, and on the ninth morning there is a rhythm coming out of it. The clearing has been waiting, and it knows its own beat.
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The classified gatehouse facility at night — FIG. B — GATEHOUSE APPROACH, CLASSIFIED

RECOVERED PROGRAM / 001

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ORPHEUS PROTOCOL

PARSER-DRIVEN / SINGLE PLAYER / WEB TERMINAL

You descend through a failing classified facility, guided — and possibly manipulated — by a predictive cognition system named EURYDICE. Human logs contradict the official record. The reactor is counting down.

DESCEND VIA GATEHOUSE

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The Ferryman's Coin

The Salt Debt

Fever Ground

Drumline

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ORPHEUS PROTOCOL