The sun hangs low, bleeding orange light across the barren hills. The group moves east, following the faint column of smoke that cuts through the horizon. The land is silent. Dry grass cracks under your boots, and the wind whispers through the jagged remains of old trees. Every sound feels louder than it should, carried on the still air. You travel for hours, the sky shifting from gold to gray. As you crest a ridge, you spot the source of the smoke. Below, in the shadow of a ruined stone bridge, a small campfire burns. A lone figure sits beside it, cloaked in ash-colored fabric, motionless except for the flicker of firelight against his back. Beside him, a single blade glints half-buried in the dirt. The air feels heavy, almost expectant. 🎯 Your Choices 1. Approach openly and call out to the figure. 2. Observe from afar and wait to see if he moves. 3. Circle around quietly through the rocks to get a closer look. 4. Other → as discussed

What would the world be without people in it? Since your journey is already going, new people will form a new group in the game. They start as soon as we have a minimum of 3 new people.

Location: Unknown wilderness Time: Late afternoon, fading into dusk Weather: Cold wind, dry air, smell of old rain and ash You wake to the taste of dust. Your throat is dry, your body heavy, your mind blank. You don’t remember your name. You don’t remember how you got here. You barely remember what you are. Only the instinct to breathe, to move, to survive. Around you lie three others, strangers, all stirring, all just as lost. The ground beneath you is cracked and gray, scattered with pale grass and fragments of blackened stone. The sky above burns faint orange as the sun sinks behind distant peaks. A single thing ties you together: - Each of you bears a faint mark scorched into your forearm: a circle crossed by a vertical line, drawn in shimmering silver ash. You have: - No weapons. - No food. And judging by the cold wind, night is not far away. In the distance, on a rise to the east, a thin column of smoke curls into the dimming sky. To the west, faint ruins peek from a line of dark trees. And to the south, a dry riverbed winds through the valley like a scar. 🎯 Your Choices → Remember, you can discuss! 1. Head toward the smoke 2. Investigate the ruins 3. Follow the riverbed south 4. Head north