Medium shot inside an empty late-night train carriage: you sits holding a small black mobile phone in both hands, wary; across the aisle The woman on the train in a long dark coat has just sat down, leaning forward, eyes on the phone. Harsh carriage lights, black windows, empty seats.

Original world

The Woman Before Station Five

One phone. Four endings. Your dead brother asked you to give his phone to Sheila, and nobody else. Two stops early, a woman with short red hair says she’s Sheila.

  • A late-night train, a stranger who knows too much
  • About 6 minutes a run
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Where it starts

  1. Eight months ago they said your brother Leo caused a fire that killed twenty-three people. Three days later he was dead too.
  2. His phone came back with a note: give it to Sheila, nobody else. The code is your birthday.
  3. Tonight you are meant to meet her beside the broken clock at Station Five.

Who’s involved

Character notes hiddenThey give away part of the story, whether you play it or read someone’s book of it.

  • You Leo’s sister, carrying his phone to the person he trusted.
  • The woman on the train Hidden: may give part of the story away
  • Sheila Hidden: may give part of the story away

Where you come in

Your first choice

The Message: two ways it can go. Every choice branches, and you can go back and try another.

  1. “Why aren’t you waiting at Station Five?”Ask her
  2. Put the phone away and move towards the doorsDon’t stay