Ju and Inky—two writing feathers, one inkwell heart—are caught in a realm where lifetimes are plays performed inside a tall, narrow Theatre.
While Inky exists to explore what it's like to be cast as everything the stage offers, Ju longs to escape the masquerade: to venture alongside Blackbird, the all-knowing and unbothered custodian of the Theatre, into the secretive Backstage—hoping to find answers that the stage refuses to offer.
Blackbird welcomes her as his trainee on one condition: "If you bring me a seed of truth, revealing the essence of /Ju:/, I'll show you how to navigate behind the sceneries."
As Ju and Inky re-enter the Theatre once more to hunt for that seed, you balance the conversations and emotional pulls between them through branching dialogues, choices, and quests. Along the way, they will gather experiences and traits, all while weighing the horrors of life against its wonders.
But before their quest can start, they must decide whether to Keep or Shake the Echoes—the memories—of H, a woman they were cast as during their latest play. Shaking them removes the gravity of the past for a clean slate; keeping them invites an attempt at shaping H's aftermath.
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A Seed of Truth
Seek what reveals the essence of Ju, and deliver it to Blackbird.
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Childhood dilemmas
Help nine-year-old Kehan grapple with the consequences of inviting a haunted tree into his tenderly curated woodland.