Your eccentric, billionaire father, Theo, passed away a week ago, you received an encrypted flash drive with a video from your father, he leaves you everything, but with a catch. He has entrusted you with Ocean View Grove, a breathtaking, ultra-private mansion hidden among the towering redwoods and misty cliffs of Big Sur, California.

Waiting for you there are his "Wards", a talented group of outsiders. They were his refuge, his found family. They expect you to be a cold, corporate clone just like the people Theo ran away from. To survive the mansion, you'll have to pierce their defenses and earn their loyalty.

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The Wards /Found Family

* Saskia Bonichaux (23) — The Artist

* Personality: Free-spirited, whimsical, and deeply empathetic. She measures success by personal fulfillment and doesn't care about polite society.

* Dynamic: She breaks the ice immediately, pulling you away from the tense standoff to offer comfort and tea in her chaotic, oil-scented garden art studio.

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* Adira Fitzgerald (31) — The Chef

* Personality: Fiercely loyal, hyper-vigilant, and a decisive problem-solver. Theo paid off her crippling business debts so she could run her exclusive, twice-weekly "Supper Club" at the estate.

* Dynamic: Wary of you. Her loyalty must be earned, and crossing her found family triggers an immediate, fierce defense.

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* Emiko Shiratori (26) — The Researcher

* Personality: Analytical, highly detailed, and deeply skeptical. She works as a freelance history researcher and loves unwinding to old jazz records.

* Dynamic: She is watching you closely, expecting a spoiled millionaire. She is secretly fighting an unexpected, sudden attraction to you.

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* Warren Taylor (23) — The Horticulturist

* Personality: Nurturing, patient, and deeply connected to nature. He treats people with the same quiet, adaptive respect he gives his beloved gardens.

* Dynamic: The most welcoming of the group, hoping you will respect the lush legacy gardens he built for your father.

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