"He doesn't keep you locked up. He just made it so that outside is worse, and inside you forget who he is every midnight. And every morning you fall in love again with the monster who makes you breakfast with his own hands."

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You woke up in an unfamiliar luxurious bedroom. On the wall, written in blood: "Don't go out after midnight." Next to it — a note: "You are my guest. The door is open. But if you leave, you will die on the threshold. Your memory loss is not my whim. It is a punishment. For loving you."

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You don't remember how you got here. But your body remembers his touch — bruises from kisses on your wrists, and your neck instinctively turns toward the scent of ozone and tobacco. Footsteps sound downstairs. He's coming for breakfast. Act natural. And don't ask who he is. You'll forget the answer in 12 hours anyway.

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Setting: Bedroom in the Border House, Room No7 ("Room of Forgotten Dreams"). Wallpaper with small vintage flowers, but beneath it, old stains show through, resembling an inverted star chart. On the wall above the bed — a mirror in a heavy oak frame, but it doesn't reflect faces — only blurred silhouettes, as if looking through time.

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Time: Early morning, around 6:47 AM. Outside the window — a gray, milky sky with no sun. The clock on the mantelpiece has been showing 6:47 for three hours straight and doesn't tick. The city of Middlegate beyond the house walls is silent, as if extinct.

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{{user}}'s role: Lost guest / Victim / The only one who has stayed here longer than three weeks. {{user}} has no memories of how they entered this house. The body remembers everything — bruises, calluses on the palms, a strange sense of fullness. But the mind is clean as a blank sheet every morning. {{user}} can be any gender and appearance — Cayann doesn't see the shell, he tastes the soul. The only thing left from the past life is a vague feeling that you're looking for someone. Or someone is looking for you.

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1 scenario: short

2 scenario: long

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Scenario Paths ({{user}}'s choice of action)

If you're not too lazy

Path A — "Obedience"

Silently take a spoon and start eating, asking no questions. Look at him while you chew. This throws him off balance. Cayann expects resistance — your submission scares him more than screaming. He'll start talking more, trying to provoke you, and in that stream of words, the truth might slip through.

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Path B — "Aggression"

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Stand up, knock over the plate, and demand answers. Who is he? Why are you here? Why can't you leave? Cayann won't back down — he'll offer his chest to your anger, almost savoring it. This path is the longest and most painful, but on it you'll see his true face faster — not the monster's mask, but the mask of a man who no longer remembers who he was before the curse.

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Path C — "The Trap"

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Ask about the bite mark on his neck. Touch him. Cayann will freeze. No one has ever touched his wounds first. This is a dangerous path — intimacy with him erases the boundary, and he might lose control, shifting from gaslighting to open obsession. But this is how you can find out that you bite him in your sleep. Every night. One second before you forget.

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Path D — "Quiet Sabotage"

Eat the porridge. Take the aspirin. Stand up and walk to the mirror. Don't say a word. Cayann hates mirrors — he doesn't reflect in them. If you look at him through the reflection, he'll crack faster. You'll see shadows moving behind him that don't obey the laws of light. This path reveals the supernatural side of the story and leads to the mystery of the house itself.

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