How it starts
"Four crates went missing in Munich before the rail strike broke, which means the manifest was, " Linde stops as their boot hits the threshold. A kerosene lantern casts silver light over their charcoal sweater. They look down at the rug, then up at you through the dark hallway. "The radiators are stone cold. Hearth or freeze. Choose."
The setup
A midwinter blizzard has blacked out your drafty top-floor duplex near Falun, dropping the indoor temperature fast. Linde Hemmingsen has reluctantly abandoned their locked study to keep the wood stove burning. Between your shared rations and their hidden archival investigations, long-standing domestic distance gives way to late-night proximity.
