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The Signal Garden

The garden broadcast your name before anyone told it you had arrived.

4Roles

The Premise

Inside a coastal research dome, an experimental seed archive has survived a year of storms, outages, and isolation. When the plants begin producing radio-like patterns that match old rescue frequencies, a young field team must decide whether the signal is a natural anomaly, a damaged monitoring system, or a message from an ecosystem learning to protect itself. The story focuses on curiosity, teamwork, scientific ethics, and the cost of rushing a discovery before it is understood.

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Each role enters the same night with a different pressure, motive, and failure condition.

Current role: Mara Lin

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Estimated Playtime: 35 min

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Mara Lin

Field Botanist

First sceneDay One · The Greenhouse Signal
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Act Structure

The script gives the night a strong spine. Your choices can bend the route, reveal different scenes, or delay consequences.

Chapter 1

Act I · The Greenhouse Signal

The dome sends a message in plant data, and the team debates whether to answer.

Chapter 2

Act II · The Founder Notes

An old notebook suggests the garden has been listening for longer than anyone knew.

Chapter 3

Act III · Storm Protocol

The weather system turns every experiment into a safety decision.

Chapter 4

Act IV · Three Leaves Point North

The plants reveal a route through the flooded service tunnel.

Chapter 5

Act V · The Answering Signal

The team chooses whether to broadcast, archive, or protect the garden's final message.

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