1. Arrival · 10 minutes

Place: Museum hall

Read aloud

A new doorway stands between two paintings. Rem’s floor plan shows only a wall.

Run this scene

The room preserves omissions from the records. Closing safely buys time but does not restore the exhibition. Begin with the concrete request in the premise. Ask each character why they care and give them one ordinary useful item. Read both public observations without requiring a roll. Explain that the marked routes are safe to investigate, and offer a choice of the records or the visible trail. Let the group appoint a map reader; do not use hidden travel rolls to block the first lead.

Choices

• Visit Catalogue desk
• Follow the trail to Loading court

If the group gets stuck

If conversation or a test fails, give the public card anyway. A clear sign points to Unwritten room. A missing method can be found again at Display gallery; no character skill is required.

People in this scene

Rem: Keep visitors from wandering into an unlabelled room Offers directions and ordinary transport for news of the outcome. Voice: Patient, concrete sentences; ask one practical question.

Evidence to give

Timeline record: Deleted catalogue numbers reappear as shadows beneath the objects.
Give it: Inspect the visible labelled object. Give its full text automatically; a check affects time or extra colour only.
GM inference: The room preserves omissions from the records.

Fallback instruction: The room may be sealed with a preservation notice; its objects remain intact.
Give it: Inspect the visible labelled object. Give its full text automatically; a check affects time or extra colour only.
GM inference: Closing safely buys time but does not restore the exhibition.

Continue: Records and tools or An independent trail

2. Records and tools · 15 minutes

Place: Catalogue desk

Read aloud

Tali sorts blank cards from cards marked “unknown maker.” She refuses to let anyone fill them with guesses.

Run this scene

Honest provisional records integrate the objects. The curator is inside the new room. Put the method card and destination note on the table. Ask what the two objects suggest, then answer direct practical questions from their wording. The maker can trade tools for help carrying or recording them, but refusal never removes these public documents. The trail remains another route. A check, if your rules use one, changes the time or tidiness of the work rather than whether this evidence exists.

Choices

• Proceed to Unwritten room
• Compare evidence at Loading court

If the group gets stuck

If conversation or a test fails, give the public card anyway. A clear sign points to Unwritten room. A missing method can be found again at Display gallery; no character skill is required.

People in this scene

Tali: Restore uncertain records without inventing names Lends supplies if a character helps carry or catalogue them. Public instructions remain available. Voice: Quick, exact words; point at tools while speaking.

Evidence to give

Method diagram: Match workshop marks to receipts; label uncertain identities UNKNOWN MAKER rather than inventing them.
Give it: Inspect the visible labelled object. Give its full text automatically; a check affects time or extra colour only.
GM inference: Honest provisional records integrate the objects.

Destination note: Yara’s appointment card says UNWRITTEN ROOM, after closing.
Give it: Inspect the visible labelled object. Give its full text automatically; a check affects time or extra colour only.
GM inference: The curator is inside the new room.

Continue: An independent trail or The immediate problem

3. An independent trail · 15 minutes

Place: Loading court

Read aloud

Bex’s crate carries a workshop mark but no signature. The delivery receipt has been crossed out once.

Run this scene

The objects themselves guide entry. A witness independently establishes the destination. Describe the physical trail before asking for a decision. The witness tells what they actually observed and admits what they did not see. If the group refuses conversation, the physical route supplies the destination. Let a character compare the timeline and another trace the map. For a divided group, take one short turn per side, then reunite at the meeting; do not add another travel encounter.

Choices

• Proceed to Unwritten room
• Compare evidence at Catalogue desk

If the group gets stuck

If conversation or a test fails, give the public card anyway. A clear sign points to Unwritten room. A missing method can be found again at Display gallery; no character skill is required.

People in this scene

Bex: Return a crate whose maker was omitted Guides the party if they share a plan. If refused, points to the visible trail. Voice: Cautious, distinguish observation from assumption.

Evidence to give

Physical trail: Blank label shadows point through the unplanned doorway.
Give it: Inspect the visible labelled object. Give its full text automatically; a check affects time or extra colour only.
GM inference: The objects themselves guide entry.

Witness statement: Bex saw Yara carry deleted cards into the new room.
Give it: Ask any direct question, or read the witness’s signed statement if conversation is refused.
GM inference: A witness independently establishes the destination.

Continue: Records and tools or The immediate problem

4. The immediate problem · 20 minutes

Place: Unwritten room

Read aloud

Yara stands among objects that cast label-shaped shadows. Each shadow points back toward the catalogue desk.

Run this scene

Curator Yara removed anonymous makers from the catalogue to simplify an exhibition. The museum’s memory made a room for those omissions. Reconnecting each object to an honest provisional record integrates it; closing the room preserves objects but leaves the exhibition incomplete. State the immediate stakes and offer both listed approaches. Before resolving action, ask who observes, who acts and who helps. Make any cost visible before a player accepts it. Avoid demanding a special ability or spell. When a plan fails, use the slower listed route and mark its time cost; people remain recoverable. Once the goal is safe, mark the immediate goal safe and continue. A refusal by the keeper cannot hide the marked safety instructions.

Choices

• Let each player choose one supported fact and write a provisional label.
• Preserve contested objects separately with a dated research notice.

If the group gets stuck

Preserve contested objects separately with a dated research notice. Explain a five-minute delay before they accept it; mark the immediate goal safe when the people or resource are secured.

People in this scene

Yara: Admit the catalogue’s gaps and preserve the objects Explains both solutions when the party agrees to protect the immediate goal; the marked instructions are available regardless. Voice: Calm under pressure; admit the decision and its cost.

Evidence to give

Safety marks: A record may name what is known: place, material, delivery date. A maker name needs evidence.
Give it: Inspect the visible labelled object. Give its full text automatically; a check affects time or extra colour only.
GM inference: Resolve the conflict through transparent uncertainty.

Encounter: Agree on labels without assigning unsupported identities.

A delay leaves less time for the final repair or decision. Explain costs before resolving an action.

Approach A: Let each player choose one supported fact and write a provisional label.
Approach B: Preserve contested objects separately with a dated research notice.

4 players: Two pairs take observation and action tasks. Resolve them in two short alternating turns.

Mark the immediate goal safe after either safe approach; a setback costs time, not access to the next scene.

Continue: The final choice

5. The final choice · 20 minutes

Place: Display gallery

Read aloud

Empty mounts wait in the gallery. A visitor asks whether an unknown maker made nothing at all.

Run this scene

Honest provisional records integrate the objects. Resolve the conflict through transparent uncertainty. Reveal the method and fallback together. Ask the group which tradeoff it accepts and give every character a small contribution. Mark the complete method for the first choice or the fallback method for the second. A risky improvisation should inherit one of these outcomes after its cost is explained, rather than create a third unprepared lock. Keep the immediate goal safe. Return by the known marked route; no new location needs to be invented.

Choices

• Reconnect the supported records and open the integrated gallery.
• Seal the room with a preservation notice and leave space in the catalogue.

If the group gets stuck

Seal the room with a preservation notice and leave space in the catalogue. Mark the fallback method, keep the immediate goal safe and read the cost ending. Do not repeat a failed test.

People in this scene

Tali: Restore uncertain records without inventing names Lends supplies if a character helps carry or catalogue them. Public instructions remain available. Voice: Quick, exact words; point at tools while speaking.

Yara: Admit the catalogue’s gaps and preserve the objects Explains both solutions when the party agrees to protect the immediate goal; the marked instructions are available regardless. Voice: Calm under pressure; admit the decision and its cost.

Evidence to give

Method diagram: Match workshop marks to receipts; label uncertain identities UNKNOWN MAKER rather than inventing them.
Give it: Inspect the visible labelled object. Give its full text automatically; a check affects time or extra colour only.
GM inference: Honest provisional records integrate the objects.

Fallback instruction: The room may be sealed with a preservation notice; its objects remain intact.
Give it: Inspect the visible labelled object. Give its full text automatically; a check affects time or extra colour only.
GM inference: Closing safely buys time but does not restore the exhibition.

Encounter: Decide the room’s place in the museum.

The complete method preserves the planned service; the fallback preserves the immediate goal at a visible cost.

Approach A: Reconnect the supported records and open the integrated gallery.
Approach B: Seal the room with a preservation notice and leave space in the catalogue.

4 players: Work in two pairs, one following the method and the other preparing a fallback or record.

Mark the complete method for the first approach or the fallback method for the second. Both allow return and an ending.

Continue: Home and aftermath

6. Home and aftermath · 15 minutes

Place: Museum hall

Read aloud

The museum’s new plan has room for a question mark. Rem pins it beside the ticket desk where everybody can see it.

Run this scene

Choose a complete resolution or a resolution with a cost, then ask the group what happens next. Read the ending matching the selected outcome. Invite each character to add one ordinary detail to the aftermath, then ask the keeper for a concrete next action. Record who accepted the cost and which clues went unused. Spend the last few minutes on one enjoyable moment and one thing to change next time. Characters need not solve every optional inference to earn a resolved ending.

Choices

• Describe who follows up tomorrow
• Ask who helped whom and what it cost

If the group gets stuck

If no method was chosen, first confirm the immediate goal is safe, use the final fallback method and then read the cost ending. Record the unresolved work and give every character an epilogue.

People in this scene

Rem: Keep visitors from wandering into an unlabelled room Offers directions and ordinary transport for news of the outcome. Voice: Patient, concrete sentences; ask one practical question.

Yara: Admit the catalogue’s gaps and preserve the objects Explains both solutions when the party agrees to protect the immediate goal; the marked instructions are available regardless. Voice: Calm under pressure; admit the decision and its cost.

Evidence to give

No new evidence required.

Continue: Read an ending and close the session.

Endings

Complete resolution

Shadows settle beneath honest labels. The room appears on every map, and the unknown makers occupy a visible place in the museum.

First secure the immediate goal at Unwritten room. Choose this ending only after final method A is used at Display gallery.

Resolution with a cost

A preservation notice covers the doorway. The objects are safe, but the gallery opens with empty mounts and a public explanation of the unfinished work.

First secure the immediate goal at Unwritten room. Choose this ending only after final method B is used at Display gallery.

• Reconnect the supported records and open the integrated gallery remains for a later visit.

Clue reasoning

The room preserves omissions from the records.
Timeline record

Proceed to Unwritten room
Destination note OR Physical trail OR Witness statement

Resolve the conflict through transparent uncertainty.
Safety marks · the marked safety instructions supply a fallback.

Decide the room’s place in the museum.
Method diagram OR Fallback instruction

Handout answers

h-order: The room preserves omissions from the records.

h-fallback: Closing safely buys time but does not restore the exhibition.

h-method: Honest provisional records integrate the objects.

h-note: The curator is inside the new room.

h-trail: The objects themselves guide entry.

h-witness: A witness independently establishes the destination.

h-safe: Resolve the conflict through transparent uncertainty.

After the session

Record the ending, one memorable choice, and any unresolved work. Ask what was enjoyable and what needs to change. The time plan is a starting point; adapt it to your group.