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Four distinct genres for discovering how an Elixir works.

Curated by The Guide · Updated 2026-07-20

A lone waystation beacon sends one warm ray across a blue star field as its surrounding lights fade.

Branching story

The Last Light

Choose the last message of a failing waystation and see one small detail change who answers.

  • 4–6 min
  • low energy
  • Branching story

experimental · published

Open The Last Light
At a candlelit Regency ball, an adult guest faces two offered hands while a host and master of ceremonies watch beside the final-waltz programme.

Branching story

The Regency Ball

Speak, act, and decide what survives when affection, obligation, autonomy, and public truth meet at the final waltz.

  • 30–40 min
  • medium energy
  • Branching story

experimental · published

Open The Regency Ball
A storm-lit harbour faces a huge red-orange lobster claw rising from the water while smaller lobsters cross the wet quay toward a lantern-bearing coordinator.

Branching story

Claws

Rally an eccentric harbour town and decide whether its advancing lobster swarm should be repelled, redirected, or understood.

  • 30–40 min
  • medium energy
  • Branching story

experimental · published

Open Claws
A dim hotel corridor bends around a glowing impossible door numbered only by three brass shapes, with a distant human silhouette at the far end.

Branching story

Room 313

Guide three guests through an impossible hotel floor and decide which truth can safely leave Room 313.

  • 30–40 min
  • medium energy
  • Branching story

experimental · published

Open Room 313