Interactive · Game
Two Households
Verona, between the feast and the secret wedding. Two houses at knives, two lovers who can only speak through go-betweens — and today, the go-between is you. Each day deals fresh trouble, gossip walks while you talk, and the book only comes true if you carry it there.
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Talk in your own words
Choose how you walk in
The story still happens
About this game
Choose your way in
Step inside as one of 5 characters — each with its own goal for the night. You'll choose when you start.
The Nurse's RunnerThe Friar's ApprenticeMontague's PageThe PlayerRosaline
Where you can wander
Capulet HallThe Walled GardenThe SquareThe Sign of the VineFriar Laurence's Cell
Who you'll meet
- 🕊️Julietthe sharpest mind in Verona, newly in love
- 🌹Romeoin love with being in love — and now, terrifyingly, in love
- 🧺The Nursekeeper of Juliet's door — and of every secret in the house, briefly
- 🌿Friar Laurenceherbalist, confessor, and gentle schemer for peace
- 🃏Mercutioneither house, all appetite — the wit of the streets
- 🐈⬛Tybaltprince of cats, keeper of the grudge
- 🤝Benvoliothe peacemaker, keeping the score nobody thanks him for
- 👑Lady Capulethospitality as statecraft
- 💍County Paristhe suitor with paperwork
- 📜Peterthe Nurse's man — cannot read, tells everything
Some of these characters — and the author — have their own AI chat personas you can talk to outside the game.
Chat with the cast anytime
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