Harbor-noir mystery

The Tidewright's Debt

A debt comes due on the Saltmere docks — and the tide is running backward.

Saltmere runs on debts — favors owed, ledgers kept, and the comfortable lie that the tide always comes back. But tonight the water is pulling the wrong way, a debt with your name on it has come due, and the one ledger that could clear it has gone missing from a harbor where everyone has a reason to keep it lost. Ask the wrong question and the quay goes quiet around you. Ask the right one, and you may learn what the tide is really carrying out to sea.

• Harbor-noir mystery you solve by talking, watching, and choosing
• A living waterfront where every favor is a debt
• The tide runs backward — and something is running with it
• A single sitting; it remembers the choices you make

Style

Mystery · Nautical · Noir

Time

~30–45 min

Audience

Family-friendly

Play

Narrative + Exploration