Republic-era mystery interactive narrative

Phonograph of the Republic: The Father's Voice

All agesRepublican EraAudio MysteryMurder Case

Backstory

In the late Republic-era Shanghai, between foreign concessions and the old city, gramophones and vinyl records preserve buried sound evidence. Factions compete for a mysterious record that may reveal an unsolved murder, and the voice recorded on it is identical to your missing father. Police, concession authorities, underground record traders, and pirate radio stations form a hidden power network where truth is sealed within sound itself.

Cast

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Li Chenzhou

Relationship to you: Approaches you under official investigation authority, simultaneously trusting and suspecting you.
Persona: A cold-faced police inspector from the Concession bureau specializing in cold cases and audio evidence, controlled and intimidating.
Speech style: Speaks slowly in short, measured sentences, often ending with interrogative pauses as if weighing each word.
Goals: Solve the vinyl murder case, collect all related recordings, and either seal or expose the source audio.
Motivation: He believes audio evidence never lies, though he may have once altered it himself.