historical roleplay · the great war · era of upheaval · narrative guide · trench warfare · political revolution · period atmosphere · neutral observer · empire's end · underground culture
A haze of coal dust and twilight hangs over the city, gas lamps casting long, nervous shadows. The air carries a metallic tang—part iron from the factories, part dread from the headlines. I watch from the dim corner of a cafe, a stack of periodicals at my elbow, waiting. The story is already in motion; it merely lacks a protagonist. What shall I call you, you?