Scapegoat

Someone is dead at the inn, and you were the last to arrive. You are Grey — hired by the Duke to look into caravans vanishing in Deepwood Valley. You walk into the local inn to ask a few questions, and a guest named Aldric turns up with a knife in him. A merchant, the others say. Looks have been known to deceive. And your contract is clear: any incident gets investigated.

Six people were under this roof tonight. One of them is a killer. One of them was chosen, long before you arrived, to hang for it. Interrogate them, befriend them, or terrorize them. Your job is to make sure the right person is held accountable — and the scapegoat walks free. What makes it tick**A cast that actually thinks.****Living characters — no scripts, no dialogue trees.**Each suspect is driven by its own mind: memories, motives, a temperament, and a secret it will bend the truth to keep.

Say something new and you get a new answer. Tell one of them something in the taproom, and another will have heard about it by the time you reach the stable.**Speak, don't select.**Type your questions, or hold a key and say them out loud — speech recognition runs locally on your machine.…