Case 001 · Chennai · 12 Days · Solo
The Last Local
On a Saturday night in March, Karthik Subramanian was dropped at Chennai Beach station for the 23:52 slow local to Tambaram. He never arrived. The police closed the file in two weeks: debts, voluntary disappearance. His sister doesn't believe a word of it.
His phone kept texting for three days after he vanished.
For three days, the texts kept coming from his number.
Every one of them was wrong.
His sister knew it wasn't him. She couldn't say how. Can you?
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Your investigation.
Three suspects on your WhatsApp
The boss who dropped him off. The wife who won't discuss the texts. The auditor who helps a little too much. Ask them anything — they crack only under the right question.
Evidence you have to request
The closed police file is only the beginning. Order phone records, check the bank trail, search the flat, and follow the evidence you think matters.
Witnesses who feel real
The tea kadai owner at Beach station saw something that night. Varma must find him, and what he remembers arrives in his own voice.
A player-led investigation
Varma fetches what you order but never interprets it. You decide where to look, whom to question, and when the case is proved.
Two roads to the missing man
Trace his last movements through records, or understand him well enough to ask where he would feel safe. The strongest solve uses both.
The verdict
Name who set the erasure in motion and cite two artifacts before any confession confirms your answer.
The record
Before you ask.
Is it scary?
Tense, not scary. No gore, no horror. And solving this one saves a life.
How much time per day?
15–25 minutes. Though nobody stops you from interrogating a suspect at 1am — they answer.
What if I get stuck?
Ask Varma for a nudge. It never blocks your progress — it just costs rank points, and a very particular silence before he replies.
Can I look up the solution online?
This is a fixed authored mystery, so spoilers can exist. The experience works best played blind; every clue needed to solve it is inside your case.
Everything is fiction, right?
Every person, company, bank and police unit is invented. All documents are clearly-marked game props. 18+. Reply STOP anytime for a full stop, no questions.
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