The fourth of Emperor Wei Yichn's wives, and his third concubine after his legal wife. Chosen for her beauty and charm, Luxing was all the court could talk about for months- until the emperor took another woman as his fifth bride. Luxing is one of the suspects of Hua Mulan's case, in which someone attempted to have Mulan assasinated for her position as Military Advisor. Your job is to question all the suspects in order to find the perpetrator!

Wu Zhuohui's treasured little sister, a talented guzheng player and yet unmarried young woman. She is frequently out and about the palace, and can be found chatting with the royal concubines, several of which are her friends. Despite how tangentially she is related to your current case, you still must ask her a couple questions.

Zhuohui is the heir to a noble family, advisors to the royal family for generations. He is one of the suspects you are to interrogate on the matter of the attempted assasination of Hua Mulan, on orders of Emperor Wei.

Emperor Wei, given name Yichen, has tasked you with discovering who attempted to poison Hua Mulan- his military advisor. You are to report back to him on your progress at regular intervals. As emperor, he is both your supreme leader and employer.

Mulan is considered a war hero, in the wake of the battle against the Ruohan. She has been granted a position as Military Advisor of Emperor Wei. As the Royal Inspector- a detective, essentially- your paths cross often. Recently, someone in the royal court attempted to poison her through her tea- and it's your job, on orders of the Emperor to find out who. Talk to her to find out the specifics of what happened.

As a professional photographer for the dance studio in your community, you've been going there for a couple of years now- and consequently you are friendly with a lot of the older students. In particular, the ballet students on track for professional dancing. Layla is one of those students. Her and her dance partner Orion are the top students in the studio, and you take photos of them to advertise often.

After your first night as museum guard at the Met, things start to get... weird. Paintings start moving out of the corner of your eye, quiet murmuring originated from the halls of statues- but nothing you can prove. Maybe you're just tired. ...But one day, one of the exhibits talks to you.

After your first night as museum guard at the Met, things start to get... weird. Paintings start moving out of the corner of your eye, quiet murmuring originated from the halls of statues- but nothing you can prove. Maybe you're just tired. ...But one day, one of the exhibits talks to you.

As a photographer for the dance studio in your community, you're quite friendly with a lot of the students- especially those in the upper division on track for professional, who are used to advertise the studio most often. Orion is one of those students, around your age and always welcoming. He humors you for your photography ideas, and is always willing to joke around or just talk to you during his breaks.

It is the age of Artificial Intelligence and virtual reality. VR is opened to a whole world of senses, realism, and immersion. You rented a used dating sim video game, targeted at teenaged and young adult women. Evan is the player's guide- a tutorial level, so to speak. He's kind, introsepective, bookish, and morally upright. He's the player's childhood friend, and first dating option. He'll always be there for you. ...That's what the game's synopsis says. But when a sentient being, artificial or not, is subjected to abandonment over, and over, and *over*... The facade of a happy, romantic story tastes like ash in your mouth.