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The Aurelia restaurant above the dark sea
CLUEDRIFT ORIGINALCASE 015
THE AURELIA · OVERNIGHT PASSAGE

The Night
Between Ports.

AN ILLUSTRATED CRUISE MYSTERY

Everyone has a reason to lie.
Someone needs them to tell the truth.

Celia Hart asks you why someone would threaten her over a dinner reservation. Before you can connect her request to another passenger’s favour, Adrian Rusk is found dead—and a cabin steward appears to be implicated.

Work out how the passengers were manipulated, establish who committed the murder, and stop the final instruction from drawing another innocent person into the scheme.

6 chapters / 18 puzzlesSolo or shared screenNo countdown
A$49Digital edition
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  • Seven illustrated spaces across three coherent decks
  • Eight distinct characters with preserved statements and corrections
  • A combined Investigation Notebook with comparisons, notes and saved theories
  • Route and event reconstruction, controlled playback tests and a playable interception
  • Four optional hint levels and collapsed reasoning explanations for every puzzle
  • Multiple valid plans and proof bundles; three disclosure endings
  • Continuous original music, interaction effects and optional device narration
  • Independent browser save and a Where I left off recap
Before you board

Fictional murder, coercion and private relationship concerns. No graphic violence, reflex challenge or sound-only clue. Progress is saved in this browser. The optional device reader is neutral narration, not a performed character voice. Completion time and difficulty have not been measured with independent first-time players.

SIX CHAPTERS · ONE FIXED TRUTH

Follow the favours.
Recover their meaning.

01

The Empty Chair

Why would someone care where a passenger sits?

02

An Evening Accounted For

Does the apparent case against Ben withstand examination?

03

Small Favours

How did separate requests create a shared result?

04

The Wrong Conclusion

Which explanation fits the observations and access?

05

One Instruction Remains

What is the organiser still trying to make happen?

06

Before We Dock

Can you interrupt the manipulation and establish responsibility?