Control
Control your character using the arrow keys for movement and the spacebar to jump, or switch to touch controls for direct interaction.
Description
Moonlight sliced through the dense fog clinging to the rooftops of Edo, casting jagged shadows across clay tiles slick with dew. The scent of damp pine from distant mountains mingled with the acrid tang of smoldering oil lanterns below—guards patrolled the merchant quarter tonight, their iron-shod sandals scraping against cobblestones. A silhouette moved where no shadow should exist, fabric whispering against wood as calloused fingers tested the weight of a sealed missive hidden beneath a loose tile. Ten paces east, a shuttered window creaked open; breath stilled, muscles coiled like wire springs. Three heartbeats passed before the shuffle of feet retreated. Steel gleamed faintly as a kunai pried up the tile, the scroll secured inside a oilskin pouch beneath black linen robes. Distant drums throbbed—the hour of the boar. Time melted. The silhouette dissolved into the maze of steep gables, leaving no trace but a single maple leaf trembling on the edge of a rain gutter. Two streets away, a nightwatchman’s lantern flared, illuminating empty alleys. By dawn, the message would burn. By midday, a warlord’s plans would unravel. The night breathed again, undisturbed.
