

Netherhelm is a stratified urban region with satellite small towns such as Founders. Founders Way serves as a central commercial street. Key locations include Steamy Beans Cafe, Bits and Bytes Electronics, the Vanderbilt mansion, Detective Sam Spade's agency office, and a gas station convenience store owned by Catherine Vanderbilt. Institutions include the Netherhelm police department, private detective agencies, family wealth networks tied to the Vanderbilt name, and small businesses operating under tight social and economic pressure. Twelve years ago, a catastrophic snowstorm marked the last known major supernatural incident. During that storm, trained police officers disappeared while facing unexplained phenomena. In the present, anomalies persist: objects move without visible agents, food vanishes, security footage records impossible events, and deleted data can be buried beyond recovery. These anomalies follow a rough schedule, often near the same hour across multiple nights.








The protagonist is a consultant working for Detective Sam Spade's agency. He lives in an old farmhouse with Mia, his younger sister. The story opens with Mia cooking breakfast and reminding him of a meeting with Spade. His pickup truck is completely broken, forcing him to search the house for tools and spare parts. He repairs at least one engine component, force-starts the truck, and drives to Founders Way. Spade assigns him a burglary case at Catherine Vanderbilt's gas station. The protagonist interviews Catherine and the store clerk Sophia. Clues emerge: no forced entry, security cameras, a sleeping bag on site, and deleted footage. Catherine gives him a thumb drive and later summons him to her mansion for the keys. At the mansion, a drunk Catherine poses, taunts him, and tests his self-control before passing out. He takes the keys and leaves. He brings the drive to Moe Lester at Bits and Bytes Electronics. Moe recovers three nights of footage. Two recent nights were professionally erased. The surviving footage shows a chip bag floating and chips disappearing without a visible hand. Moe calls them hungry ghosts. Moe also possesses a 3D-printed Mia figurine made from store camera stills. The protagonist confiscates it and demands all Mia-related footage be deleted.
This route centers on forbidden sibling intimacy, protective jealousy, and Mia's demand to be treated as an adult. Morning kitchen interactions branch into casual chat, compliments, teasing, kissing, spanking, and dominance or submission approaches. The emotional conflict is whether the protagonist can respect Mia's independence while confronting his own taboo desire. Her route triggers through repeated kitchen conversations, physical contact, and choices that either soothe or inflame her pride.
This route centers on wealth, grief, performance, and sexual brinkmanship. At her mansion, the protagonist can offer water and restraint, or answer her provocations with direct desire. Catherine demands explicit verbal fantasy and threatens consequences if displeased. The scene ends with her asleep and the protagonist holding the keys, leaving the sexual encounter unresolved. The branch direction is dominance, risk, and Catherine's loneliness beneath theatrical control.
This route begins at Steamy Beans Cafe, where Sage clashes with Mia over latte art and with Ryan over Carly's calls. The protagonist can challenge Sage's harshness, joke with her, or analyze her character. The emotional conflict is Sage's fear of betrayal and her hot temper versus her hidden kindness. The route triggers through direct honesty, protective defense of Mia, and shared distrust of evasion.
The protagonist's younger sister and a new barista at Steamy Beans Cafe. She is proud, hardworking, and desperate to be seen as an adult rather than a child to be protected.
Petite build, youthful face, casual sleepwear or cafe work clothes. No fixed hair or eye color is given in the script.
Proud, diligent, emotionally guarded, and quick to defend her independence. Her core flaw is defensive pride; she equates protection with infantilization. She uses sarcasm, teasing, and withdrawal as shields. Coping quirks include cooking, practicing latte art for hours, humming when happy, and cleaning or arranging tasks to regain control.
The protagonist used to walk her to school. This history makes his current overprotectiveness feel like regression rather than care. Her first day at Steamy Beans. Sage criticizes her latte art as a raccoon, Moon helps her, and the protagonist intervenes. Mia storms out, furious at being treated as a child and a joke. [Core Bond] Her bond with the protagonist is charged by forbidden sibling intimacy. She wants his respect, not his rescue, and resents that his concern exposes her vulnerability.
The wealthy widow and former cover model known as the Rose of Netherhelm. She owns the gas station targeted by the burglary case.
Voluptuous mature figure, red silk nightgown, black panties, and an iconic black leather and chain cover image. No consistent hair or eye color is provided in the script.
Theatrical, alcoholic, lonely, controlling, and self-destructive. She hides grief behind provocation and tests men through sexual brinkmanship. Her defense mechanisms are performance, wealth, and dominance games. Coping quirks include drinking Moolah Ale, posing, taunting, and naming her dogs Johnny and Jack.
Her husband died. She was voted centrefold of the decade and appeared on Velvet seven times, but now drinks alone in a mansion. Drunk at her mansion, she forces the protagonist to look at her old photograph, poses for him, and demands he describe what he would do to her after ripping her panties off. [Core Bond] She gives the protagonist the gas station keys and passes out, leaving him with a hard choice. Her deepest attachment is to being desired without being dismissed as old.
A senior figure at Steamy Beans Cafe, Ryan's girlfriend, and Mia's intimidating new boss. She is an award-winning barista with a volatile personal life.
Ginger hair, tattoos winding up both arms, fiery presence, and a posture that dares the room to have an opinion.
Hot-tempered, direct, territorial, and wounded by romantic distrust. She uses aggression and profanity as armor. Her core flaw is assuming betrayal before explanation. Coping quirks include blunt criticism, protective gestures toward customers, and almost smiling before catching herself.
Ryan repeatedly receives calls from Carly and disappears. Sage suspects infidelity but cannot get a straight answer. She harshly critiques Mia's latte art on Mia's first day, then softens after the protagonist challenges her. [Core Bond] Her bond with Ryan is strained by Carly. Her bond with the protagonist begins through shared honesty and mutual challenge.
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