x. The Artifact Agent · Gallery x.

Ten props the reader can hold.

A representative gallery of artifacts produced by the Artifact Agent across one story session. Each artifact is a self-contained, interactive prop — tagged by format, visual style, and interaction pattern — and checked against recent outputs so it never repeats itself.

Plate I
my dearest —
if you are reading this, the lighthouse has not yet fallen. follow the shore east, past the old cedar, until dawn. — Elin
A letter unfolds
from Elin, keeper of the light click to open
Plate II
01 / 03
shake to develop
A polaroid develops
found inside the desk drawer click · cycles 3 photos
Plate III
Signal Array / 03 indexed · chapter II · harbor
flip ↻
field notes A compact state marker recovered from the harbor log — timestamped, cross-linked, and ready to be decoded.
1923APR · 14
A signal card flips
indexed inside the harbor log click · 3D flip
Plate IV
Side A songs for a slow return 00:00 / 03:24
A cassette plays
left inside the glovebox, unlabelled press play ▶
Plate V
TELEGRAM · URGENT № 01/04
sent 03:17 next ↗ RECEIVED
A telegram arrives
pushed under the door at dawn click for next message
Plate VI
0marks placed
tap any spot · compass will follow
A map marked
found folded inside the telegram click to place waypoints
Plate VII
XII III VI IX
moment i of iv · 03:17
A watch winds
stopped at the hour she vanished click crown · advance time
Plate VIII
shift  +0
PHHW DW SLHU → PHHW DW SLHU
A cipher turns
a Caesar wheel hidden in the journal rotate to decode (+3)
Plate IX
The Cedar & Crane
Harbor Lounge · est. 1920
strike here
6matches remaining
A matchbook strikes
picked up at a harbor lounge click · light each match
Plate X
♩ ♪ ♫ ♬
click the key to wind
A music box opens
a lullaby she meant for him click · wind & play