the curious room

damian, 31. cat person, romanticist, vampiric bisexual. currently reading Folk by Zoe Gilbert. he/they.

[oblivious-melodies]

READY TO PLAY: volume 2, chapter two.

Oblivious Melodies is an interactive fiction game, set in the in the fictional country of Angria, based on early industrial-era Britain. Following the Horne siblings (two semi-set main characters) and their emergence into gentry society, you will delve into a country divided by class, religious dissent, political factionalism, and the ever-encroaching interests of empire.

N.B. Please see the content warnings for the chapter before reading!

Play the Complete First Volume here!

previous chapter: vol 2, chapter one.

Banner illustration: John Wootton, "Haycart Passing a Ruined Abbey", c. 1745, Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection.

Thank you to everyone who has played so far - please reblog & share if you enjoy my work!

[watercresss]

SINNERS (2025) dir. by RYAN COOGLER

[memories-of-ancients]

Griffin burgonet, Milan, Italy, circa 1540

from The Musee de l'Armee

[brianeno]

the wicker man (1973), d. robin hardy

[evilbjork]

[valyrianpoem]

Benedetta Porcaroli as CONCETTA CORBERA DI SALINA [1/?] The Leopard (2025)

[th0rns]

Immortality by Jim Ward

[suburbanscrimshaw]

[katydidditt]

I don’t use these for anything I just like to have them

[achillesinhighheels]

[collarboen]

connor storrie for interview magazine

[gwyneth-poultry-deactivated2012]

last.fm user Sandman2527 ponders the state of british alternative rock/electronic dance band new order

[zendeyas]

Anya Taylor-Joy as Emma Woodhouse – EMMA. (2020)

[venustapolis]

Walkers on an Avenue (Hubert Robert, 1733 - 1808)

[th0rns]

gravestones in snow

[iwantyou1966]

the smiths 'the queen is dead' t-shirt from the late 90s

[milksockets]

adam ant in skin to skin: eroticism in dress - prudence glynn (1982)