An interactive descent · based on Rabindranath Tagore’s The Hungry Stones
Three Nights at Barich
The marble palace above the river Susta has a new tenant. The tenant has three nights.
“Pass the day there, if you like, but never stay the night.” — Karim Khan, the old clerk
🪔 Two forces will fill as you choose: the Hunger of the Stones and the Grip of the Mirage. If either reaches one hundred, the palace keeps you.
🎀 Three fragments of her — the golden frill, the wrought bodice, the dark eyes — are hidden along the paths. Some players see all of her; some see almost nothing.
🌅 Five endings exist. The dawn train is the honest one. The rest, the palace decides.
Endings discovered: 0 / 5
Chronicle of your nights
Ending
📖 In Tagore’s original
🔢 Six words the palace left in your pockets
rapt with wonder — spellbound, carried away completely.
devoid of — completely empty of something.
imperceptibly — too slowly or subtly to notice.
stupefying — numbing, switching thought off.
contrition — deep, grinding remorse.
rupture — a break in something that was whole.
Endings discovered: 0 / 5