Lost Times

Every knock on the door is a decision. Let someone in and they might bring danger with them, keep them out and you might lose a chance at power you didn't know you needed. Nobody explains the rules, and everything costs something.

Behind that door sits Secret Refuge, a sealed shelter in a world that's already ended, and inside it three factions are all pulling at you to pick a side. You're the gatekeeper, which sounds like a job title but works more like a leash.

Day to day, you're managing who gets through the gate, tending to relationships with the people already inside, and picking through the small mercies and cruelties that come with running the place. There's a side job dealing with a raider problem, a hunt for a criminal that one of the shelter's own wants handled, and enough new arrivals and staff drifting in that the shelter never quite stops changing shape. Choices about faction favor and gate policy carry weight beyond the moment they're made.