Curve

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Curve title card

Curve is an interactive roleplay story within the Mythos Unbound collection, written by Grand_Tarkin. Premiering on 26 March, Curve is to be the first choose-your-own adventure roleplay story. The first question directs readers to decide which room of the nightclub the main character should go to.

In Curve, readers make decisions for the main character, the young history student Elise Krige, who is distracted from her end of term assignments by a friend who wishes to hang out at the new nightclub called Curve. Other (non-playable) characters include Greg Gay, Elise's roommate and friend.

Grand_Tarkin has said that Curve's interactivity will be very strong, stating that the outcome of the story will certainly depend on the decisions made by readers. Readers will be given a choice of options, ranging in extremity, for how the main character responds to the events occurring around her. The story is said to be half-drafted, with final writings occurring after each vote has occurred. The aim for the production is to get a short instalment published everyday or every other day.

The story was 18 instalments, starting with "Welcome to Club Curve" on 26 March and ending with "The Power of Three" on 5 May 2024. The storyline adapted following the choices of readers, with the end result being that Elise joins Cal and Hawk's Starfleet crew on Terra. This made the story the longest in the Mythos Unbound collection.

Characters

Playable

• Elise Krige, a bio-medical engineering student at the University of Marino

Non-playable

• Greg Gay, Elise's roommate and chemistry student at the University of Marino, assimilated by the Borg
• Sandra Day, a social media influencer living in Novenae
• Cal Than, a private investigator and Starfleet officer
• Grayson Hawk, a private investigator and Starfleet officer; Cal's partner

Instalments

No.	Title	Subtitle	Published	Synopsis
1	"Welcome to Club Curve"	20:21 PM, Marino	26 March 2024	Elise and Greg arrive at Club Curve, the hottest new nightclub in the Doggerlands.
2	"Blast from the Past"	20:38 PM, Marino	27 March 2024	Going through into the "blast from the past" room at Club Curve, Elise runs into a strange woman at the bar.
3	"The One Who Watches"	20:51 PM, Marino	28 March 2024	Elise stays at the bar to ask Sandra about the incident but she isn't forthcoming. Greg makes his confessions and Elise must decide where to go next.
4	"The Hoodie in the Toilet"	21:03 PM, Marino	29 March 2024	Investigating Greg's remarks about the pills, Elise heads to the toilets to find the drug dealer. She discovers how rife Curve is with them. As she goes to take the next steps, she notices a stalker following her.
5	"The Man With the Scars"	21:20 PM, Marino	1 April 2024	When Greg leaves Elise alone with her stalker, he reveals himself. He reveals his research into Curve... and the drugs that Elise has identified.
6	"True Believers"	21:58 PM, Marino	2 April 2024	Elise and Cal Than discuss ways of getting more answers about the pills. Elise discovers that Than is a Starfleet officer, before witnessing an overdose powerful enough to bring down Elise's confidence.
7	"How Good Are You At Acting Drunk?"	22:04 PM, Marino	5 April 2024	Deciding to follow Greg as he is taken by the doormen, Elise and Cal must be smart, or else they risk being caught and losing Greg forever.
8	"The Overconfidence of Elise Krige"	22:06 PM, Marino	7 April 2024	Elise's job: get the tracker onto Greg. But, when she wastes time, gets caught out by Sandra Day's smug reaction to Greg's overdose.
9	"Race for the Flag"	22:07 PM, Marino	9 April 2024	Stealing Sandra's phone - and the crucial evidence - Elise completes her mission and plants the tracker on Greg. When she goes onto the phone, she finds the videos and must decide what to do with them.
10	"Down, Down..."	22:16 PM, Marino	10 April 2024	Leaving the Club, Elise and Cal figure out a way to track Greg's signal without drawing attention to themselves: into the deep.
11	"... Into the Belly of the Beast"	22:39 PM, Marino	12 April 2024	Elise and Cal go down into Marino's sewer network, following the tracker. They discuss their families; Greg, and Cal's crew, and encounter strange figures of pale green light.
12	"When Mysteries Converge"	22:55 PM, Underground	20 April 2024	Elise and Cal investigate when the figure vanishes, only to discover a strange energy node collecting human waste from the sewers. But when Hawk calls with answers, the scale of the danger becomes stark.
13	"The Monoeye Conundrum"	23:03 PM, Underground	22 April 2024	Continuing to follow Greg's signal through the tunnel, Elise and Cal come across a metal door with a camera on top. When the camera chooses a victim, Elise becomes terrified.
14	"The Cavern of Green"	23:17 PM, Underground	26 April 2024	Elise speaks to the camera, which gains them access to the metal door. But what do they find inside?
15	"Assimilation"	23:22 PM, Underground	27 April 2024	Meet the Borg. Confronted by the cold reality that she were too late to save Greg, Elise discovers the true mind behind the curtain: the Borg. A race of cybernetic beings, hell bent on converting humanity into them. But when a voice like Greg's bursts through the computer, Elise has to decide. Which Greg is real?
16	"The Stolen Choice"	23:28 PM, Underground	29 April 2024	Greg reveals the Borg's plan: to assimilate the young people in Curve and use them to build a drone army. When confronted with the ticking clock to save the world, Elise runs out of options. Her choice is stolen as she's separated from Greg for the final time. Elise runs - she has to evacuate Curve before it's too late.
17	"Almost Midnight"	23:34 PM, Marino	1 May 2024	Elise does as she is told. She and Cal make their way back to Club Curve with one simple instruction: evacuate before midnight. The cost of failure? A mass Borg assimilation and the deaths of thousands of young people. With too many options to choose from, the decision lies with Elise. Can she save the world?
18	"The Power of Three"	23:45 PM, Marino	6 May 2024	Elise takes charge, ordering the fire alarm to be triggered. But, when the Borg try to force their away to assimilation, Elise confronts Greg's drone one last time. Her rage, her anger, her grief, her guilt: it all combines to give her the brilliant solution. She can defeat the Borg. In the aftermath, she contemplates her future as Cal gives her the offer of a lifetime.