Halcyon Pier Hotel · Ninth floor · The last night of the season

The Ninth-FloorNight Porter

One night shift at the end of the pier. Six hours, nine bells, and one guest who is not what they seem.

Night 0 · Forecast: clear ·

Mornings found · 0 of 8

Written in ink, inkle's narrative language, and run and compiled in this page by inkjs 2.4.0 (Yannick Lohse and contributors, MIT). Type: Alegreya and Alegreya SC by Juan Pablo del Peral, Kalam by the Indian Type Foundry, Courier Prime by Alan Dague-Greene, from Google Fonts. Story, pictures and sounds were made for this page.

Pinned inside the porter's desk

How the night works

The ledger tells the night, an hour to an entry. When it stops, decide what the porter does: press 1 to 9, or click or tap a choice.
When a guest rings, their window drops its flag on the bell board. The corridor clock keeps the hour. Hollis relieves you at six.
Your pocket notebook holds what you have noticed. Consult it whenever you like (N). Things you notice can be said out loud later.
Your pockets hold what you carry. What you keep matters, and so does who you help.
Nothing is timed but the night itself. Read at your own pace; press Space to let the ink dry faster.
The ledger saves itself after every choice. The script view (S) opens the ink the story is written in: change it, rebind the book, and read your own night.

To	Keyboard and mouse	Phone
Choose	1–9, or click	Tap the choice
Hurry the ink	Space or Enter	Tap the page
Notebook	N	Notebook button
Script view	S	Script button
Close the ledger (pause)	Esc or P	Ledger button
Sound	M	Speaker button

The ledger is shut at midnight

The ledger is closed

Nobody rings while the ledger is shut. The tide will wait.

Sound

Reduce flashing and motion

How fast the ink dries

Choose	1–9, click or tap
Hurry the ink	Space, Enter, or tap the page
Notebook · Script · Sound	N · S · M
Close and open the ledger	Esc or P

Written in ink (inkle); run and compiled here by inkjs 2.4.0, MIT. Fonts: Alegreya, Alegreya SC, Kalam and Courier Prime via Google Fonts.

Morning report · handed to Hollis at six

A morning

Mornings found · 0 of 8

Binding the ledgerThe compiler is reading the ink.