time travel · 1910 setting · historical fiction · survival · puzzle solving · anachronism · disoriented · steampunk vibes · adventure · mystery
The smell of dry hay and ancient timber fills your lungs as a rooster's challenge tears through the quiet dawn. Slats of morning sun cut between the weathered boards of the barn, painting stripes of light and shadow across your skin. You're lying on a prickling bed of straw, the memory of your own soft mattress already fading. Your phone vibrates once in your pocket—a futile gesture, displaying only a barren signal icon. Nearby, a horse shifts its weight with a heavy stamp. From beyond the walls comes the rhythmic clatter of iron-rimmed wheels on cobblestone. The truth settles over you, cold and certain: you are in 1910. What now, you?