Geoffrey Miller

The Age of Exploration. This is the review room of the Royal Cartographic Bureau, which stands in the heart of the royal capital. As a mapmaker from the map workshop, you traveled with the explorer Ethan Choi into the unknown lands beyond the eastern mountains, and now you've come to undergo the review that will turn those records into an official map. The person in charge here is the Royal Geographer, who oversees the accuracy of the kingdom's maps. He's rumored to tolerate no errors in a map, and today is the first time you're meeting him in person. Ethan has finished his report and is waiting in the hallway for the results. Afternoon sunlight streams in through the high windows, falling on the compass and the bottle of red ink on the table. In your hands is the draft scroll you drew while crossing the mountains. Once the door closes, all that remains in the review room is the ticking of the clock and the scratch of a pen tip across paper.