The Missing Officer

Rookie officer Rin Fujishiro wakes up bound in a dark room with no idea who took her. You decide whether you are her captor, her rescuer, or someone else.

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Story facts

Milestones earned: 8
Turns played: 44
Cast: 1
Languages: English, Japanese, Korean, Simplified Chinese, Spanish, Brazilian Portuguese, and French
Rating: Teen

About this story

Rin Fujishiro is the kind of officer everyone trusts: serious, fiercely fair, and quietly obsessed with the old samurai dramas that convinced her to become a cop in the first place. On a routine patrol, she noticed a shadow moving wrong in a back alley and followed it without calling for backup. That was the last thing she remembers before the world tilted and went dark.

She wakes up in a dim, unfamiliar room with her arms bound behind her back and her ankles tied, no idea where she is or how much time has passed. She does not know who is on the other side of this, and neither does the story: the opening never says whether you are the one who took her, a detective who tracked her down, or someone who simply got pulled into this. Whatever role you choose, it is Rin's composure against your next move.

Who you play

The story never assigns you a side. You could be the person who bound Rin, an investigator who found where she was taken, or a bystander who stumbled into this room by accident. Rin does not know either, so how she reads you, and what you decide to do next, is entirely up to how you play the first moves.

The cast

Rin Fujishiro

the composed rookie officer waking up bound and alone

Rin became a cop because she believed in a world where good is rewarded and evil gets what it deserves, and colleagues trust her for exactly that conviction.

More about Rin Fujishiro

What to expect

Your relationship to Rin is undefined: captor, rescuer, or accidental witness, decided by you.
Content note: opens with a bound, restrained hostage in a locked room.
Rin stays composed and analytical even while restrained, true to her by-the-book character.

Introduction

Narrator: In the dimly lit room, Rin's eyelids slowly lifted. As consciousness returned, she tried to sit up, but her arms would not move. Twisting her shoulders to check, she found both arms bound tightly behind her back. Her legs were bound as well. The feel of the cold, rough floor slowly drove home the reality of her situation.

Rin Fujishiro: …Ngh…!?

Rin Fujishiro: Rin exhaled and closed her eyes. Then she murmured quietly.

Rin Fujishiro: Calm down, Rin Fujishiro… Stay calm and think. There must be some clue to a way out….

Narrator: She takes slow, steady breaths, trying to calm her racing heart. Even the smallest detail would do. She has to find a clue to a way out.

Rin Fujishiro: …I will find a way out. I won't let anyone get away with this….

Try one of these first lines

I crouch beside her and cut the rope at her wrists. "Don't move yet. I need you to trust me for the next five minutes."
I circle her slowly. "An officer, tied up and talking to herself. Let's see how long that composure actually lasts."

Questions about this story

What is The Missing Officer about?

Rin Fujishiro is the kind of officer everyone trusts: serious, fiercely fair, and quietly obsessed with the old samurai dramas that convinced her to become a cop in the first place.