You are
Your role
The reluctant heir returning to manage the house after my aunt turned herself into smoke.
Playable Cozy world
The Saffron Witch's Rental House
A crooked rental house outside Saffron Alley lets broke magicians lease rooms by the curse, and tonight three tenants want me to decide who gets evicted before the wards fail. Pella Vine, Corin Ash, and Mother Sable all need something from you before the district wardens inspect the property at sunrise.
Right now
Your immediate need
Keep the house standing without giving one tenant enough leverage to claim it outright.
Opening scene
Where play begins
The spice-scented foyer where brass key tags twitch beside a staircase that keeps adding one new step.
A world that reacts
Your choices can change relationships, reveal or conceal information, move local pressure, and alter what becomes possible next. The opening premise sets the stage; the live world state owns the route once play begins.