{"type":"location","location":{"title":"Arrival in Băleanu","description":"You step off the minibus onto a muddy road lined with weathered wooden houses. The mountain village of Băleanu clings to the hillside like a forgotten memory, its inhabitants watching you with a mixture of curiosity and suspicion. Your academic credentials and worn notebook mark you as an outsider—a city person.\n\nThe reason for your visit weighs heavily: three families have vanished from this region in the past eight months. The local authorities dismissed the disappearances as folklore, attributing them to 'supernatural causes'—vampire attacks, they whispered. But you've never believed in monsters. At least, not the supernatural kind.\n\nThe village is eerily quiet for late afternoon. Smoke curls from a few chimneys. A dog barks in the distance. You notice fresh claw marks gouged into the wooden door frame of the nearest house—deliberately made, it seems. Nearby, a small Orthodox chapel sits atop a small rise. To your left, an old tavern with a faded sign reading 'Hanul Lupului' (The Wolf's Inn) emanates the smell of beer and tobacco.\n\nYou adjust your backpack and consider your first move.","suggestedActions":["Enter the tavern to gather information from locals","Walk up to the chapel to speak with the priest","Examine the claw marks on the nearest house more closely","Knock on doors and introduce yourself to the villagers"],"conversation":"qc4uxxg7m7hc1zdfgiy2kw"},"conversationLength":1,"maxFreeConversationLength":10}