Stage 01 Modern romance
The Real World
Rooftops, galleries, hotel bars, last trains. Exactly as things are now — except the names.
Explore The Real World
Perigee · Space-opera roleplay for couples. Tonight you get to be
strangers again.
Your real partner, in character.
For you and the partner you already have. Not a dating app, and not a deck of dares.
- 18+ only
- Two players
- Nothing public
Stage 03 · Space opera
Inside Perigee
Vesper Station is a neutral port where the shipping lanes cross. Legal names go in a drawer; people meet under a handle and a mask.
- Who you meet
- Humans and peoples from across known space.
- Where it starts
- The Promenade, the Observation Deck, Cantina Row, Dock Level.
- The feel
- Grounded sci-fi. Ordinary tech, very human conversation.
The cast
A few of Perigee’s strangers.
Every character is fictional and AI-generated. Each night you are both dealt ten; your partner keeps one of theirs, and you have to find it.
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Adyne Drummond, 26
Observation Deck
Comes up when a job's done to sit with the quiet, ties a fly by the starlight, and won't say what she's turning over.
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Breskash Griggs, 29
Cantina Row
Takes the corner after the crowd thins, listens more than he drinks, warmer by the third time you sit down uninvited.
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Ryxessa Tidecaller, 30
Dock Level
Knows this bay from the bad night she held it open.
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Eluen Ashworth, 40
Observation Deck
Reads passing ships by their running lights and will tell you which lanes he ran them on, if you ask the right way.
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Kirora Ashby, 31
Cantina Row
Buys the round for whoever pulled the ugly shift, insists she's fine on water.
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Soneo Veyr, 29
Dock Level
Meets arriving delegations here before the embassy does, reads the tension off the crew as they unload.
The game
Four moves, and the night is yours.
A minute to set up. Everything after that is the two of you — try it below.
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Set the scene
Whoever opens the app first picks where tonight happens. You both play it.
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Keep one character
Ten characters arrive. Keep one, lock it in, and say nothing.
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Find them in their ten
Swipe their ten. Every face is visible; only their choice is hidden.
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Play what happens next
If you each liked the other's kept character, a private chat opens and you play the scene in character.
Your stage
Who you play
The rooftop bar just before the storm breaks, everyone else already heading in.
Choose freely — nothing you pick is revealed to your partner, and nothing of theirs to you, until you have both locked in.
Choose a scene
A scene is the setting you and your partner share tonight — you’re both in the same one. It shapes both of your persona pools.
Who they play
Rooftop Bar
4 left
You
No match this scene
Choose another after the reset.
Marcus Pride
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Adrianna Neri
Rooftop Bar
Tonight's scene
Rooftop Bar
The rooftop bar just before the storm breaks, everyone else already heading in.
Tap to continue
No match tonight
You reached for different strangers tonight. Somewhere between your choices, a door stayed closed.
Tap to continue
It's a Match!
You and your partner both chose each other's personas
You play as
Adrianna Neri, 35
They play as
Marcus Pride, 46
The story noticed. One of you reached a little further — and it was seen.
Pick where tonight starts. Whoever opens the app first chooses; you both play the same scene.
You are not looking for anyone.
You already found them.
You already know the person. Perigee changes the port, the century, and how much either of you is willing to admit before the dock lights come up.
Where scenes start
Where a night in Perigee begins.
Whoever opens the app first picks tonight’s scene, and you both play it. A few of the places it can start, and the hour you find them in:
The Promenade
The promenade when three ships have berthed at once, the concourse solid with arrivals.
Observation Deck
The observation deck in the quiet hours, the gallery down to the two of them, the stars wheeling slow past the viewport.
Cantina Row
Cantina Row at last call, the counters wiped, a wall display still running behind the bar.
Dock Level
The dock level in the hour after a ship clears the berth, the bay empty and enormous.
Hydroponics Arcade
The hydroponics arcade on a maintenance cycle, most grow-lights down to standby, the rows dim and warm.
Night Market
The night market at its peak, the concourse solid, the string-lights lost somewhere above the crowd.
A taste of Perigee
Quiet Hours
At the observation deck: your partner plays Adyne, and you play Eluen.
An illustration written for this page. In the app, every line is written by one of the two of you.
Other stages.
Same two people.
Each has its own cast, its own manners, and its own reasons to stand too close.
Stage 02 Romantasy
The Veil
Thornmere after dusk: lantern light on black water, and courts that have been waiting a long time.
Explore The Veil
More stages are still behind the curtain. They arrive as MasquePlay grows.
The private beta
Come in as a Founding Couple.
A small number of couples get in early to play all three stages and tell us the truth about them — and keep full access for the whole beta.
- 01Play twice over two weeksBoth of you need a smartphone. That's the only hardware.
- 02Tell us what really happenedOne short, honest conversation afterwards.
- 03Full early accessEvery stage and feature, for as long as the beta runs.
Before you come in
About Perigee.
What couples ask about this stage. Privacy, AI, devices and the beta are in the full FAQ.
Do we need to like science fiction?
Perigee is grounded: ordinary tech and very human conversation on a neutral port where the shipping lanes cross. If you like a late-night cantina or an empty observation deck, you will be at home.
Who lives on Vesper Station?
Humans and peoples from across known space: dock crews, pilots, archivists, traders. Legal names go in a drawer; people meet under a handle and a mask.
Can we switch stages later?
Yes. Either of you can suggest a different stage, and the switch happens when the other accepts.
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