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position:relative; width:100%; margin:0; isolation:isolate; line-height:normal; overflow:clip; }\r\n#awayke-encounters *, #awayke-encounters *::before, #awayke-encounters *::after { box-sizing:border-box; }\r\n#awayke-encounters a { text-decoration:none; }\r\n#awayke-encounters h1, #awayke-encounters h2, #awayke-encounters h3, #awayke-encounters h4 { color:inherit; }\r\n#awayke-encounters .hero .flash-bottom h1 { color:#fff; }\r\n#awayke-encounters blockquote { border:0; padding:0; color:inherit; }\r\n#awayke-encounters a:focus-visible { outline:2px solid #f1eee7; outline-offset:4px; }\r\n#awayke-encounters:not([data-awayke-ready]) .reveal { opacity:1; transform:none; }\r\n<\/style>\r\n<div id=\"awayke-encounters\" data-asset-base=\"\/wp-content\/plugins\/awayke-encounters-assets\/assets\/\" data-logo-tone=\"gold\">\r\n<nav class=\"nav\"><a class=\"logo\" href=\"\/\" aria-label=\"AWAYKE home\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"\/wp-content\/plugins\/awayke-encounters-assets\/assets\/awayke-logo-transparent.png\" alt=\"AWAYKE\" data-awayke-asset=\"awayke-logo-transparent.png\"><\/a><div class=\"navlinks\"><a class=\"active\" href=\"\/?pagename=encounters\">Encounters<\/a><a href=\"\/?pagename=faqs\">FAQs<\/a><a href=\"\/?pagename=beware\">BEWARE<\/a><a href=\"\/?pagename=contacts\">Contact<\/a><\/div><a class=\"book\" href=\"\/?pagename=availability\">Book \u2197<\/a><\/nav>\r\n<header class=\"hero\" id=\"top\">\r\n  <div class=\"flash-scene\" aria-hidden=\"true\"><\/div>\r\n  <span class=\"clue one\">did that move?<\/span><span class=\"clue two\">keep looking.<\/span><span class=\"clue three\">too late.<\/span>\r\n  <div class=\"flash-dark\" aria-hidden=\"true\"><\/div><div class=\"flash-glow\" aria-hidden=\"true\"><\/div><div class=\"flash-dot\" aria-hidden=\"true\"><\/div>\r\n  <div class=\"flash-copy\">\r\n    <div class=\"flash-top\"><div class=\"flash-instruction\">DON'T LOOK AWAY<\/div><div class=\"flash-count\">THE ROOM IS QUIET<\/div><\/div>\r\n    <div class=\"flash-bottom\"><h1>FIND WHAT'S <span>SHIFTING.<\/span><\/h1><p>You get one look before it disappears. Some things only show when you stop staring straight at them.<\/p><\/div>\r\n  <\/div>\r\n  <div class=\"flash-mobile\">Drag across the dark.<\/div>\r\n<\/header>\r\n<div class=\"signal-line\"><\/div>\r\n<section class=\"intro reveal\"><div><div class=\"eyebrow\">What you are choosing<\/div><h2>Not a synopsis.<\/h2><\/div><div><p>The room image gives you the physical setting. The words below give you just enough to know the kind of space you are entering. The actual experience stays hidden until the lights do.<\/p><\/div><\/section>\r\n<section class=\"facts reveal\"><div class=\"fact\"><b>SIT.<\/b><span>Don't choose the safest seat.<\/span><\/div><div class=\"fact\"><b>LISTEN.<\/b><span>Something may sound too close.<\/span><\/div><div class=\"fact\"><b>WAIT.<\/b><span>The dark takes its time.<\/span><\/div><div class=\"fact\"><b>LEAVE.<\/b><span>Only if you need to.<\/span><\/div><\/section>\r\n<main class=\"encounters\" id=\"encounters\"><div class=\"section-head reveal\"><div><div class=\"eyebrow\">Choose your encounter<\/div><h2>What waits<br>in the dark.<\/h2><\/div><p>Every room is different, but the rules stay the same: remain seated, headphones on, and let sound decide where the walls are.<\/p><\/div>\r\n<div class=\"grid\">\r\n<article class=\"card reveal\" id=\"infrasound\"><div class=\"card-media\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"\/wp-content\/plugins\/awayke-encounters-assets\/assets\/infrasound.webp\" alt=\"INFRASOUND room with rows of seats and headphones\" data-awayke-asset=\"infrasound.webp\"><span class=\"pulse-dot\"><\/span><\/div><div class=\"card-body\"><span class=\"num\">01 \u00b7 INFRASOUND<\/span><h3>INFRASOUND<\/h3><p class=\"peek\">You\u2019ll hear something you\u2019re not quite sure you were meant to notice.<\/p><p class=\"involves\">Low tones, distant pressure and small sounds begin to make the room feel larger than it is. The unsettling part is not volume \u2014 it is the feeling that something sits just beneath what you can properly hear.<\/p><div class=\"meta\"><span class=\"pill\">Spatial pressure<\/span><span class=\"pill\">Subtle movement<\/span><span class=\"pill\">Seated<\/span><\/div><a class=\"card-link\" href=\"\/?pagename=availability&amp;encounter=infrasound\" aria-label=\"Book INFRASOUND\">\u2197<\/a><\/div><\/article>\r\n<article class=\"card reveal\" id=\"ingenue\"><div class=\"card-media\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"\/wp-content\/plugins\/awayke-encounters-assets\/assets\/ingenue.webp\" alt=\"ING\u00c9NUE dressing room inspired listening space\" data-awayke-asset=\"ingenue.webp\"><span class=\"pulse-dot\"><\/span><\/div><div class=\"card-body\"><span class=\"num\">02 \u00b7 ING\u00c9NUE<\/span><h3>ING\u00c9NUE<\/h3><p class=\"peek\">Somewhere in the dark, she\u2019s waiting for her moment.<\/p><p class=\"involves\">A dressing room settles around you through footsteps, breath, muffled rehearsal and the sense of someone preparing just out of reach. Attention slowly shifts from the stage to whoever may be listening with you.<\/p><div class=\"meta\"><span class=\"pill\">Close voices<\/span><span class=\"pill\">Backstage ambience<\/span><span class=\"pill\">Seated<\/span><\/div><a class=\"card-link\" href=\"\/?pagename=availability&amp;encounter=ingenue\" aria-label=\"Book INGENUE\">\u2197<\/a><\/div><\/article>\r\n<article class=\"card reveal\" id=\"profane\"><div class=\"card-media\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"\/wp-content\/plugins\/awayke-encounters-assets\/assets\/profane.webp\" alt=\"PROFANE dark red domestic listening room\" data-awayke-asset=\"profane.webp\"><span class=\"pulse-dot\"><\/span><\/div><div class=\"card-body\"><span class=\"num\">03 \u00b7 PROFANE<\/span><h3>PROFANE<\/h3><p class=\"peek\">A familiar voice may not belong to who you think it does.<\/p><p class=\"involves\">The dark fills with the sounds of a home \u2014 doors, distant rooms, a voice you almost trust. Familiarity becomes the problem when the same voice seems to arrive from places it should not be.<\/p><div class=\"meta\"><span class=\"pill\">Domestic sound<\/span><span class=\"pill\">Voice-led<\/span><span class=\"pill\">Psychological<\/span><\/div><a class=\"card-link\" href=\"\/?pagename=availability&amp;encounter=profane\" aria-label=\"Book PROFANE\">\u2197<\/a><\/div><\/article>\r\n<article class=\"card reveal\" id=\"vesper\"><div class=\"card-media\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"\/wp-content\/plugins\/awayke-encounters-assets\/assets\/vesper.webp\" alt=\"VESPER burgundy music room with seats and headphones\" data-awayke-asset=\"vesper.webp\"><span class=\"pulse-dot\"><\/span><\/div><div class=\"card-body\"><span class=\"num\">04 \u00b7 VESPER<\/span><h3>VESPER<\/h3><p class=\"peek\">Follow the music. Just don\u2019t assume it wants you to leave.<\/p><p class=\"involves\">Music moves around the room in impossible ways \u2014 near, far, behind you, then somewhere else entirely. What begins as something inviting gradually starts to feel like a place with its own rules.<\/p><div class=\"meta\"><span class=\"pill\">Music-led<\/span><span class=\"pill\">360\u00b0 movement<\/span><span class=\"pill\">Atmospheric<\/span><\/div><a class=\"card-link\" href=\"\/?pagename=availability&amp;encounter=vesper\" aria-label=\"Book VESPER\">\u2197<\/a><\/div><\/article>\r\n<article class=\"card reveal\" id=\"rictus\"><div class=\"card-media\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"\/wp-content\/plugins\/awayke-encounters-assets\/assets\/rictus.webp\" alt=\"RICTUS waiting room with portraits, seats and headphones\" data-awayke-asset=\"rictus.webp\"><span class=\"pulse-dot\"><\/span><\/div><div class=\"card-body\"><span class=\"num\">05 \u00b7 RICTUS<\/span><h3>RICTUS<\/h3><p class=\"peek\">You\u2019ll hear her laugh and wonder\u2014left... right... behind... or in front.<\/p><p class=\"involves\">A laugh becomes a point in space. Then it moves. Tiny shifts in distance, breath and position make you question where the sound is coming from \u2014 and how close it actually is.<\/p><div class=\"meta\"><span class=\"pill\">Moving voice<\/span><span class=\"pill\">Near-field sound<\/span><span class=\"pill\">Disorientation<\/span><\/div><a class=\"card-link\" href=\"\/?pagename=availability&amp;encounter=rictus\" aria-label=\"Book RICTUS\">\u2197<\/a><\/div><\/article>\r\n<article class=\"card reveal\" id=\"understudy\"><div class=\"card-media\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"\/wp-content\/plugins\/awayke-encounters-assets\/assets\/understudy.webp\" alt=\"UNDERSTUDY mirrored industrial listening room\" data-awayke-asset=\"understudy.webp\"><span class=\"pulse-dot\"><\/span><\/div><div class=\"card-body\"><span class=\"num\">06 \u00b7 UNDERSTUDY<\/span><h3>UNDERSTUDY<\/h3><p class=\"peek\">At some point, you may hear yourself where you aren\u2019t.<\/p><p class=\"involves\">Repetition starts simply: footsteps, timing, a phrase, a breath. Then a second presence seems to learn the room the way you do \u2014 until imitation and memory become difficult to separate.<\/p><div class=\"meta\"><span class=\"pill\">Mirrored sound<\/span><span class=\"pill\">Identity<\/span><span class=\"pill\">Spatial voices<\/span><\/div><a class=\"card-link\" href=\"\/?pagename=availability&amp;encounter=understudy\" aria-label=\"Book UNDERSTUDY\">\u2197<\/a><\/div><\/article>\r\n<article class=\"card reveal\" id=\"birthright\"><div class=\"card-media\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"\/wp-content\/plugins\/awayke-encounters-assets\/assets\/birthright.webp\" alt=\"BIRTHRIGHT family room with portraits, seating and headphones\" data-awayke-asset=\"birthright.webp\"><span class=\"pulse-dot\"><\/span><\/div><div class=\"card-body\"><span class=\"num\">07 \u00b7 BIRTHRIGHT<\/span><h3>BIRTHRIGHT<\/h3><p class=\"peek\">Some things are passed down for a reason. Others should have stayed buried.<\/p><p class=\"involves\">Old rooms return through voices, floorboards, remembered rituals and fragments of family conversation. The experience plays with the strange feeling of inheriting something you never agreed to carry.<\/p><div class=\"meta\"><span class=\"pill\">Memory<\/span><span class=\"pill\">Family voices<\/span><span class=\"pill\">Slow burn<\/span><\/div><a class=\"card-link\" href=\"\/?pagename=availability&amp;encounter=birthright\" aria-label=\"Book BIRTHRIGHT\">\u2197<\/a><\/div><\/article>\r\n<article class=\"card reveal\" id=\"moult\"><div class=\"card-media\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"\/wp-content\/plugins\/awayke-encounters-assets\/assets\/moult.webp\" alt=\"MOULT yellow clinical listening room\" data-awayke-asset=\"moult.webp\"><span class=\"pulse-dot\"><\/span><\/div><div class=\"card-body\"><span class=\"num\">08 \u00b7 MOULT<\/span><h3>MOULT<\/h3><p class=\"peek\">Something is changing. You might hear it before you understand what.<\/p><p class=\"involves\">Clinical sounds, close breathing and subtle physical shifts turn transformation into something you can hear rather than see. The room stays still while the version of you inside it feels less certain.<\/p><div class=\"meta\"><span class=\"pill\">Clinical ambience<\/span><span class=\"pill\">Transformation<\/span><span class=\"pill\">Close detail<\/span><\/div><a class=\"card-link\" href=\"\/?pagename=availability&amp;encounter=moult\" aria-label=\"Book MOULT\">\u2197<\/a><\/div><\/article>\r\n<article class=\"card reveal\" id=\"vessel\"><div class=\"card-media\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"\/wp-content\/plugins\/awayke-encounters-assets\/assets\/vessel.webp\" alt=\"VESSEL red clinical listening room\" data-awayke-asset=\"vessel.webp\"><span class=\"pulse-dot\"><\/span><\/div><div class=\"card-body\"><span class=\"num\">09 \u00b7 VESSEL<\/span><h3>VESSEL<\/h3><p class=\"peek\">Listen carefully. Not every voice will feel like it\u2019s coming from the room.<\/p><p class=\"involves\">Sound plays with the boundary between outside and inside: a voice beside you, a pulse below you, a thought that seems far too close. The room never tells you which side of that boundary you are hearing.<\/p><div class=\"meta\"><span class=\"pill\">Internal voices<\/span><span class=\"pill\">Body sensation<\/span><span class=\"pill\">Spatial audio<\/span><\/div><a class=\"card-link\" href=\"\/?pagename=availability&amp;encounter=vessel\" aria-label=\"Book VESSEL\">\u2197<\/a><\/div><\/article>\r\n<article class=\"card reveal\" id=\"fixation\"><div class=\"card-media\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"\/wp-content\/plugins\/awayke-encounters-assets\/assets\/fixation.webp\" alt=\"FIXATION investigation room with photographs, seats and headphones\" data-awayke-asset=\"fixation.webp\"><span class=\"pulse-dot\"><\/span><\/div><div class=\"card-body\"><span class=\"num\">10 \u00b7 FIXATION<\/span><h3>FIXATION<\/h3><p class=\"peek\">At first, the attention might feel flattering.<\/p><p class=\"involves\">A voice notices you. Then it remembers things. 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