Endings

A campaign closes one of three ways. The ending is determined by how the player got to Night 7+, not by a final-night choice in isolation (except for accept_it, which is a deliberate fold).

Ending	Trigger	Tone
pay_debt	Cleared all 7 nights.	Walks out at dawn, weighted.
accept_it	Bergman fold (voluntary fold of the final hand).	He thanks you.
last_call_final	Last call on Night 7.	He keeps the chair warm for next time.

pay_debt — walked out

You cleared 7 nights. The dealer pays you out — chips, charms intact. You leave at dawn. He keeps the page open for tomorrow.

This is the “win,” but it’s not heroic. The dealer marks it without flourish. The Book of Hours’ on_seven_nights page unlocks here.

accept_it — Bergman fold

Voluntarily fold the final hand at Room 6. The campaign ends with the dealer’s grace ending. He has been waiting for someone to choose the chair.

“You chose it. That matters. I want you to know it mattered.”

This isn’t a “lose” — the player explicitly opted into the most intimate close the game offers. The dealer is grateful, in the small way he allows.

The Book of Hours’ on_the_chair page unlocks here.

last_call_final — couldn’t make it

Last call on Night 7. The campaign ends with the dealer keeping a final Piece. He is sorry. He says so without the word.

The dealer’s voice for the final-night last call:

“And so we close it here, {name}. I will keep the chair warm. It is the least.”

What persists across endings

State	Persists
Pieces lost during the campaign	yes
Hours of the Night earned	yes
Mantle tier progression	yes
Pages unlocked	yes
Endings seen	yes (in MetaProgression.endingsSeen)
Charm tray	no (cleared)
Sanity / capital / vows	no (per-campaign)

Where this lives

• lib/sim/ending.dart — Ending enum, EndingChooser.
• lib/sim/campaign_state.dart:CampaignState.endingId — stamped on the closing transition.
• lib/sim/campaign_controller.dart — recordBergmanFold() writes accept_it; final-night last-call writes last_call_final.