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Made Sick Adventures · Brighton companion

Violet’s Remembrance

A gentle companion adventure about evidence, memory, and the freedom to set a burden down. Explore Brighton’s public places at your own pace—with an optional supply and vintage-shopping loop, a sober remembrance trail, or a fully remote route using maps.

Self-pacedSober by designShopping optionalRemote-friendly

About the stories: This Brighton companion adventure explores memory, justice, and healing through public places, fictional clues, and opportunities to support survivors. Ren’s “Violet’s Tale” tells the story of a different Violet, whose life ends in tragedy. The song and its music video are featured here as part of a wider remembrance and survivor-support experience.

Choose your adventure

Option 01 · Practical loop

Supply & style

Find a white candle, check for a field-hockey stick if you want the prop, and browse vintage shops. No purchase is needed to continue.

Explore supplies & vintage

Option 02 · Quiet route

Sober remembrance trail

Visit public gardens and the seafront, pause when you want, and finish with a symbolic act of release. No alcohol tasks or required sharing.

Explore the sober trail

PLAN THE JOURNEY, TOO

Travel & Access

Make the Brighton visit work for you: compare routes, plan airport transfers and stays, check access information, and leave room for rest or changing energy levels.

Getting here

Flights, transfers & stays

Compare flight options and plan onward travel from Gatwick or Heathrow. Skyscanner is an independent resource; this link is not a partnership or commission.

Compare flights for your Brighton visit ↗

Access planning

Know before you go

Check venue and route details in advance, build in rest stops, and plan around chronic illness, mobility, sensory needs, medication, and energy limits.

Wheel the World ↗
Euan’s Guide ↗

Brighton story locations · Violet, Jenny & Screech

These reference points are based on the Ren Tour map, which labels Jenny’s Tale, Screech’s Tale, and Violet’s Tale. The map is a fan guide to public places and music-video locations, not confirmation that every pin is suitable for visitors.

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Jenny’s Tale · Orange Row

The map pin resolves to Catalyst VR (UK), 2 Orange Row, Brighton BN1 1TY, a public business location. Treat it as a nearby public story waypoint, not a claim about Jenny’s private life. Ask permission before photographing on business premises.

Google Maps / Street View
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Screech’s Tale · Bond Street

The Ren Tour map identifies Bond Street with a dropped pin. Use the public street as a wayfinding stop; stay on public pavements and keep business access clear.

Open the mapped Bond Street point
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Violet’s Tale · public waypoint only

The Ren Tour map includes a dropped pin for Violet’s Tale, but its own etiquette specifically asks visitors not to knock on Violet’s door. To respect privacy, this adventure does not reproduce that exact pin or direct visitors to a residence. Use the public Bond Street / Orange Row area as the nearby story waypoint instead.

Open the public Bond Street area · Read Ren Tour’s visitor etiquette
Location rule: Public businesses and streets may be used as waypoints. Do not publish or route people to a private residence, invite visitors to knock, or infer personal relationships from a map pin. The character clues on this adventure are fictional story prompts.

Supply & style loop

Inventory and hours change. Check before travelling. Maps links open location searches so you can select Street View where available.

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White candle · Utility Great Britain

28a North Road, Brighton BN1 1YB

A white candle can represent a guiding light. An unlit candle or phone light is equally valid; do not light open flames at public or heritage sites.

Google Maps / Street View · Candle listing
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Field-hockey stick · Decathlon Brighton

Unit 3, 134 North Street, Brighton BN1 1RG

Potential sports-prop stop only; stock is not verified. Check first. The stick is not part of the remembrance walk; a photo or sketch can substitute.

Google Maps / Street View · Fuel Hockey (Lancing; check before detouring)
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Vintage clothing · North Laine

Choose one stop—or browse remotely. Shopping is optional.

Beyond Retro · Gloucester Road
Snoopers Paradise · Kensington Gardens
Starfish Vintage · Gardner Street

Story prompt: invent a fictional history for a garment without presenting it as real shop or community history.

Sober remembrance trail

Alcohol-free in its objectives. This is not a treatment service; visitors never need to explain why they prefer a sober route.

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St Nicholas Church Gardens · What do we know?

Pause in this public historic setting, respecting worshippers, mourners, memorials, and posted rules.

Name one confirmed fact, one interpretation, and one unknown. You can keep the answer private.

Google Maps / Street View
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West Pier viewpoint · Release without false closure

Finish at a permitted public seafront viewpoint. Do not enter the pier structure or leave objects behind.

Choose one burden to set down—or simply pause. Remembrance does not require certainty.

Google Maps / Street View · Walking directions from St Nicholas
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Optional sober-space finish · The Queery

46 George Street, Brighton BN2 1RJ

The Queery describes itself as a sober community space and bookshop. TransSober has listed a Brighton drop-in there; check current schedule, access, and event details. This is optional, not a universal support service.

Google Maps / Street View · TransSober drop-in details

REN & COLLABORATORS

Music threads for your adventure

Music, creative collaborators, and survivor-support resources that accompany this remembrance trail.

Ren’s song “Violet’s Tale” tells a separate story in which its Violet dies. She is not the Violet from Violet’s Revenge. The video and vinyl below are linked as the song that inspired this remembrance-and-support resource only; this adventure does not merge the characters, stories, or canon. The support links below are real resources from NO MORE.

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Ren · “Violet’s Tale” music video

Watch Ren’s song as a separate work. The character in the song is not the Violet from Violet’s Revenge.

Watch on YouTube ↗

Music

Ren · “Violet’s Tale” coloured vinyl

Find the song’s coloured-vinyl release through Ren Makes Merch. This merchandise relates to Ren’s song, not the Violet’s Revenge character. Availability, price, and shipping are set by the seller.

Purchase from Ren Makes Merch ↗

Support survivors

NO MORE · Find help

NO MORE connects people affected by domestic and sexual violence with resources and specialist services. The global directory covers support services in more than 200 countries and territories.

Find help and support ↗
NO MORE Global Directory ↗

If you or someone you know needs help, use the NO MORE directory to find appropriate local services. The adventure is not a crisis service, and no one needs to complete it to access support.

Safe to explore, easy to leave

Public places only

Use public landmarks and visitor-facing businesses. Do not publish private residences, sensitive routines, live whereabouts, or unverified associations between real people and locations.

Access without pressure

Skip a stop, shorten the walk, use Street View, or finish remotely. No purchase, flame, grave visit, personal disclosure, or alcohol-related task is required.

Before you go

This is a self-guided companion guide, not a hosted event or a surveyed accessible route. Shop stock, hours, venue schedules, facilities and Street View coverage need checking for your visit.

The story waypoints are credited community references, not independently verified filming records or private connections. No artist, venue or support organisation partnership or endorsement is claimed.