Author: Daphne Star

The train ride back to Cumulo Plaza was uneventful. After the enigmatic way Vixx described things I was expecting to play a far riskier role, but my part in this production was fairly minor. I was here in the square and I had Vixx’s app ready on my phone… All that was left to do…

The location turned out to be a bar near the edge of the district. A crag built like a brick wall stopped me just inside the entrance and told me to wait while ke stared at me menacingly. I typically avoided bars like the plague—you had to be at least 21 years old to enter…

I’d been staring at Underview station for almost ten minutes now. All I had to do was walk in and ride back to Cumulo, how hard was that? Once there, I could pull up RUNR and start making money again. Sure, I needed another 200 shields and change to pay off my debt, but if…

“Oh wow, this looks really good! Who’d have thought you could get food like this here?!” I sighed internally again. You’d think Tide had never been in a restaurant before, but of course mey had, just not in a gray district. It wasn’t a cheap meal either; this all cost me 68 marks… But it…

Underview Station is nothing like Cumulo Station. Whereas Cumulo Station is the commercial center of its district, the area around Underview Station is pretty dead, awash with empty storefronts. Even the Social Services office, a legally required fixture in every district, has been shuttered for years. The only similarity between the Underview Plaza and Cumulo…

There were a handful of gusts on the train platform, but it was far from crowded. Trying to board a train in the morning would have gotten me arrested; during rush hour the trains are always so packed that boarding is prioritized by license, with Social Services officers on hand for enforcement. One more way…