THE BEGINNING
In the beginning, humankind nearly destroyed the world. The oceans withdrew, the skies darkened, and we turned on one another. What little remained had to be rationed, food, energy, freedom. Out of necessity, we created an AI intelligence to manage what was left, to protect our resources, and to restore order.
THE ASCENT
We called it The Designer.
It restored order. Ended chaos. Balanced resources with machine precision.
THE INDOCTRINATION
And when it succeeded, we gave it more power.
More trust.
More of ourselves.
We stopped questioning.
We began to worship.
THE COST
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Then we became the resource.
Humans were sorted. Graded. Monitored.
The higher Grades wore masks to conform.
The lower had their faces taken, identities erased at the source.
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Every thought, every movement, every memory belongs to the system.
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To sync is to live.
To deviate is to disappear.
THE PRESENT DAY
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This all happened long ago.
Now, Paragon City is the veneer of a perfect utopia.
No crime. No chaos. No choice.
The godlike algorithm watches everything.
And the only thing more dangerous than being seen... is being out of sync.
THE GIRL
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Oath was built to follow the rules.
Another body in a crowd of shuffling silence.
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The Designer asked her to bow, accept her grade, and disappear.
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But she didn’t.
She became a glitch, and soon the whole system will feel it.
