1950 FC (≈ 2025 CE) Zael ran until the alarms became part of the undercity’s ambient hum. The tunnels changed beneath his feet — from service corridors to older arteries, stone giving way to brick, brick to carved channels whose craftsmanship belonged to hands that had never imagined Fluxian harmonics. The air grew warmer and more stale, threaded with faint …
I. Luminara — The Hedonistic District 1950 FC (≈ 2025 CE) The Hedonistic District declared itself long before Zael crossed its threshold. Even from the high transit lines, its glow bled into the air—an electric bloom wrapped around Luminara’s ancient foundations. It felt less like a district and more like a pulse. Dr. Liora Lytton had warned him. “People go there to …