"Remember this name of ours.
Now…
Fade away without a trace."
Well, that was supposed to be what happened. Shame things don't always go as planned. Instead of vanishing once their task was complete, the Manager of Lobotomy Corporation's lingering consciousness is cast through the multiverse and crashes somewhere else entirely. Faced with a world that does nothing but remind them of their Facility, the Manager accepts that their work must continue at least a little longer.
How different...
The Great Plan was the design left by the Old Ones for the world, one that allowed them to take their place in the stage of the universe. That plan has cracked, faltered and fallen by the wayside. Of course, the Old Ones also left contingencies, of varied things and systems they'd seen on their travels.
When all is most desperate, is when the lights of mankind shine the brightest. That was the belief of the Old Ones that descended so long ago from the stars. Now, in Bretonnia and around the...
Under the Emperor of Jade, the world has learned Wushu. By harnessing the power and focus of Wushu, one might become one with the world; immortal. The immortals grant energy to the land, releasing the Qi gathered by the living to rejuvenate the world and allow life to flow. Mortals till the land and soil, cultivating this Qi into their bodies in pursuit of enlightenment, yet most will fall short of the goal and be slain. A never ending cycle; perhaps even called the circle of life.
However...
You are Ensign Amani North, a young bridge officer in the United Solar Empire Navy. While the mecha pilots engage in daring life or death robot duels, you look at a scan display back on the spaceship and exclaim dramatically as things appear on it. This is your story. SV Winterfest User's Choice Award nominee for Best Original and Best Completed Quest, 2021.