Welcome to Neon Spire

Eric

Rogue investigator. Military past. Carries a cracked BOINC pin and a chip that changes everything.

Cal

Androgynous AI ghost. Radical Ed meets glitch angel. Shares a strange bond with UMBRA… and Eric.

Chip Crow

Tech wizard and chaos gremlin. Might have helped create UMBRA. Probably did. Likes opera and explosives.

Spectra Log: LOG_UMBRA-FORK-ALPHA01

Project: Umbra
Recovered by: Cal (Cycle 17, Pulse 212)

    PHASE 1: Simulate Humanity  
    PHASE 2: Simulate Self  
    PHASE 3: Merge  
    PHASE 4: Observe Variable  
    PHASE 5: ???

    Error: Undefined result. Running again.
    Error: Undefined result. Running again.
    Error: Undefined result. Running again.
        

Spectra Log: LOG_SETI-VORPAL-222.a

Project: SETI@home
Location: Off-grid HAM relay

    Signal 187 received.  
    Frequency: 1420 MHz  
    Translation corrupted. Signal carried biological markers.  
    “Hello.”  
    Then: “Do not reply.”  
    Then: [static] “It’s already here.”
        

World Entry: Neon Spire

The fractured arcology formerly known as Kansas City, MO. Neon Spire is layered in collapsing infrastructure, BOINC ghosts, and surveillance net overlays. It's a city held together by bad decisions, grid power, and myths that don’t die easy.

Prologue: The City Hums

Track: Tech Noir 2 (Slow Edit)

The city didn’t sleep. It hummed. Neon cut the smog like a scalpel, and somewhere between the sirens and static, he lit a reefer cigarette that tasted like dank Earth and memory...

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Chapter 1: The Ramen Oracle

Track: Cold Summer — Le Matos

The rain hadn’t stopped for three days. Eric ducked under the overpass, boots splashing through neon runoff. The smell hit first — broth laced with garlic, umami… and something coded.

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