Earth Arc
Chapter 2: The Rugged Path
"Every ascent begins with a lie."
Lunos enters a dim chamber lit by flickering neon and corrupted code.
A cloaked figure—charismatic, unreadable—offers him a rocket, claiming it will take him beyond Earth.
False promises.
The rocket glows faintly, its surface etched with broken protocols and false promises.
Lunos hesitates, the signal still humming in his core, but the stars call louder than caution.
He trades encrypted currency for the rocket. The prophet vanishes into static.