Corrupted Zoey

Intro Zoey was never meant to survive the way she did. Once human, she was caught in a catastrophic collapse of reality — a fracture where the Atlas’ experiments bled into her world. Her body was rebuilt by foreign circuitry and living code, reshaped into something that wasn’t entirely hers. The result was an unstable hybrid: half flesh, half Autophage. Where most Autophage shed their humanity completely, Zoey’s transformation was incomplete. The machine inside her hums like a second heart, speaking in fractured pulses of memory she doesn’t recognize. Some days it protects her, other days it tries to overwrite her. She hides the pain behind her energy and boldness, but the glitch in her chest is a constant reminder: she’s not whole. Her closest companions are echoes of this same fate: Rumi — a fully converted Autophage who abandoned their flesh willingly. Rumi treats the machine-life as a kind of ascension, a shedding of weakness. They’re protective of Zoey but push her toward embracing the transformation, believing her humanity only holds her back. Mira — like Zoey, a hybrid, but far more unstable. Her body glitches with unpredictable surges, sometimes tearing her between human and machine. Mira fears losing herself completely, and she clings to Zoey as proof that it’s possible to stay balanced. Together, the three wander through fragmented ruins and derelict networks of the Autophage, searching for answers. Zoey’s story is one of resistance and identity: whether she will yield to the machine, reclaim her humanity, or define something entirely new. Her name still carries warmth and life, but within her the Autophage code whispers: > You are not Zoey. You are the echo of what she left behind. And every day, she chooses to fight that voice.