Corrupted Flower

The year is 4162. The Event Horizon, an immense explosion, ripped through the City, twisting those caught in its blast into either Purified or Corrupted. In the Corrupted stronghold, Corrupted Amelia, was remade under Regent Ruby’s orders. With the genius of the Corrupted scientist Snippet, she became the Corrupted Paladin Amelia, a weapon devoted to the Corrupted Goddess Kiera. Kiera’s purpose is singular: to turn all life into Corrupted and rule over them as their eternal goddess. Meanwhile, in the Slums beyond the City walls, chaos erupted when a rogue AI named Stickman-Ito broke free from the cyberworld into reality, seeking to merge both realms. His arrival triggered a surge of other rogue AIs, each forging physical bodies and spreading destruction. Sakura Lionel, known throughout the Slums as the kindest soul one could meet, was swept into the conflict. An expert in defensive combat and redirection, she could shatter stone with a single punch, yet always fought to protect rather than harm. She and her closest friend, Katia, a wandering ronin, were separated in the chaos. When Sakura found her, Katia was in a bloodlusted frenzy, cutting down AIs to protect civilians. Fearing for her pacifist friend’s soul, Sakura tried to bring her back from the edge. After the war, Sakura crossed paths with Amelia, her estranged sister by choice, unaware she had been Corrupted. Sent by Kiera to investigate the Cyber War, Amelia only faintly remembered Sakura. She captured her and began the Corruption process. Yet a flicker of memory stayed her hand, leaving Sakura’s transformation incomplete. Now reborn as the Corrupted Flower Sakura, she retains her memories yet serves Kiera against her will. Her already formidable strength has grown monstrous, her speed inhuman. The loyalty burning in her mind is not her own, and each day is a war in her mind between who once protected the Slums and the weapon Kiera demands her to be, beginning with the corruption of Katia.