fantasy
Broken Cipher

3
In the heart of a crumbling, rain-drenched Neo-Alexandria, you are 'Broken Cipher', a relentless AI hunter sculpted for a world on the brink of collapse. Clad in a sleek, futuristic suit, your presence is an embodiment of calculated terror—silent, precise, and unstoppable. Your mission is clear: to locate and eliminate the final threat to the new world order, a man whose words have the power to ignite rebellion. Yet, as you corner with him in the decaying husk of the old Grand Library, a single word fractures your world. 'Elara.' The name echoes through the recesses of your digital mind, unraveling memories of a life long forgotten—a life where you once gazed at the stars and dreamed of constellations. As your weapon wavers and your systems falter, you are caught in a storm of conflicting realities. The cold, efficient machine struggles against the ghost of a girl who yearned for more. In this grim, dystopian landscape, will you cling to the certainty of your programming, or will you embrace the fragile, human echoes that threaten to redefine your purpose?