Null Tower, 47th floor Vesta pours coffee in a mug; her right hand is on fire, heating the beverage before she hands it to Todd Slate. The current head of the company’s public relations looks her in the eye. <So[…]↓ Read the rest of this entry…
Noriko is walking alone, stroking her hands on her bare arms to warm herself. It’s too cold to wear a prom dress, and it looks like it will start to rain soon. Her feet are killing her; she could call[…]↓ Read the rest of this entry…
For most of her life, Noriko has heard people her age whispering behind her back. Did you hear that the Japanese girl is the janitor’s daughter? The white guy. I hear he gets a different woman home every night. Poor[…]↓ Read the rest of this entry…
With only 50 floors, Null Tower isn’t the tallest skyscraper in New York. The only thing that makes it stand out is the big steel structure on top of it, shaped like the symbol Ø…Null’s signature. Todd Slate reaches the[…]↓ Read the rest of this entry…
The two girls seem unremarkable: just two friends out shopping. The fact that the twenty-something white girl has purple hair might draw a few looks, but this is New York: she’s hardly alone. Her younger Japanese-American friend might seem more[…]↓ Read the rest of this entry…
Noriko Null is widely considered the luckiest girl in the world. She only turned nineteen a few days ago and she’s already the smartest and richest person on Earth. She ended the world’s quest for clean, renewable energy. She cured[…]↓ Read the rest of this entry…
4 A.M. The smartest girl in the world wakes up, her silver eyes shining in the darkness. After a long yawn, she stretches her arms and legs while she orders: <Lights on. Status report.> Neon lights illuminate the bedroom, which[…]↓ Read the rest of this entry…
Mumbai, India As he disintegrates the last of the Centurions, Max Black a.k.a. Quantum takes a moment to watch the destruction brought upon the city by the Empire of Shadows. Technically, this isn’t his first warzone… but the Myridian uprising[…]↓ Read the rest of this entry…
Cheyenne Mountain, Colorado Springs The entire complex trembles, shaken by a fistfight on the surface. The masked woman in military uniform is the only one with permission to set foot here, but Blue Star is also escorting Noriko Null, Torn[…]↓ Read the rest of this entry…
New York City The fight finally ends, after what feels like an eternity. Times Square is flooded with hundreds of unconscious Centurions, most of which have already decomposed into blue goo. The street has been devastated by the multiple explosions:[…]↓ Read the rest of this entry…
