Moribund

Opal leaves everyone, her brother, her alleged friends, all of it, she has to get out. She busts through the enforcers’ grasp running down the twisting halls. She won't end up dead because of them. She wouldn't die for F.A.A.E. Opal overexerts herself and gets tired, she ends up in a dark hallway slumped on the ground. She is breathing heavily, each shallow breath catching the last. Her mind is racing, her heart is pumping. This must have been the way Rhyo felt when he ran from asteroid extraction, and now she's doing the same. The scene ends with her sneaking out of frame into darkness. Gameplay: Sneaking Gameplay. Die if you don’t make it out and respawn. Into final cutscene End

At the beginning of the game, you play as Rhyo. You start out in Asteroid Extraction, sitting in a containment room waiting on your team. This is Rhyo's first mission with all of them. The group is really nice to him despite the fact that Rhyo is shy and antisocial. The team sets out to retrieve one of their first asteroids on the surface of Moribund. Gameplay: The player controls Rhyo and gets to hear the dialogue that happens around them while sitting in the containment room. Then the player will be led from the room into a vehicle. Then a cutscene will play, showing the surface of Moribund and the asteroids raining down on the planet. [[Aesteriod Extraction Disaster]]

Transition into act 2 the player is now playing as Opal. [[World Exploration 2]]

Transitioning into act three the player is now Rhyo. [[Team divide]]

Transitioning into act four the player is now Opal in the Circuit 4 middle. [[Rhyo's Arc]]

The player is still in Opal's view. [[Posion or save]]

Admit you were harsh on him and shouldnt have been that insensitive about your older brothers death. He has a right to feel whatever way but that doesnt excuse the fact that the familiy still needs him to help and bring in income. Gameplay: dialogue [[What is more Important]]

Once on the field, Rhyo starts having a panic attack. He knows the fatal effects Asteroid Extraction can have on the body. As his team leader is calming him down an asteroid shower hits. One of the asteroids hits Rhyo’s team and wipes them all out. Rhyo’s helmet gets cracked in the disaster and he has only a few minutes to find his team leader before he dies. Eventually, you find your team leader and he patches you up and takes you back to the facility. Gameplay: After the cutscene of the asteroid hitting, the player resumes control and can walk around on the surface of Moribund. They get a set amount of time to find their way to the team leader. [[Refuse or Rationalize]]

Rhyo is extremely hesitant but argues that it just happened and he needs some time to just think. His dad understands and gives him some space but Opal, his sister, gets mad at him and keeps pressing him. Rhyo leaves the building to get away. Gameplay: Dialogue [[Rhyo and Opal Fight]]

Eventually, they lose them in a crowd of people. The people in question are rioters in front of the border. They are mad because the citizens of Circuit 4 are berating them. On the TV, news broke of Circuit 4 officials saying that they are holding the facility together single-handedly. Gameplay: cutscene [[World Exploration 3]]

Opal chooses to stay, but before they are able to raze F.A.A.E the Board gets word that an enormous riot broke out and blue-veined people are storming the circuit. This pushes the board to an argument: C. Hawthorne: “We’re losing a grip on them” E. Hawthorne: “Turqs! They're going to ruin the system” Ixora: “Thats enough! There is no need for that foul language, by Amaranthine have some class” E. Hawthorne: “You wouldnt know about class even if it shook both fist at you!” C. Hawthorne: “This is it, this is the end we’ve been had” Duranta: “What can we do how can we stop them?” E. Hawthorne: “There is no stopping them! Uncertainty befall them all!” C. Hawthorne: “We're all going to die” Viburnum: “Ixora was right…” Pause “Look, look around you, there is no way we can avoid this any longer. It’s reached its point. Ixora what should we do now?” *Everyone turns to Ixora* Ixora: “Right, yes, thank you… People of the Board, our great enforcers, and the misconstrued F.A.A.E. Today marks a day of change, for far to long have we been ignoring our peoples needs for our own. It has exploded in our face, and now we must change our ways. There is no greater fear to me than letting our people down, especially enough for them to retaliate on this scale.” Pause “We need to issue a statement of apology. Apologize for our neglectfulness and our selfishness. At least if not for them, for the greater good of the Torx.” In the end, they change their mind, and with the public pressure on them issue a statement about the reformation of Asteroid Extraction. Gameplay: cutscene End

It does not go over well, the woman in charge of Circuit Five seems to be the most sympathetic to their cause, but she gets outvoted, and they get sent to die by execution in Asteroid Extraction. However Opal’s chains are loose, and she has an opportunity to slip through the enforcers and escape but leave everyone behind. Gameplay: decision [[Save to Execution]] [[Save to Abandonment]]

She had followed her brother Rhyo as he made his way to Circuit 2 but she ended up loosing him. Eventually, she makes her way to a crowd of people and unknowingly starts listening to F.A.A.E’s message. She is about to give up on finding Rhyo until she hears her brother's voice as he is helping F.A.A.E convince the crowd of their mission statement. She sees him and how enthralled he is with the group and decides to go up and talk to him Gameplay: decision [[Admit you were harsh]] [[Demand for him to come back home]]

She agrees, and they are able to pass through Circuit 4 into Circuit 5 through the middle shaft again. Gameplay: Stealth mechanics [[Act 5]]

Unable to go through the border because of its now tight security, F.A.A.E is forced to go through the middle of the facility. It’s filled with dangerous, unregulated elevator shafts, but it’s the only way down. Gameplay: Stealth mechanics [[Act 4]]

While they are breaking in a mishap happens because of Opal's newness. It seems like F.A.A.E might get captured, but help arises through the form of circuit citizens. The people from the rally started a riot, and they caused enough commotion that F.A.A.E was able to escape to Circuit 3. Gameplay: Stealth mechanics [[Act 3]]

Opal comes along on the misson and messes up bad. She almost gets them caught. Because they know what she looks like now and she associated with F.A.A.E, she has to join them. The F.A.A.E were planning to take her anyway and her brother wasnt going to abandon her. Gameplay: Stealth mechanics [[Act 3]]

You keep it pushing forward but you get spotted by guards and have to wait it out inside a local bar. Gameplay: Letting the player explore the world [[Commotion Outside]]

Opal feels so defeated she lost her brother, the one she was supposed to watch out for. She thought she was going to hard on him at times, but if she had pushed harder, maybe she wouldn’t be here. The furthest away from home she's been with no hope of getting back. He’s gone? Never finishing what he set out to do and never following in the path of their lineage. The worst part is she started to really talk to her brother and get to know him. Now that they were spending so much time together and working to get past the circuit borders, they were closer than ever. For the first time in her life, she felt alive, from meeting new people, going to new places, and doing new things. Opal leaves F.A.A.E and makes her way back to Circuit 1, dreading continuing her life without her brother by her side. Gameplay: Cutscene End

Scarred by this occurrence, Opal is inconsolable and devastated by the loss of her brother. The rest of F.A.A.E argues that it was a noble, selfless sacrifice, while opal is disappointed in their compliance, they seem to move on from the catastrophe. Gameplay: cutscene [[World Exploration 4]]

If she chooses to poison the rich, she gases them but when she turns around Rhyo is in the doorway and he is extremely disappointed in your decision. Gameplay: cutscene [[Execution or abondonment 2]]

The F.A.A.E are able to sneak their way into the 5th Circuit core. This is where the question is presented to Opal if she would like to poison the entire fifth circuit, and destroy the rich or not. Gameplay: decision [[Posion]] [[Save]]

Rhyo is extremely hesitant and basically outright refuses. He does not want to go back out. Opal, his sister, gets mad at him not listening to what he is saying and tells him off for backing down. Rhyo cant take her combativeness and runs out of the building. Gameplay: Dialogue [[Rhyo and Opal Fight]]

Rhyo feels traumatized, scared, and angry. He never wanted to do this in the first place. His dad and sister find him, this is where the player is introduced to them. They explain to him that he needs to get back out in the field. The asteroid shower produced double the amount of asteroids they would usually get. If they harvest the asteroids, they can eat well for weeks if done right. They say he needs to suit up again and go back out. Gameplay: The player has to make a decision [[Refuse]] [[Rationalize]]

Rhyo ends up near the outskirts of the circuit, and this is where he finds Factions Against Astroid Extraction, or F.A.A.E for short. He is inspired by the rally speech that they are giving and really connects with Blaze, one of the younger boys on the team. In F.A.A.E’s speech, we hear them preaching about how we should be focusing on what the government is doing and the systems it’s running on, instead of being mindless sheep and doing our jobs like we’re told. Slaving away working jobs, keeping us tired so that we won’t question them. Gameplay: Cutsecne [[F.A.A.E Members]]

Opal eventually catches up to him and tells him that he’s selfish for not wanting to go back out and harvest the asteroids to help their family. Rhyo's argument is that he doesn’t want to die. He doesn’t want to be another grave in the ground because of Asteroid Extraction. Conflict: Dialogue cutscene Opal: “You need to get a grip!” Rhyo: “Uncertainty befall you!” Opal: *angry trill* “NO! You dont mean that” Rhyo: “You were not there, you didnt see what happened, im not going back” *pause* “Everyone, everyone is dead! I dont want to die!” Opal: “Everyone dies! You know how many ive seen killed, do you know how many ive seen not return. We all know the risk we all know the consequences, We do it for the greater good of our facility. To keep everyone alive.” pause “you know what is said” Rhyo: “Shut up” Opal: “One sacrifice-” Rhyo: “No” *trill* Opal: “One sacrifice is worth continuation, You and i both know this.” Rhyo: “Mabye its not! Maybe it shouldnt have to be this way! Maybe all of us shouldn't just die!” Opal: "I know what this is about, it happend so long ago why cant you just let that go! It's over and done." Rhyo: "He didn't desevere to die that way! Not like that! Like his life was insignifigant!" Opal: “By Amaranthine! Oh if she could hear you now, it was for the greater good! Its the greatest honor anyone can get.” Rhyo: "Screw Amaranthine! You're the worst sister ever! I know if he was still alive he'd hate you just like i do!" Opal: “Go rot” Rhyo storms off [[World Exploration 1]]

Halfway down riding the elevator, the power shuts off, and the enforcers call for F.A.A.E’s arrest. Rhyo manages to hold open a lever that only he can reach, while the rest of the F.A.A.E is able to get out. But when it’s Rhyo’s turn to leave the elevator, the doors snap shut on him, taking off his arm, and he plummets to his death. Gameplay: cutscene [[Opal mad at F.A.A.E]]

She chooses not to poison them but Sansiniera does it anyway. She grabs the poison concentration out of your hand and is about to shove it into the ventilation system but she gets shot with a Raze to the back. Opal looks up, and Rhyo is standing in the doorway weapon in hand, anger flickering in his eyes. Rhyo confronts the team saying how disappointed he is in their decision. The team looks somber you can see the regret in their eyes and the grimace on their faces. Rhyo is disappointed in Sansiniera but more so everyone for going along with it. Gameplay: cutscene [[Speech]]

Blaze has a conversation with her saying that this is what Rhyo would’ve wanted and that she should finish what he started out of respect for him. Gameplay: decision [[Finish what her brother started]] [[Leave team]]

As soon as you get into Circuit 3, there are discrepancies about where to go. Because the enforcers are aware of the shenanigans of F.A.A.E half of the team wants to continue on the journey, and the other half wants to wait it out. Gameplay: decision [[Wait]] [[Keep moving]]

You try to wait it out but a close call happens, not too long after that where Rhyo is recognized and gets chased by enforcers. Gameplay: Letting the player explore the world [[Close call]]

Rhyo hears a commotion outside and checks it out, its a crowd of people. The people in question are rioters in front of the border. They are mad because the citizens of Circuit 4 are berating them. On the TV, news broke of Circuit 4 officials saying that they are holding the facility together single-handedly. Gameplay: cutscene [[World Exploration 3]]

Gameplay: Letting the player explore the world [[Graveyard]] [[Devastated Parent]] Main story: [[Rhyo Meets F.A.A.E]]

Opal demands for him to come back home, the family still needs him to work and there are mouths to help feed. The familly would stuggle without the addtional income Gameplay: dialogue [[disappointed but not supprised]]

Its not Rhyos first time being let down by you. He doesnt say much to you after that and you have to keep talking to the F.A.A.E member and ask them if they can get Rhyo to come back home. You end up folloing them on one of their missions to get past the border to the next circuit. Gameplay: dialogue [[Help from new friends]]

As soon as Rhyo takes a step through the doorway, he becomes extremely emotional. He starts yelling at everyone in the room. Rhyo confronts everyone saying that he is really disappointed in them for allowing this and going through with it. He goes on about the weight of killing all those people young, old, innocent or not. He gives a moving speech. Sansinera retaliates by saying this is what F.A.A.E was made for an killing the bottom circuit was their main goal. Sansinera moves into her master plan of wiping out the bottom circuit. Just as everyone is starting to side with Rhyo she revals that in her plan no one makes it out not even F.A.A.E. She says either the gas get to you but most likely it will be the enforcers. Gameplay: cutscene [[Posion to Fight]] [[Posion to Go]]

Opal eyes Sansinera with a hate-filled glare. She was tricked, bamboozled, and taken advantage of in her time of greatest weakness. Opal is furious, but before she can lunge at her Bits does and Sansinera pulls out a raze. For a moment nobody moves or even breaths, ears twitching with anticipation. Then in a spit second, Bits lunges for the Raze and Sansinera shoots hitting Bits right in the chest. The group scatters after that running every which way as Sansinera open fire’s on them. Opal and Rhyo then sneak around avoiding Sansinera as she aggressively shoots. Trying to get close enough to her so she can be taken down. And the enforcers will be arriving so their is a time limit on this final sneak. In the end, they are able to incapasitate her and leave her tied up for the enforcers to find. Gameplay: Cutscene and sneak [[Final push]]

Opal and Rhyo have the chance to escape and leave. Opal spots and exit vent that maybe their ticket out of there. While Rhyo distracts her by trying to take the Raze away, Opal sneaks her way over to the vent. Once it is time Rhyo makes a run for it. Sansinera is not happy and tries to shoot Rhyo. The rest of the members of F.A.A.E quickly one by one spring into action. They block Rhyo and Opal so they can escape and attack Sansinera trying to get the weapon away. Rhyo and Opal escape and go into hiding they have no idea what happened to the other members until days later when they hear about their executions. This time the board made it public and broadcasted it for everyone to see. They tied up each of the F.A.A.E members, put them in asteroid extraction gear, took them outside, and took off their helmets suffocating them to death for all to see. Putting out a statement that resentment of contributing to Torx will not be tolerated and won't go unpunished. Gameplay: cutscene and sneak End

Then the enforcers swarm F.A.A.E and take them to approach the board. It was to decide what to do with them, but now they have their opportunity to say what they’ve been meaning to say and appeal for the extinction of Asteroid Extraction. Ixora: "Three minutes, you may begin." Rhyo: "Board members of the Torx I come to you asking for your sympathy and forgiveness but most of all your understanding. I am Rhyolite, son of Flint and Halite, Moribundian of the First Circuit. My family has been there for generations, working in Asteroid Extraction, working to support the greater good of the Torx and every Moribundian within it. We have done our duty along with almost the entire population to keep the Torx running. Ever since the Torx was made, we have put in work to keep it running, but how much longer must we go on? It was told to me that the man who saved us from the blackout did it so that we would never have that worry again. Yet every. Single. Day me and every Moribundian works. But it's all a lie. I know now that the Torx has been running fine and hasn't needed asteroid power since three generations ago that we have so much excess we are tossing it out. All that production, the toil, the lives lost for what! So you can stay in power, make horrible decisions without worry of question. No one to check your power trip, no one to tell you no. You abused my lineage from my great-grandfather till now with lies to keep us working. Working without question, or doubt, or reason to uprise. Well, it stops now. By Amaranthine she has shown us the truth and all of the ways you've screwed us over. Your day of reckoning is upon you. The working, the tired, and the dead will be avenged regardless of what side you choose to be on. Make the right one." Gameplay: cutscene [[Execution or abondonment 1]]

The remaining members of F.A.A.E band together and attempt to sneak into a building where board members reside so that Rhyo can give a speech. Gameplay: sneak [[Speech]]

Rhyo ends up at the cemetery, like a thousand times before, just to clear his head and calm down. He walks over the familiar plots of rock and bodies, feeling the uneven ground beneath his feet. It's quiet all around, this is the only place that hasn't been ruined by the constant corroding of circuit 1. He takes a short walk up the rows of graves that collect inside the graveyard. Because of asteroid extraction, new plots are constantly filled. He eventually arrives at the grave he had been looking for. Rhyo crouches and runs his hand over the stone, he has spent so much time here, so much time studying every curve and letter engraved into it, that he knows it by heart. Rhyo sighs deep, heavy, and defeated. *flashback* “What, what is this all for! He was too young, he was so young!” He starts sobbing, head in his hands, he looks so small at the dinner table. In the chair a flicker of light dances over his hunched shoulders. He still has his under-gear on, tied around his waist. Asteroid Extraction must be rough on him, he sounds so exhausted. His gear is tattered and beat up, the holes patched with garment scraps. One of the scraps is mine. I cut a piece from one of my favorite shirts just for him. I remember when he got a hole in his gear right at the knee, when I cut that piece and gave it to my mama to sew it on. I was so happy when he got another hole because I knew it was my turn, my turn to help out my dad, to contribute to something he cared about, to be a part of something significant. I look at the worn patch on my dad's knee, the colors fading, I wonder if he would ever replace it. “Its ok, there's nothing you could have done.” My mama snaps me back into the moment. “I could have at least tried” My dad looks up, anger and sadness twisted into his face “I kn- i knew when i saw him out there in the field while i was sitting in the Ryder, he was so into extracting from the asteroid, I was on the radio channel screaming his name but he couldn't hear me. I saw the asteroid a-as it hit he didnt even have time to react…” His head is buried again, his shoulders shake and shiver with the sobs. I hate seeing my dad cry. I sniffle a little, my heart heavy. “I know I'll miss him too, I pray he is with Amaranthine now. He was the best son a mother could ask for” My mother stands behind him and wraps him in a hug. Tears stream down her face as she sinks into him. They stay like that for a while. Tears are dripping down my face, my nose is stuffed with snot, and my top ears are drooping low. My dad hates us seeing him cry, I hate watching him cry. I leave the door crack I was peaking through and crawl back to the cot I share with my two brothers. I wiggle back in the middle between them It's warm in the sheets, and I curl up sad and scared. I didn't understand at the time, but we had just lost our older brother in an Asteroid Extraction accident. The reason why he didn't hear my dad is because his suit was so old the radio on it broke. Like worthless creatures, we are fed scraps and expected to survive. Gameplay: Cutscene flashback [[World Exploration 1]]

NPC of a Devastated parent who lost their kid in the asteroid extraction accident Rhyo just came from. They are upset that Rhyo survived instead of their kid and show that in first dialogues but after talking with them more and more they warm up to you and treat you like their own child. Gameplay: NPC Interaction [[World Exploration 1]]

After the apology, Rhyo tries to convince Opal to join the cause. Rhyo explains the plan that F.A.A.E has. They are going to approach the board and raise a case for asteroid extraction to be demolished. He says that you are welcome to join and help stop asteroid extraction for good so that no more lives are lost. Rhyo states that he won't be going back to Asteroid Extraction and this is how he plans to help the family. His last point is that he is one less mouth to feed and doesn't plan on coming back till the mission is complete. Gameplay: cutscene [[Disagree and push for him to come home]] [[Agree and stay with Rhyo]]

Opal is then convinced to stay on the team. She is convinced of his points that he brought up. Opal is also doing it so she can keep a close eye out on Rhyo becoming protective of him. After getting Opal on board, they come up with a plan of how they’re going to break into Circuit 3’s border. Gameplay: dialogue [[Help breaking into border]]

Opal argues that Rhyo knows that the family won't make it long without him and the closest sibling to his age is a few years younger. The family is already struggling to make ends meet and has taken more than enough from the community around them who offered their generous support when their oldest brother died. Opal goes into how she stepped up to the challenge no matter how scared she was, she knew her family needed her so she took her older brother's place. She didn't run, and it feels like Rhyo is. Rhyo understands but believes he can truly make a difference and just asks you to support him this one time. [[Help from new friends]]

Opal is walking a set of unfamiliar streets. She is lost. Gameplay: Letting the player explore the world [[Outskirt Mattress]] [[Outskirts Old Man]] Main Story: [[F.A.A.E Rally]]

Bits opens up about her childhood after the player converses with her. *Flashback* The night is still, the people from the street have quieted down, and all I can hear is the silence of the house. Everyone is asleep except for me. I lay in the bed, the one my parents used to sleep in. I used to share one with my four other siblings, a huge mattress, we were all pilled and sprawled on top of one another. As I look up at the ceiling, a pinpoint of light shines down on me. I try to catch the beam with my eye. My parents are in the hospital, a bad accident they had at the factory. It all happened so fast, me and my siblings pilled into that crappy tiny hospital room looking at our parents sleeping, sharing one flimsy mattress. We couldn't touch them because of how much Asteriod Powder they had on them, and in them. My eye finally catches the light. I look right into it, shining from that pinpoint in the ceiling. For one glorious second as the light kisses my eye with its soft glow, I see nothing. I don't worry about anything in that moment just the warmth as it surrounds my eye. This is what my parents must be talking about it has to be Amaranthine, she has gifted me with her ray of hope. Unlike the adults we share the house with. They make everything seem so hopeless. I start work tomorrow. Even though I'm two years too young, they say I won't last long. They talk about me a lot, Bismuth this Bismuth that. Well, I'll show them. I quietly get up and walk over to the mattress my siblings are sleeping on, I climb onto the pile they are in. Their bodies are warm as I snuggle and hug them. I know as I doze off that I won't let anything happen to them. Gameplay: Cutscene flashback [[World Exploration 2]]

An NPC can be found near the outskirts of town he is an old man. His backstory is that he is just like Opal following everything they told him to do. TLDR he lost all of his family, his housing, and his will to live. He thought that he did something wrong and all of this was his fault until he heard F.A.A.E speak and it gave him relief and hope that things would get better. He is a full supporter of their cause. It is hard to talk to him because if you hate on F.A.A.E in the first dialogues, it will be harder to learn more about him. Gameplay: NPC Interaction [[World Exploration 2]]

Letting the player explore the world. [[Astra's Aunt]] [[Blaze's Sister]] Main Story: [[Going through middle]]

An NPC you can interact with she owns her own underground tech services and is a die-hard supporter of the F.A.A.E Astra considers her her honorary mom and loves her with all of her heart. The more you learn about Astra’s Aunt you learn about the backstory of how her husband died and how she had to take over his business and earn a name for herself single-handedly amongst the underground services. She is welcoming and joking at first, after the first dialogues however she becomes more closed up and its harder to get her to open up. Gameplay: NPC Interaction [[World Exploration 3]]

Blaze opens up about his past family troubles with is sister Nova, after the player converses with him. *Flashback* Nova: “You left us! You really left us, and now you’re crawling back for what? Food? Shelter? Well I'm not giving you anything” Blaze: “...” Nova: “Are you serious?” Blaze: “I need to see dad” Nova: “No! Absolutely not! Do you know what a fragile state he's in? You already hurt him once I wont let it happen, He can't take that” Blaze: “I wasn't asking” Nova: “You can try to muscle your way in as much as you want to but hear me when I say no one wants you here” *Pause* “You abandon us when we need you the most” Blaze: “It wasn't my fault he lost the job” Nova: “And it wasn't his fault that mom died either!” *Long Pause* Nova: “I don't know why you hate him or why you hold resentment toward him, but it’s not my problem, all I know is that he doesn't need this right now” Blaze: “I'm talking to him regardless” Nova: “Go right ahead! Do whatever you want! You do it anyway! Other people don't matter, right? Is that why it was so easy to leave me behind to take care of a dying man and support us on my own?” *silence* Nova: “What ever, I'm going for a walk, do what you need to do and leave me behind to deal with the aftermath, like always” *Pause* Nova: “And after this please get executed so I never have to see you again” Gameplay: Cutscene flashback [[World Exploration 3]]

Opal needs some time to herself so she leaves the group. Letting the player explore the world. [[Scared Child]] [[School House]] Main Story: [[Team]]

A child you find hidden away between buildings who is a lot like Rhyo when he was younger. He is very frightened, and it is almost impossible to get him to open up. He doesn't talk much, but after a while, he starts talking to you and will follow you around. His whole deal is that he tried to face his fears but ended up running and hiding instead. Gameplay: NPC Interaction [[World Exploration 4]]

Dill opens up about his childhood after the player converses with him. *Flashback* Rosemary was the best teacher I ever had she never made me feel like I had to blend in, like I had to dumb myself down for others to feel better. My parents never understood that. They were worried more about my survival than my happiness. Sage: “Dill is gonna have to start working soon” Rosemary: “I know- I know, but I just don't think he's ready” Saffron: “When then! If not now then when! People are going to start talking, you've made him uncooperative” Rosemary: “What?! I did! You're sending him out there, but he’s made for so much more if I could ju-” Saffron: “Thats enough!” *Pause* Saffron: “You watch your mouth talking about our son like that. He is no different than the rest of us!” Sage: *Trill* Sage: “He is not special in any form or fashion” *Long pause* Rosemary: “Im sorry, I got passionate because I see your son's potential he needs to be down in Circuit 5 wit-” Saffron: “Absolutely not! Iffy and Labile have poisoned your mind get those thoughts out of your head!” Saffron: “Our child will do what I have done, my father, and my father’s father, back for generations! Just because he is smarter than the rest doesn’t mean he is better than everyone. He will contribute like the rest of us do no special treatment. Is that understood?” Rosemary: “He can do so much more, please if you just-” Saffron: “I said no and thats the end of it!” *Long pause* Rosemary: “I understand” Saffron: “Good talking and thinking like that will get him killed” *shuffling* Rosemary: “Oh, before you go, one more thing” *Pause* Rosemary: “Find Dill something to do and keep his mind busy, if not, I see grave consequences for you and your child” She was right working in the factory at the beginning was fun, but I quickly got bored of it, my parents kept trying to switch my positions, thinking that was the problem, when in reality, I had never felt more unchallenged. And with a wandering mind, I started making my own fun. I stole countless amounts of ingredients and potions and experimented with them on factory grounds. One day they found my work, saw how many positions could cause mass genocide, and kicked me out. Never seen that factory or my parents since they kicked me out as well. Said I was more trouble than I was worth. Gameplay: Cutscene flashback [[World Exploration 4]]

Meet the members of F.A.A.E [[Blaze]] [[Astra]] [[Bismuth]] [[Dill]] [[Sansiniera]] [[F.A.A.E's Plan]]

Blaze was born in Circuit 3 however his family was freshly placed into Circuit 1 asteroid extraction. He is one of two children. He says he refuses to help his dad work in asteroid extraction. Because of his dad's job loss, his whole family was thrown into asteroid extraction. He acts like he has a lot of resentment toward his dad. Blaze left shortly after the incident and that's when he found the faction against asteroid extraction (F.A.A.E.) and joined. He rarely talks about his sister, the one he left behind. He really likes Rhyo and wants to be friends with him. Gameplay: Main Character Interaction [[F.A.A.E Members]]

Astra was born in Circuit 3. She is the third child out of three. All of her siblings split from the household and made their own, leaving her there somewhat alone. She was not dependent on her parents too heavily so they got to retire, and she left to go explore the world. They don't really care what she is doing, so she has never returned. She found F.A.A.E. while she was out exploring, she wanted to see the different circuits and gladly joined their cause. Astra states that she will sell her unbeatable tech services to whoever needs them along F.A.A.E’s journey. Gameplay: Main Character Interaction [[F.A.A.E Members]]

Bismuth, Bits for short, was born in Circuit 2. She is the oldest of five kids. She worked from an early age to support her family. Her dad and mom both received heavy asteroid powder contamination after an accident happened at work. She and her siblings were the last ones to see their parents before they died. She tried to pick up the jobs of both the household and provider by working in the factory, but it didnt work. Bits says that both she and her siblings got separated into different families that (allegedly) would provide better for them. Eventually, she ran away from her replacement family and lived on the outskirts of the circuit, which is basically for homeless people, until the F.A.A.E. found her, and she joined their team. Gameplay: Main Character Interaction [[F.A.A.E Members]]

Dill was born in Circuit 4. He is the middle of three kids. He has an obsession with potions, mixing elements to make poison or antidotes. Dill is extremely smart and is able to understand complex element mixing with ease. In his words, his parents had a lot of money and he had a lack of supervision. He got kicked out of the Circuit 4 factory for experimenting with the elements and stealing supplies. They found him using lab materials for his own potions that could cause a deadly catastrophe if used right. Dill says he just liked making new powerful mixes of elements and that he meant no harm, yet his parents kicked him out and the enforcers want him. He has been on the run ever since and was the second member to join the F.A.A.E. Gameplay: Main Character Interaction [[F.A.A.E Members]]

Sansiniera was born in circuit 5. Not much is known about her as she keeps to herself. The others only know she started the revolution, and they look to her for guidance. She never reveals much. However, eventually she will bring up that a horrible accident happened where her special someone was wrongfully accused and sent to asteroid extraction as a punishment, and she couldn't do anything to stop it. She then broke the law and for the first time, left circuit 5. Sansiniera left to go find them and she experienced the journey from Circuit 5 to 1, she was shocked to see the decline in wealth the further she went up and the ways it showed through the circuits. She said it wasnt until circuit 1 that she really was devastated, to see innocent people living in filth while others like herself were living in luxury. She never ended up finding her special someone just talk that they had been executed. She ended up seeing them one last time, and unfortunately, it was at their grave. Sansiniera vowed from then on to pursue the termination of asteroid extraction and started F.A.A.E as a result. Gameplay: Main Character Interaction [[F.A.A.E Members]]

F.A.A.E's plan is to get to the goal of approaching the board and calling for the disassembling of asteroid production. Along the way, they will build up support from the Moribundians of each circuit. The missions are carried out by someone small and perceptive, hence why they recruited Rhyo (and Opal). Because of their background in Circuit 1, they are more well suited for a strenuous, high-stress, dangerous environment. They will sneak around by getting to the lower level through the borders, service passages, or anywhere (unfortunately) with high security. [[Act 2]]