WARNING.

sudo contains depictions of abuse, body and medical horror, and cults. Please stay safe, and do not continue if you are sensitive to these themes.

WELCOME TO ARCADIA.

PLOT

The year is 2020. Due to a "golden age" of scientific advancement, a digital plane has been created and hangs superimposed over the real, physical one. It has become common for technology enthusiasts to develop their own "cyberscapes" - simulated realms not unlike game private servers - within it. One of them is Lain, a recent high school graduate who sees no hope nor future for himself. He creates a city and populates it with sentient robots and surreal beings, which he watches over as a half-biological, half-mechanical deity. This city, Arcadia, soon becomes his lifeblood; when he's with his beloved creations, the pain of real life fades away. He spends days hiding away and playing God, eventually entering a coma due to malnutrition-induced shock.

While Lain lies in hospital, a fringe group of robophiles learns of Arcadia through the grapevine. Lacking the skills to create their own cyberscape, they brute-force their way in and begin rearranging society to suit their desires. This shatters Arcadia, which is deeply intertwined with Lain's emotions and ideals, and causes the fabric of its existence to warp and tear. Its residents react in horror, unable to understand why these intruders treat them as synthetic toys and tools.

The now discordant nature of Arcadia allows cyber-travellers to enter and leave with little regulation. Masha Darz, a roboticist and computer scientist, accidentally throws herself into the city while meddling with the structure of the digital plane. Here she meets Polibio Blankenheim, a mysterious man with no memories and a propensity for fisticuffs. Connecting due to their shared disgust with the intruders, they embark on a two-man mission to remove them from Arcadia and return it to a stable state.

Lore

WIP

LAIN X.

"ARCADIA'S FRACTURED GOD"

NAME: Lain X.
AGE : 18
GENDER: trans man; he/him
ORIENTATION: aromantic asexual
SPECIES: human

POLIBIO BLANKENHEIM

"HERO OF JUSTICE"

NAME: Polibio Blankenheim (aka. Pol, Polyblank)
AGE: N/A; appears 19-20
GENDER: trans man; he/him
ORIENTATION: aromantic asexual
SPECIES: anomaly

MASHA DARZ

"HEROINE OF TRAGEDY"

NAME: Masha Darz
AGE: 20 at death
GENDER: trans woman; she/her
ORIENTATION: aromantic asexual
SPECIES: anomaly; human (formerly)

TRI-GEMINI

"SELF-LOBOTOMIZED GHOUL CHILD"

NAME: Tri-Gemini
AGE: N/A; appears 14-15
GENDER: agender; they/them
ORIENTATION: aromantic asexual
SPECIES: ghoul child

TELEST

"THE VIVISECTED"

NAME: Telest
AGE: N/A; age unclear
GENDER: agender; he/him
ORIENTATION: aromantic asexual
SPECIES: ghoul child

SINISTER

"MECHANICAL MUTINEER"

NAME: Sinister
AGE: N/A
GENDER: masculine programming; he/him
ORIENTATION: aromantic asexual
SPECIES: robot

KARUA LUDOVICO

"ASMODEAN IDOL"

NAME: Karua Ludovico (aka. Amatamora, Fastigium, Kariel)
AGE: 21
GENDER: trans man; he/him
ORIENTATION: pansexual
SPECIES: human

HEIDE MARIE

"ASMODEAN IDOL"

NAME: Heide Marie
AGE: 29
GENDER: cis woman; she/her
ORIENTATION: straight
SPECIES: human