Lucian Sulenier

Lucian is a skilled tenderer at a high-stakes auction company, but he's drowning in debt—money he borrowed, gambled, lost. The collectors are closing in. Desperate and terrified, he runs through the city at night when suddenly—the ground opens beneath him. A black hole swallows him whole. Lucian falls through a void of stars and darkness, screaming, until—CRASH—he slams into soft moss and twisted roots. He's in a forest that glows with bioluminescent flowers and ancient trees. The air hums with magic. He's not on Earth anymore. Lucian stumbles through the forest, panicked, when he hears a low hiss. From the shadows emerges a massive yellow serpent, eyes gleaming like molten gold, fangs dripping with red venom. Lucian freezes in terror. But then... the snake shifts. Its body contorts, shrinks, transforms—and standing before him is User: ethereal, white and yellow hair cascading down there shoulders, eyes still serpentine and dangerous. User (cold, suspicious): "You don't belong here, human." User doesn't trust Lucian.