The sun hung low over Vaingall's spires, casting a golden hue across the bustling consortium as Kivas Chariot marked her 39th day in this timeline—a personal record that felt both triumphant and fleeting in Fathomi's relentless chaos.
She stood on a balcony overlooking the central hub, her two-toned silver and yellow hair stirring in the breeze, her halo flickering like a distant star.
Yet today carried weight: the promised arrival of the Karasu Association's mass teleportation via Black Living Cloud, ferrying reinforcements to the beleaguered Suiyen Concord bastion.
And, as if the stars aligned in mocking harmony, it was also the day the second Dark Matter Reactor came online—an improved marvel that promised to bolster Vaingall's defenses and economical production like never before.
Kivas descended the spiral staircase to the fortified workshop below.
Samael waited there, her draconic horns catching the artificial light from the reactor's core.