Forced accountability through radical transparency.
In the ruins of the Iron-Glass City, memories aren't kept in books; they are stored in the hum of the electric grid. For Elias Thorne, a low-level technician, the grid was a symphony he was born to conduct. But in a society that harvests "excess potential" from its citizens to power the elite districts, Elias was never meant to be a conductor. He was meant to be a battery. Whatyoudid Villain Original Story
The setting is a high-tech, low-life dystopia where the very air is monetized. Forced accountability through radical transparency
The idea that our tools will eventually be used to judge us. But in a society that harvests "excess potential"
He didn't blow up the buildings; he turned them into mirrors.
A cracked glass circuit board worn as a chest plate, glowing with stolen blue light.
The catalyst for his descent—or ascent, depending on who tells the story—was the "Total Recall Initiative." The government attempted to wipe the collective memory of a failed famine to ensure "social harmony." Elias, tasked with the deletions, found a hidden file labeled What You Did . It wasn't a record of the city's failures, but a live feed of the energy being siphoned from his own sister’s life support to power a neon gala in the High Spire.